The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-06-21
'KRONSTADT SCENE OF
LATE EFFORT TO SET
UP NEW GOVERNMENT
The Malta Of the Baltic Is the
Name Given to the Town and
Small Island Which It occu.
pies; Ia Strongly Fortified.

Special Correspondence 10 The Herald
) Washington. II. C., June 2t.-In "a
war geography bulletin to National
Geographic society gives the following
Information about the fortified city
of kronstadt where rebel Russians
attempted to set up "a separate gov
eminent:
= The Malta OF the Baltic" IL the
name given TO Kronstadt and the
small island OF Kotlin which IL occu-
pies. but a more appropriate name
would be the Gibraltar of Petro-
grad. for the supposedly lmpregnable
fortress commands the sea avenue to
the great Russian capital.
b THE island of kotlin. which is .
little more than seven miles long and
Va mile and a quarter wide. lies at the
western extremity OF the Bay OF Nevn.
in the fresh water discharged by the
ltiver Neva. To the west is the cur
of Finland.
/, "kotlin was FIRST fortified in 1903
by Peter the Great. when 81 was
wrestcd from the swedee. but II was
mot until seven years later that the
great monarch laid out the town Of
Nronstadt n began systematic cree.
fion of It's d%efcnses. Three hundred
thousand men are said TO have been
employed on this work. but II was
not completed until the reign OF
Peters daughter EIizabet.
The town. which had a pupula-
tion Of 65 900 at the beginning 81 the
world war. Is intcrscctcd By two wa
terways--thc canal Of Peter the Great.
begun In i12i but not completed uu-
I'll t~hirty-onc years later. and The
Catherine canal. constructed In l1N2.
between these I'VE canals stands the
italian palace 81 Prince Mcnschikon.
one OF the most picturesque neurc- in
all Russian history. Born OF the
most humble parents. Ntuschikom at
the age 90 20 was selling meat pics in
the streets Of MOSCOW when he at
tracted the attention Of Lefort. Peter
tlic Greats fayorits. ON the death of
the latter Meuschikon succeeded to
the place OF honor with his sovereign
and served him euergctically Il Is
said Of M,usChikon that he could drill
IL regiment. build "a frtgatc, admin
lister "A province and dccapitatc q
rebel with equal facil.ty.' Upon the
death OF Peter he became the virtual
ruler Of Russia during the brief reign
OF. Peters widow. Catherine / 4
turn OF the wheel OF fortune finally
cast html from his high estate; his
great wealth. largely acquired through
corruption, WAS couhscated. and he aud
his family were cxilci to siberia
where he died in 1879
The modern fOrtlncatiOns of HroE-
siadt were designed In large measure
by General TOdlcben. the famous en-
gineer whose system Of earthWorks
enabled -ScbastapuI 10 resist the siege
ot the French and English allies for
,3is days during the Crimear war
TOdleben devoted fifteen years to
IKronstadt's defenscs, Fronting boy his
wide experience at Sebastapoi Tn"
Notifications are In the main low.
armoured carthWOrks with
large caiibcr Krupp guns. There arc
threo vcll-equippcd harbors-the
naval. middle and commercial.
Guarding the approach to Pc,ro-
grad. which Is nineteen miles TO the
east. Kronstadt Is also the chicf sta
tlun Of Russia's Baltic fleet.
While the ,ity has some trade IN
iron. hemp. fax. tar, and oil 1t IS
handicapped to some extent CONNER
lrlally hv the fact that The harhors
are icebuund from December to Aprll.
iiDuTing these winter months m" place
gs dcc.dcdiy dreary I'm appearance.
"Peterhof, "a own VI 10000 tuhah-
itants. founded by Peter the Great lu
lTil and iamous Tor 49, imperial
palace. built ~ imitation ~ the Yer
saillos, lies to the southeast ~ krOn-
htadt a distance OF ten miles.
During the summer season IN
peace tones passenger steamers ply
ibctwecn Kroustndt and PctrOrrad
llVHfh tcrrr- boat frequency. the "trip
PROCURING an YOUR aud . half