New Britain herald., 1930-03-13
WATERWAYS CROSS
 MIDDLE OF EUROPE
Last Links in Vast Scheme Now
 Under Consideration

Sea trans European waterway is completed.
 The waterway will include the Rhine from it's mouth to MainZ, Ger many; the Main River to the north entrance to the Ludwig Canal, east of Bamberg, Germany: the 'rpiuven- atcd' Ludwig Canal to Kelheim on the Danube; and the Donau, Dunai, Duna, Dunav and Dunarea, all of which are names thrust upon the Beautiful Blue but usually mrddg or greeni:h, Danube. % the R!acll Sea, says q bulletin iron. t..e Wash lngton. D. C.. neadQlar:ars of tic National Geographic Society.
 Eight Coun:";"s Touched
 From the i2n1 of Nethesiand blondes and western customs, passen ser boats will >ali along the water way to the land of BalIi!n hraOvrtes where the atmosphere of the east is encountered. Between these extremes is kaleidoscope picture of European life. Travellers will pass through portions of six countries. The Netherlands, Germany, Austria. Hungary. Jugoslavia and Rumania: and pass beside Czechosloyakia and Bulgaria, one bank of each of uh ch is washed by the Danube.
 Boarding q steamer at the mouth Of the Rhine, the traveller will enjoy the flat green Holland landscape where spotted cattle graze in the shadow of tall, red windmills. At Emmerich. a pink checked, portly customs official will introduce the German Rhine. Here the river pan orama changes from a peaceful pas toral country with quiet villages dot ting the riverside to region seeth- ing with commerce and industry. The natural Rhine shore now hides be- hind spacious busy quays and wharves and they, in turn, are nearly obliterated by swarms of river craft that form an endless parade to and from the river channel.
 Pass Worlds Largest River Port
 There is Duisberg, the great port cl tHc hulll' It IS ltScll d great H. dustrial city where modern machines hum night and day within the walls of huge factories rising above the rivcrfront, and where smoke belches from elongated smoke stacks that vie in height with the City's church stceplcs. Duisberg is reputed 10 be the largest river port in the world.
 Twenty miles furhter up the Rhine, Dusseldorf busy commer- cial and industrial city leaps into view, and about the same distance above Dusseldorf the graceful twin spires of Koln (Cologne) Cathedral dominate another urban gem of the Rhine Valley life. Before travellers reach busy koblenz, Fort Ehren- breitstein, the headquarters of Amer iCan forces in Germany from 1919- A. is silhouetted against the sky. IL surmountS a steep cliff on the east bank of the river opposite koblenz.
 Ludwig Canal to Be Rejuvcnated
 "Three cities-Duisburg, Dussel- than mere centers of trade to the inquisitiv traveller, Duisberg has liv- ed through more than 1,500 years of Rhine history; Dusseldorf, about half as many; koln saw the Romans when they occupied the Rhine Valley as did Koblenz; and while each city is largely modernized, each has re- tain a portion of it's narrow byways, gabled houses and ancient buildings recalling the early days.
 At Mainz, trans European boats will make a left turn into the chan mel of the Main River which flows between alternating farmland, forests and vineyards. Through a maze of traffic the boats will weave their man trading post: now a busy port through which T,00O,0o0 tons of freight move annually. Frankfurt is the city of Goethe. the poet. and Of the German Rothschilds of European financial fame. Not far from the quay is the market place where six tcenth century emporors were crown cd while q fountain ran with rcd and white wine.
 Fertile Bavarian farmlandS, here and there dotted with small villages, border the Ludwig Canal. The pres ent canal was opened in 1S46. Four teen years later a railroad was built along its banks. The small craft that could be accommodated on the wat erWay, and the fact that the Main and Danube were not navigable at the canals ends during certain sea- sons, made it impossible to compete with the railroad line.
 Vistas Of Three Capitals
 "The Danube portion of the water way passes through three capitals of Europe First there is Wien (Nicnna) the gay capital of Austria, a city of palatial buildings, fine restaurants, theaters, of light airy apartment buildings and memories of Mozart. Beethoven and Brahms, the two-in- one capital of Hungary, a city of carefully proportioned squares and parks and of beautiful vistas that are unsullied by industrial plants which the city planners have driven to the suburbs Farther down stream lies | Beograd (Belgrade), the capital of Jugoslavia, not interesting architect urally or as beautiful as it's up 1 stream rivals. but q busy, colorful port leaning toward eastern influ- ence.
 "Between these cities panoramas change almost abruptly with nearly every bent in the river Browning the wooded Danube bank in Bavaria is the German Temple of Honor. a magnificent Parthenonlike edifice. On a steep cliff dominating Melll, Austria, rises the long. high, many l widowed walls of a monastery, top | ped by numerous towers and a huge dome. The ruins of Nisegard, where centuries ago kings of Hungary summered, is perched upon a peak