Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28

plating with cynicism the motto 81
Wis Pacem, Para Bellum,' whose
golden letters decorate the walls OF
the Ministry of War, is a sad sight.
But Budapest, still militant, still
naughty in the consciousness OF It's
beauty, seems to have been less trou.
bled by the passage of a
"Food Is the main reason. Hun
gary reduced as it is, still contains
some of the best land in Europe. Vi
emma, it's industry stopped, can DO
little to earn the food it needs. Dur
ing the summer of 1920 all traffic
between the two capitals was stopped
by mutual boycotts and although
steamers piled the Danube from Linz
to Budapest, no through passengers
or freight were received.
ITO the casual observer, Budapest
Is the same proud city as of old. Ine
fine Parliament Building and the
imposing palace on the heights
! across the river, where Admiral Hor-
thy now rules, seem as attractive as
before the war. The upper river is
still crowded with bathers and with
! canoes and row beats in which
| charming women and stalwart men
! do their best to attain a spacious. coat
| of tan. Along Franz Josef Quai. the
promenade adds a lively touch OF
| color to the drab scenes to which
the beautiful blue Danube has be.
come accustomed.
Celtic Fortress Still Stands
"From Zemun. once the Hungar-
ian port on the Danube, a short trip
between low banks brings one to Bel
grade, the capital of the new King
dom of the Serbs, Croats and Slow
enes, where the steamer rounds the
base of the ancient fortress which
dates back to the time of h Celts.
the Romans and the Franks, and
comes to it's dock a little way up
the Save, which here enters the
Danube from the south.
About four hours sail below the
| wide plains give way to hilly
| try where the Transylvanian Alps
curve down toward the tumble of
mountains which extends to Monte-
negro and Greece. 1t is in this re-
gion that the main distractions OIL
| the river occur. But the most fam
Gus distractions and the finest seem
cry come at the Kazan Dufle and
the Iron Gates where the river mas
collected a gruesome toll.
Eat Rustchuk. the railway travel
err from Rumania ferries across a
broad and sluggish stream to con.
tinue his journey to Sofia and Con-
stantinople; and here the banks OF
the Danube are lined with huge
barges, many Of which are still idle.
! Below Silistria, the river curves to
, the north and passes through Ru-
manian territory throughout the
rest of it's length. At Cerna Voda,
it is crossed by one of the longest
railway bridges in the world, the last
of the many bridges which cross the
stream, some of which are now de-
stroyed as a result of the war and
post-armistice fighting.
"Braila, 125 miles from the three
main mouths of the Danube, Is a
port for the grain and produce OF a
rich agricultural region. In pre-
war days it's wharves teemed with life
and it's huge grain elevators bulged
with the rich products of Wallachia
and Dobrudja, which has seen great
development since the Russians gave
it to Rumania instead of the more
valuable and fertile tracts of Bessar-
abba. From Galatz to the yea the
Danube has already been under the
control of an International Commits
sion whose duty has been to tame
the river and the many nationalities
to whom the river Is highway or BAR
rier according to the tides of human
passion and national life."