Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-11-28
ROTTERDAM NOW
A LEADING PORT
IDEALLY SIT ATED FuB HAND
LING TEAlIIr OF EUROPE
DtRlNG IHE WAR

.ug statement .th reference 20 the
importance OF ,He port of Hoterdsn
. boo international trade and concern
ing Helisolaud. Rhicu Great Britain
traded 10 Germany boo 1890 loo re.
turn Tor the German recognition -
the British pro'eetorate over Zauti-
bar
when the American tourist OF for
mer summer whose mind was Gli-
cd With prer0uFeiged notion of
Europe made 100 wealth " statIs-
IDEAL and historical Information aD-
preached The port 0I Rotterdam eU
Dos maiden voyage boz usually sur
Tered bis first great European dls-
appointment The most reliable 40
reference books bad prepared him
Tor the iitl largest port BOO tho
world According 40 these work..
NnW York came urat upon The lif
OF The world greatest seaports fol
loved by Antwerp. Hamburg H0n
. kDnl and Rotterdam Rotterdam lol
/ London The measure of groatnes.
/ NJ rours. Wls fHc grand total OF ton
| pf ffeIrht. entered and cleared ~
[ each port
With this Information about Rot
icrdam iH mini many 900 America .
has strained H.s cyelrht from t.a
forward deck just OF the coast 10
Holland. 'aiuIy irving 10 pick NO q /
skyline Ike that OF NeN YORK ami
that bias rewarded Dds effort hls F.
been a low. barren. desoate sirc'rl F.
of sandy shore lonely 20 point ~ .
sadness This drnary outlook is Che /
Hook of Holland relieved on nearer T.
inspection hy rambling shed ID
combination of baggage and l.
toms house There are % Few srrarr. .
BUSHES and dwarf tree. zoo the Die .
iure Probably Boo nine chance. our .
of ten the tourist ha reached tla /
Hook after the turn of tho tide Don /
which case Doe ha- bad 10 land there
100 July au uumrrrIfu .un beat /
down on mi. tongue oi land which /.
together with tho pIgmy train ua.t
ing upon The .m0kv sands 90 carry
The passengers 90 Rotterdam mako
The traveller almost feel that fr BIAS
been landed in alccpv Africa D., u'
take Their, 4. nothing about th.
Hook of Holland or tha narrow
shallow ribbon off water. ahich lcal
20 Rotterdam 90 aIH him .n realilire
ibo magnitude nf the port but ar
hour ride away
Rotterdam s today Europe
greatest neutral seaport The vas.
business of Antwerp aud HAMBURG
fe. ceased London is 900 object fp-
tbr enterprise of war The shipping
10 western Europe can alone rost
completely secure boz fhe harhor of
Rotterdam llf This port clty mas De.
come ono nf the busiest places. fnr
The purDHH"". OF an Central Eurane
ViIl pour through i's spiral streets.
ideally iiuate1 for handling 'hr
oversee commerce of central Europe
p'up'ud bv race of ekUm mor-
chant aud traditional sailors cone
nrrt"d with 90 tho PRINCIPAL mar.
kris Of tHr hIuterl8ud ht tho Won.
d'r'W H t'm of ailWap which I
branch 0rf from here and rrI.l q
Germany France ana Austria. Pot.
''rIHm Hls AWAY don, rrm8rfs- O
0'" hipp.Ha despite kooua.t come /
petition This city IIa earned % Ii
great part of iis wealth 5UfIUe tho 8
|1.' score t,rrs through flr hlnf- q
.nr n. German import arl fbp vast
NHUH. IH every corner of f.r uorIt ,
from fUr Rhine MANUFACTURER. 1l.- q
'I1 Those goods have boon mos. .
Dis -rt down thO Rhine in Rotor d
.1m vUI W fIc Dutch rashIprel Cd 3
'He.r destinations " was Bon order Goo |. d.
preserve 'h wsinc.s In Grrmrn ,
aul- Chat The Empire undertook a
Nh. construction of fhc D0r'muus "a
Ems Canal a. S2U.o0u .0oU. connect M
ur fHe Industrial Rhn, country .,
Nl'I @ German port ou the Noria ID
Sea-.
o. wonderful shipping has mad. q
rotterdam tlr lcadlug commercial "a
.ib of Holland There are SOM. 10
Industries catered among 3d.
twghttrout five and siN stor.,
harp. LablsI lou.t- such as ruu ID
.ud CHAR manufacture but they are
'nimportant
As au cNrursiouist from Ham /
'urg one comes upon tHs -oIlDl
title island OF Heligohud. Gar out
"a The open North Sea. some thirt,
MILES from ,he nearest point uf land
delantN Isolated marOou-broUu
rag projecting itself ruggodIt
gaiu-i the I1rizon This tiuy land L
IS the yorte, around which the am-
.itious of Two OF the proudcst uayi.s
3. t1" world are swclliug
Approached IN the heat OF late
uly day aH overhead sun sharply
hiseIiug fs outli-p TEL GLAND
makes un Impression never 20 hc
0rEotien a the most magnificent
.U of lone ness anywhere in tne
ortaerH hemisphere.
Since tho day when great poNa's
lrsi conceived a similar interest .r
Is existence. Heligolaud has been
odicaiei t0 war ln 1880 Great
britain and Germany entered into
rDatt defining the sphere 90 thCI-
in East West and South y
esf Africa and Dol return for tIe if
iormar re.ngnition of the prour. j
crate of Great Britain over Zau1 ;
ar Lord Salisbury. in behalf OF hi- 4.
Government. cedcl Hellgoland 90 q,
Germany Since that time u h1s
zen usurped by the German tara- =
Iorist Tor summer playground .
o. Interest. are three-f0ld military =
ourist and Industrial rs industrl1i d.
interests arc lis least concern DO Q,
lr of Importance only 90 the fey p
undrei fisher folk who have fai'h I
noueh ln their little rock 20 pass
heir lives away upon b RI,
Holigoaui properly consists ~ 81
80 islands one OF nigh rocky %
lafeau of military drnifcancs. 7.