The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30

reduced as II Is, still contains som
Of the best land In Europe. vienns
Its Industry stopped, can do little I
earn the food 1t needs. During tn
summer Of 1920 all traffic between tn
two capitals was stopped by mutua
boycotts, and although steamers pile,
the Danube from Linz to Budapest
no through passengers or freight wer,
| received.
To the casual observer Budapest 1.
the same proud city as Of old. Tn,
fine parliament building and the i'm
posing palace on the heights acros.
the river, where Admiral Horthy now
rules, seem as attractive as before the
war. The upper river Is still crowd
ed with bathers and with canoes anC
rowboats In which charming women
and stalwart men do their best to at.
tain 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 become accustomed.
- IVY a6G GHo 0CtOw.
From Zemun, once the last Hunga-
rian port on the Danube, a short trip
between low banks brings one to Bel
grade. the capital Of the new kingdom
OF the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
where the steamer rounds the base Of
the ancient fortress which dates back
to the time Of the Celts, the Romans
and the Franks, and comes to its dock
little way up the Save, which here
enters the Danube from the south.
About four hours sail below Bel
grade the wide plains give way to
billy country where the Transylvanian
Alps curve down toward the tumble
OF mountains which extends to Monte
negro and Greece. 1t is in this region
that the main distractions Of the river
occIr. But the most famous obstruc-
lions and the finest scenery come at
the Kazan defile and the "Iron Gates"
where the river has collected q grue-
some toll.
At Rustchuk the railway traveller
from Rumania ferries across a broad
and sluggish stream to continue his
Journey to Sofia and Constantinople:
and here the banks Of the Danube are
lined with huge barges. Below Silis-
tria the river curves to the north and
passes through Rumanian territory
throughout the rest of its length. AT
Cerna VOda 1t 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 destroyed.
This Is one Of the most remarkable
examples Of Its kind Of engineering
and was built at a cost of 100000
lt has 6S spans, one Of which, over the |
main stream, Is cantilever more than
100 feet long. The bridge has a height
II 40 feet above low water. and the |
piers go down to bed rock 100 feet be- !
ow the water surface, making them
learly one-half as high as the Wash.
ngton monument
sraila and the Delta.
Braila, 125 miles from the three
main mouths Of the Danube, is a port
or the grain and produce of a rich
lgricultural region. In prewar DAYS
ts wharves teemed with life and its
luge grain elevators bulged with the
ich products Of WallachIa and Do
rudJa. which has seen great deyelop-
nent since the Russians gave n n
Iumania instead Of the more valuable
nd fertile tracts Of Bessarabia. From
Ialatz to the sea the Danube was long
nder the control Of an international
whose duty Il was TO tame
ne river and the many nationalitiea
whom the river is highway or bar.
er according to the tides of human
assion and national life.
Sixty miles from the sea begins tho
eta OF the Danube. The Kilia. the
ost northern Of the branches into
hich the river divides, carries more
ian two-thirds Of the volume of IT'S
ater 10 the sea, but Is not deem
iough for the more important traffic
hlch moves by the more direct
amen through the middle Of the delta
Suiina. Here natural channel Of
ven TO eleven feet has been IN.
eased TO twenty, and long bikes
retch out to sea and carry Off tbe
II. Although It discharges less thar
per cent OF the Danube's waters, the
lima channel carries a shinnino
n,ch multiplied tenfold between 1881
"a l9o2. 1t was steadily Increasing
IN promise Of future prosperity
len the World war interfered.