Arizona republican., 1917-04-04
CAR SHOULD
Be SATISFIED
IN THE CR|MEA

IN INT URNMtA
WASHINGTON, D. c.. April s.
Hanging down into the Black Sci,
like butchers cleaver with its
handle pointed east and the near cor
ner of the blade joined to the main
land of Russia, the Crimea, where it
was first planned to exile the abdi-
eating ear, is about as near to be-
ing an islard as a peninsula well can
be. ever though very narrow strait
is the only water that lies between
it anG = second connection with the
mainland On the one side-to the
west,-lies the Perekor gulf and to
tho east shut OUT from the Black sea
by the hardle of the clcaver, is the
Sea Of Azov'
Thus the Crimea is outlined in y
bulletin issued here by the National
Geographic society rom It's Washing
ton headquarters for geographic re-
search concerning this Florida of Rus
sia jGttin@ out into Europes inland
sea.
With ar area matching that Of
New HAMPSHIRE, a population equal
to that of New Hampshire and Yer
mont together. and climate that
horroWs good features from Florida
and southern California and bad ones
from many places, the Crimea is one
of the RIOS; fascinat ting bits OF terri
tory 5etween Portugal and Cochin
China. Its populace a congress of
races, its industries ranging from the
growing of subtropical fruits and the
housing of Russia's elite as they flee
from the cold. to the herdins of sheep
and the growing of grain. it IS a place
Of many sided activities.
AS the mer of wealth of America
have their winter homes in Florida
ard those of western Europe have
theirs along the Riviera, the people
of position in Russia have their coun-
try seats III the Crimea. And beauti-
full places they are. for in Russia the
rich arc very rich. The height of the
social season is from the middle Of
August to the first of November.
The peninsula is occupied by $50,
00f people according to the last CEN
sus, mostly Turkish -speaking Tartars,
with scattering of Russians. Greeks.
Germans and Jews. Cleanliness ana
morally are said to he proverbial
traits of the Crimean Tartars. swho
have been UNDERGOING the influences
OF rHSS'tlcatl ton Tor several genera
tons, They have taken up vine eui-
tune. fruit growing, and kindred occu-
patlons with zeal seldom equalled
east of the Aegean.
of course most interesting of all
things Trimean are its history, its
fortress and its imperial palace r.
the second century Is. c. the Scyth-
iane founded kingdom there. and
the land passed through many
changes, now under one SOVEREIGNTY
anc aoW under another finally pass
ing 10 the Iaitars' VINO N turn We're
nfoueht under the tule OF the turks.
In laS| RUSSIA forced the last khan
70 aodlcate. anC made the CIimea q
part OF one OF her provinces. The
nm IartarS, VINO give the peninsula
II name, by reason OF their substantial
a0tnlXtHre 81 Greek and other hoods,
nave lost most OF the Mong"ilan Iea-
lures. beng slender IN build. possess
ing aqulline noses, eyes that have
lost the oriental slant ana counter
ances not quite 50 IscrGtable as the
eastern type
In tie Crlmean war. fought by
England. France and Turkey against
russia the final test of strength came
at ScVastapoL Here the factors 81
unlimited fesources operated IN the
al-es IaVof. through their command
81 The sea tney could secure Verythine
needed, while the Russians could
nrlng up their supplies ONLY across
the barren steppes. whose highways
We're marked at every step by the
dead and The dying both man and
betst
ne novels OF felstoy give 4
sriptic picture OF the Crlme2n wac
inc 'nlseries OF the march, the an
sulsh OF the lie IN the classmates.
ard the erFe-destroving ordeal OF
manning he lines under shellfire.
there to await the night attack that
might or might not como. 1T was in
this war that Florence Nightingale
rendered services as 2 nurse that
made her name synonym OF minis
tetlnS anger on the wrrld battle
Iieios. lhen men Knew nothlng o.
-. dtfu the SOlulcTS Gieu IKE Ines.