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THE VITAL LINE OF PEACE OR WAR : THE AUSTRO- 



RUSSIAN FRONTIER. 



The arrangement of the railways shows a very perceptible difference. The Austrian— and more particularly the Prussian — plan 

 is to run their railways parallel close to the frontiers, whereas Russia makes no attempt at this, but runs several almost parallel 

 lines direct into the heart of Poland. This would seem to indicate, in the first instance, designed offensive ; in the second, 

 prepared deiensive. 



[Jinssi(i is shown in a lighter tint to inake obvious her long frontier, ' 



