Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-20
Copyright. 1920. by the Chicago
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The 'Wittolsbach' class is being
pushed forward with all speed and
it is hoped VIII be able to ioin Hen
RVS flag after the mancuvers. This
means an addition of five lines of
cattleships, which will enable him
to dispose of . Tuily homogeneous
fleet Of 'pc1cem2kerS' which no
doubt will make themselves most
aSreeably felt and useful in helping
you to keep the world quiet. Tnc
five new line of battleships have all
been contracted for and have benz
begun. They constitute the first di-
vision OF the second squadron.
by the by, see b. the papers
that the historical 'Vari1g' has ar
rived at Koweit. That is very
wise thing that your flag is shown
there. For it does not seem impos-
stble that another power tEngland !
was in the act Of repeating the very
successful experiment it made on the
Nile. to haul down the sultan's flag
land some men and guns, hoist some
flag or other under a p reteHt and
then say: 'J'y suis. j'y rcste" CHere
l am, here l remain") In this case
it would have meant paramount rule
of all the trade routes of Persia lead
ing to the gulf Is this of Persia it.
SELF and by that "Fa, ta' to your pro-
POSED establishment Of Russian COM
merce, which is ve:y ably begun by
tie conclusion of the zollvereia'
(customs unionl with Persia by you
The behavior of the foreign pow
er at Soweit sets into Il strong re-
lief the enormous advantage of al
Overwhelming fleet which rules the
approaches from the eGea to places
that have no means of communicA-
ton over land. but which we others
cannot approach becau:a our. fleets
arc TOO wcarll and without them our
TRANSPORTS at the mercy OF the enc
my.
WEI su.ld Bagaad E@.-vay.
This shows once more how very
necessary the BnSdad railway is
which | intend German capital to
bni,d. IL that most excellent sui
tan had not been dawdling for years
with the question the line might have
been begun years ago and would now
despatching a few regiments from
Odessa straight down to "koweit"
and then that would have turned the
tables on the other power by reason
of the Russian troops having the
command of the inner lines on shore
against which even the greatest fleet
is powerless for many reasons. The
main one-according to an adapta-
ton of the commander of Cron-
stadt's answer to Peter the Great
for not saluting him--'Dabord, par
ceuue les vaisseauX ne peuvent pas
marcher sur terre. (because ships
do not proceed on land), whereas
you may say celia suffit' (this suf-
tices).
THE original answer OF the gal
liant admiral:' 'Dabord, parceque je
mai plus de poudra, because 1 have
no more powder) was vouchsafed the
day before ST. Nicholas to Henry by
the captain of the Askold. My squad
ron had received orders to feast your
namesday by rich display of bunt-
ing and of a royal salute. But when
Henry inquired from the Capt. Won
Reitzenstein at what o'clock the GER
emony was to take place. the latter
sort. And even after Serge had
sent word to him fatty refused to
hoist his pennant and to salute his
emperor, Notwithstanding that she is
in commission and has her whole
crew on board. My squadron was
deeply disappointed and much-if
may venture to say so-disgusted at
the behavior of this man,
"I am sending you beside the dirk
a most interesting book about the
South African war. written by an
EnGlishman. who wholly condemns
the way it was entered into and the
ends for which it was begun. 1t
is very lucid to the point and shows
that the author maintains his inn
rarti2 lily to the last moment; a
most gratifying exception to the rule
now at work in EnGland. The paral-
lei he draws between this war and
the war AGAINST +he American col
onies. 1853. is most surprising
and striking. The bearer of my
riffs is my aide-de-c3mp, CAPTAIN Won
| USeGom-years ago for time Hen
RVS adiUtant-he was in command
lof the 'Hertha' during the China af-
| fair, and it was he who saved the
Seymour expedition and brou~ht 1t
safe back to Tientsin. He was in
| fact the adnir2l's chief Of the staff
| md to him was given the now his
| toricol' order of which my blue
iockn+s' arn SO proud: Germans tn
tho Front" when tho british sailor?
refused to go any farther. He was
rot nresont at D"nZig, hovinr injured
his lee Nv n fall from his horse. SC
| I tho'~ht WOW would like to hnar
from his own lips the record of what
non composite that i11-starrnd ex-
~ndition rrfferc'. Now dearest
NTio1rv. aoNI-hv-e bnst love to Alix
| Micha and your mamma, from