The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

gians, which !, for one, hope they
Will pay. They are supposed TO get
II back as first lien on tine German
reparationS, and much Of what they
have already received Is now going
into new roads. Would it not be
better from now on, for Uncle Sam
to spend more Of his money on our
public roads rather than lend il to
other countries to use in making
their highways about the best paved
on earth?
over Belgium by Automobile.
As TO the highways of France and
Belgium. I know whereof L speak.
During the past month or so / have
motored through a great part OF
France, and within the past fort
night have been motoring back and
forth across little Belgium, making
at times more than two hundred
miles in one day. Some Of my trav-
els have been in a Benz limoasine,
left here by the Germans--a seven
passenger car of 50-horse power with
first-class Belgian chauffeur,
named Jules We have made as Il
rule about thirty miles an hour. and
all the way have found good roads
of macadam or well paved with
stone blocks.
Belgium has enough public roads
to reach twice as far as from Phila-
delphia TO san Francisco. notwith-
standing the country all told is not
much longer one way than from
Baltimore to New York, and not
much wider than the distance be
tween Philadelphia and Baltimore.
1t covers an area about one-fourth
M cult nj n Ia lCgG than
one-third the size OF Indiana, and
only a little larger than Massachu-
setts with Delaware added thereto.
The land for the most part is flat,
although the Ardenne mountains at
the southeast riset in places to the
height OF the Blue Ridge OF Vir-
ginia. belgium, like Holland, is
made up largely of the rich earth
washings brought down by rivers
and streams from the high lands,
and It IS cut up by canals. we
crossed a canal every few miles, and
this necessitates bridges which In
most cases are OF stone or concrete,
There are more than q thousand
miles OF canals, and five rivers thar
are used as commercial waterways.
The Scheldt which would not be
considered n large stream in the
United States, has on its banks three
cities-Antwerp, Client and Journal
Il has been a water highway for
centuries. and boats were paying toll
upon 1t as far back as A D. 1000
Tho freight now carried by water
runs annually into the hundreds or
millions OF tons, and in some years
to more than one billion. There are
five ship canals having length, all
told, 16 miles greater than our big
ditch at Panama. In addition, there
Is a network Of railways little less
than five thousand miles long, which
it Is now proposed TO electrify.
From this you will see that your
mortgage on Belgium covers a live,
going concern, and that the prop
erty, although small, is one or the
richest and safest OF the 20 inter-
national loans we have made.
As Rich as Rocbefellcr.
But we can see all this better from
our Benz limousine. The car weighs
two tons and It's cushions are soft.
for they were made for a high Ger
man general and well cared for dur
ing the war. We ask Jules TO throw
back the top and speed up the motor
We 60 like the wind, and feel richer
| than Rockefeller as we fly alone
over a roadway OF square stone
blocks Rockefeller cannot buy a
more comfortable car, n brighter sky
nor lungs that can breathe better
| the champagne OF this air Accord
| ing to current reports, he has no
easy stomach, and ! am sure he has