Show R RHINE H INE DANUBE CANAL MAL fa A READY EADY R FOR SHIPS SOON vessels to travel from north sea to black sea adin beri bavaria Ba varla charlemagne would a hare have a bad half hour it be he could come to life long enough to canal diggers are gashing bp up the east em half of hie his old empire to connect the waters of the rhine and danube and make it possible for ocean going ships to travel from the north seato the black lea sea by inland waters the rhine e maln danube canal which i was begun in 1921 contemplates a revolution in the transportation ay tern tem of europe and Indi indirectly of the entire world 4 freight routes will be changed and cargoes loaded on ocean going ships ship of not greater than 1500 tons capac copse ity will ill beable be bt able to sall tron from rotterdam to galatz at the mouth of the danube to achin Oo cologne logne clarence ll arence frankfort nuremberg yle vienna niia budapest and belgrade on their we way y to the black sea american cotton Is promised a through trip from new orleans to practically cally all the countries of central europe which hare hato no seaports and new tourist routes are to be opened up for excursion steamers etea which will rival the rhine trip in beauty and historic interest and slid make it possible for visitor visitors to eliminate the annoy ance once of frequent chances changes front steamer to tr train aln the dew newa wateman water y will touch the territory of nine states holland germany france austria hungary ser bla bulgaria czechoslovakia and rumania but it la Is really more than a canal of 0 continental europe as it will put 11 all II maritime powers in touch with central europe and afford a new tew entry to the kear near east by wey way of the black sea sm if the canal attains the success its promoters prophesy ey it will drain much touch business through rotterdam into the heart of europe which now goes pen past bast gibraltar into late the mediterranean much business abich now finds its way wo juto the black ea it through the turkish straits is also expected to enter the blade black sea through the mouth of the danube odessa which lies iles only a tance east of the rumanian ports at the mouth Is in expected to be greatly benel benefited ted by the new wet we ten em ay |