Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-11-17
Ruin of Ao0.ssIn, on the Danube.

| reduced as It .s, still contains some
| Of the best land In Europe. Vienna.
| its industry stopped, can do little to
earn the food 1t needs. During 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.
To the casual observer Budapest is
the same proud city as Of old. The
fine parliament building and the Inn
posing palace on the heights across
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 and
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
lively touch Of color to the drab
scenes to which the beautiful blue
/ Danube has become accustomed.
At Belgrade and Below.
From Zemun, once the last Hunga-
| rian port on the Danube, 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
hilly 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
occur. But the most famous oDstruc-
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 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 it's kind Of engineering
and was built at cost of $7,0O0,OO0.
1t has 68 spans, one of which, over the
600 feet long. The bridge has height
of 100 feet above low water and the
piers go down to bed rock 100 feet be-
low the water surface, making them
nearly one-half as high as the Wash
ington monument.
,Braiia and the Delta.
Braila, 125 miles from the three
main mouths OF the Danube. is port
for the grain and produce Of rich
agricultural region. In prewa- days
its wharves teemed with life and Its
huge grain elevators bulged with the
rich products Of Wallachia and Do
brudja, which has seen great develop
ment since the Russians gave It to
! Rumania instead Of the more valuable
and fertile tracts Of Bessarabla. From
Galatz to the sea the Danube was long
! under the control OF an international
: commission whose duty Il was to tame
the river and the many nationalities
to whom the river is highway or bar
rier according to the tides Of human
Q passion and national life.
i Sixty miles from the sea begins the
! delta Of the Danube. The Kilia, thu
, most northern of the branches int
: | which the river divides, carries NOR,
= than two-thirds Of the volume Of IT
, water to the sea, but is not dee
5 enough for the more important traffic
! which moves by the more direc
a branch through the middle Of the delt,
to Sulina. Here a natural channel o
!, seven to eleven feet has 0een in
e creased to twenty, and long dixie
g stretch out to sea and carry of tn
i silt. Although 1t discharges less thai
: per cent Of the Danubes waters, tn
l. Sulina channel carries shippin
t which multiplied tenfold between 1856
$ and 1902. 1t was steadily increasin
with promise Of future prosperit
!. when the World war interfered.