The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-09-29
DANUBE IS OPEN
TO ALL NATIONS
Observation-Disclosures OF Famous
River Completed by Action Of
Interested Allied Powers.
BARRIER AND BATTLE-GROUND
Danube Has Long Seen Chain Upon
Which Romance and History Have
We'd With Each Other to Hang
Interesting Traditions

WaSnlngiOu.-'Ihe completion or the
internationaliZat of the Danube by
the recent formal action OF the inter.
ested allied powers, announced In
Paris dispatches Is the occasion for
the Issuance from the Washington
headquarters NJ the National Geo
graphic society of the following bule-
tin. descriptive Of the famous river.
From the Black forest tn the Black
sea. over a course 1900 miles in length
the Danube has long been u chain
upon which romance and history have
We'd with each other 10 hang interest
ing traditions and occurrences. Geog.
raphy, too, has done It's share, and
although the Volga exceeds Its rival
I'm length, and although the Rhine In
Thackeray and Hood has had better
press agents. the Danube II large
enough and beautiful enough to rank
In interest with the great rivers Of
the world
Lees q Highway and More q Barrier.
There was n time when the Dan
ube was symbolIzed by an Oldfash-
Toned waltz But since the World
war began, nothing but a hesitation
typifies the place the river has held
IN the economic life OF the countries
through which II runs. II has been
less highway and more the barrier
than in prcwar days, Not yet does It
serve 10 bind the various nations
through which It passes into a. friend
| ~ and cooperating group. II has
been Officially open TO ships Of all ma
tons since the forming OF the Danube
commission In 1856 and the various
states Interested long 60 operated to
improve the navigation facilities, cs-
pcclaljy IN the lOwor reaches Of the
| river; but political conditions have
done much to weaken the economic
link which once bound Linz and VI.
emma to the great grain shipping cen.
ter Of Brailn, 20 which 0cean.going
vessels can steam, and to the Black
sea ports themselves.
Charming villages. beautiful mead
ows, picturesque hills crowned with
ruined castles, princely palaces. &C.
worlds most fascinatin capitals are
strung along the lengthy and winding
river. Thriving Industries ruise their
smokestacks beside the stream whose
legendary color 10 blue but whose true
tint varies from dirty green 10 a
muddy yellow. More tragic than the
cncroachment Of factory smoke has
been In late years the sad sight OF
countless chlmneys from which the
llfe-brea tn Of industry seemed 20 have
expired forever.
Hohenzoiisrn Castle on Banks.
Near its source at Donaueschingen,
the river passes between the castle
which gave Its name tn the late ruling
family In Germany and war mOnu-
ment to the Hohenzollern men who
fell In the FrnncO-PrlIssian war.
Farther down II passes through the
Oncc-proud capital Of Austrla.Hun-
gary, where the fine government build
ings stand TO the despairIng lnhabi-
tants as a mocking reminder Of better
days, and beside the Prater, once Il
deer park and later pleasure garden
noted for its vIennese gnyety.
The Danube.
"StIll farther along It's course Just
after entering CZecho. Sloyakin, at It's
junction with the March. there Is u
towering cliff spired with mOnu.
ment erected to celebrate 1000 years
Of Hungarian nationality. This Is
Czccho SlOvakIan territory now, and
there last summer the Stars and
Stripes were draped on the occasion
of the visit Of large group Of Cz"Cho-
Americans 70 the newly freed land Of
their fathers.
"Bratislaya. now Czecho- SlOVnltia's
rIvCr port, was once the city in whose
dlgnIfed cathedral the Hungarian
kings were crowned The boat sta.
ton there reveals the changes which
history has wrought. Over the cen
ter " the landing the present name Is
given, hut TO the left one can see most
Of the letters Of the German name
'Pressburg' and to the right there II
the Hungarian name Pos1ony.'
Budapest Not War.Torn.
Vienna, brOodlng In Its lovely
parks, which lack the care that was
once lGvished on them, and cOntem.
plating with cyniclsm the motto 'Si
Wis PHcem, Para Bcllum,' whose gold.
en- letters decorate the walls Of the
ministry Of war, Is n sad sight. But
Budapest, still militant, still naughty
In the consciousness Of lis beauty
seems TO have been less troubled by
the passage Of war.
Food Is the main reason. Hungary,
reduced as II Is, sim contains some
~ fine best land In Europe, Vienna,
is industry stopped, can do liltl" to
earn The food Il needs During the
summer Of 1920 all traffic between the
.wo capitals was stopped by mutual
hoyrorts aud although steamers piled
he Danube FROM Linz to budapest