Russia's Difficulties.
The military correspondent o? the London Times, reviewing the situation on January H,wrote:—" What seems certain is that
the Russian army will be evpn more strictly tied down to the railway t %i ever was our army m South Africa, and tnat the greater the numbers the less will be their mobility, la view of all these considerations, the conclusion is forced upon us that the Russian Viceroy of the Far Ea3t has been surprised en flagrant delit de concentration, and that the immediate military outlook for Russia is choerlesp, containing little but the prospect of unbalanced risks." Lake Baikal runs north-east and southwest, and is 380 miles long by an average width of nearly 40 miles. Surrounded on all aides by high mountains, cut into deep ravines, and not infrequently clothed by dark pines along the lower'slopes, the lake is naturally deep. It is the existence of this mountainous country whioli has prevented the construction of the Trane* Siberian railway line by land. The actual distance between the railway points ia about 32 miles.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 6203, 25 February 1904, Page 2
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