What thr Mediterranean Means to Us. 



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huill himself a fine new yacht and deh^^htcd in Ihc 

 sea : — 



**ir llie prospcrily of K^ypt citiilinufs," he said, '* liierc is 

 nil reason why I should not have a navy as well as an army. 

 Wliy noi?' 



Why not, imleod ? There is a yreat and growing surplus in 

 I -;ypt. Her interests are closely bound up in her sea-front and 

 Ml ihe guarding uf the Suez Canal. She could have from her 

 l^rcat friend and adviser the best nautical advice and construc- 

 tion in the worhl. And if, as we will show later, the 

 llouiinions arc to keep their N.ivies in home waters in limes of 

 l)eace, what better place could be found for the Egyptian 

 iJreadnoughts than the blue waters of the Middle Sea ? 



TIIK TRAFFIC OF THE 

 DARDANELLES. 



A FOR.MKK iJuuh -Minister of War, Jonkheer den Heer 

 Poortufjacl, gives, in an article on the Dardanelles in 

 the Friedensu-arle for June, some interesting figures 

 relating to the traffic affected by the Straits. In the 

 year igio-ii no fewer than 14.164 steamers, with a 

 tonnage of i<).283,743, passed through the Straits on 

 their way to Constantinople. The countries represented 

 iiii lurled the following : — 



SHIl'S. TONN.VGi;. 



Kngland ... .. 4,799 8,571,932 



Austria 954 1,1)08,753 



''■''y 907 1,234,235 



(lerinany 423 727,819 



Krance 419 616,522 



Koumani.i ... 292 321,061 



Holl.md 164 310,163 



Belgium ... 20s 295,160 



Norway ... io3 



Fasqiiino.\ [ 1 iiriii. 



John Bull hauls up the flag at Malta, in view of 

 Italy's conquest of islands. 



