Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10

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miles in length and forty miles wide
at it's greatest width. 1t Is hus
somewhat smaller than Lake Ontario
the smallest of our Great Lakes. BUT
though relatively small, the Mar
mora in it's time has been the center
of the world. Probably about no
other body of water of such size have
so many important cities stood. Oh
these. Constantinople alone is OF i'm
portance today; but living and DEAD
cities cover the shores of practically
every harbor and headline OF the III
tie sea. The settlement that still ex-
lists are not eve the heirs OF the
great cities of yesterday but rather
i1-kempt interlopers that under
Turkish domain occupied their sites.
Typical of the ancient Marmora
cities was Cyzicus on the peninsula
of that name on the southern shore
of the sea. 1t was founded Garner
than Rome or ByZantium and mad a
long life, possessed at various times
nv Athens. Sparta. Persia. Macedon,
Pergamus and Rome. It was n Oh
the finest of ancient cities In lls
prime and it's gold coins were the
standard of their day as the norins
Of Florence became the ~
Renaissance times. But wheh bys
zantium, thanks largely to its incetn'
parable location on the Bosphoruss
rose to power, the glories of CYL
Gus faded. Today practically moth
ing is left of the once great city. its
buildings were not left 10 fall; they
we're torn down by Byzantines and
after them by. Turks and the stones
used in the construction of the latest
and still fourishing metropolis OF
the straits.
"Though it is both narrower ana
shorter than the Dardanelles. tne
Bosphorus, third link in TINS cnain
of historic waters, is perhaps most
Important: for it is the immedla.
gate to and from the great Black
Sea which reaches toward the heart
of Europe. To command this stray
is To command one of the great trade
routes of the world, a fact which mas
been written deeply into history from
the days of the early Greeks to those
of the waning Turks. The strait IS
about twenty miles long and varies
in width from a third-ef a mile TO
two miles. Darius. Persian king.
who invaded Europe. took his army
over a bridge of boats which he hao
constructed across the Besphoruss
Water Route to Heart OF Bdrope
At it's northern end the Bosphorus
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This is no small sea comparable to
one of our Great Lakes but a great
body of water $50 miles long and
from 200 to 400 miles wide. If locat-
ed in the northwestern portion OF
the United States it would cover all
of the New England states as well
as New York and Pennsylvania.
more nations are now grouped
around the Black Sea than perhaps
at any other time in history. On the
European side of the mouth of the
Bosphorus is the tiny patch thai re-
mains of Turkey-in-Europe. Next
comes the new northern extension or
Greece. Bulgaria and Rumania share
the western end of the sea. Rumania
holding the lions share. Across the
: north stretches the old Russian ter1-
/ tory which may contribute one or
many nations to the Black Sea FAM
lily. To the east, their status equally
questionable, the republics of Geor
gia and Armenia have a Black Sea
shore line. at least on paper. The
whole of the rocky southern shore
was allotted by the peace conference
to Turkey. But it is not only the
countries which nave a Black Sea
frontage hat are interested in that
sea and it's outlets to the south. The
broad, navigable Danube carrying
the commerce of inland Austria.
czechosloyakia, Hungary and Jugo-
Slavia to the Black Sea makes the
final settlements in regard to this
broad expanse of water a matter OF
vital interest to . large Bart Of
Europe"