Show CANAL CABAL ACROSS EUROPE the official organ of the austrian ministry of the interior fur den ie 19 advocating strongly the construction construct on of a anal across central europe connecting the black sea with the north son sea the scheme la 18 not dot so ao vast as aa liht be thought at first mention yet involves a great outlay of funds and considerable engineering skill actu lly ily three navigable rivers rivera would be utilized the danube from the black ses sea to 10 vienna then a canal from the capital northwesterly to budwell Bud wels on the upper moldau then the moldau and bibs abe rivers ta W toe the north sea the idea of course goes back to remote times charles IV the stepfather of the german empire and lather father of ef bis bin own country bohemia made a cutting through the Romen berge as aa a starting tartan tart ln point for the canal in 1866 awo hundred buDi tred years yeara later a lull project providing looks locka was waa drawn up the austrian Auit rian government has dreaded the expense and not taken any tepa steps as ae yet but may be induced to da so eo now dow A committee hae bus been appointed and of the three pro projects oets submit submitter tea that vin via linna and vering has been approved of the survey and the preliminary have been done it to is now a question of funds it 1 in etl esti mated that 21 motors of water as nearly irly seven feet could be secured oil all the way from vienna to azarig on the he elbe bibs near the frontier of saxony with the expenditure or of million florin about and it to ie pointed point out ont that germany might help since the be distance between hamburg and bulina would be diminished by 65 55 per cent and between hamburg and oon con tanti nople by 41 per cent it would not be surprising surp lising tor for tile the lose jf bf tt the century fy to 10 witness aotis construction of a canal between the points named since the tendency of getting western europe loto into closer olo association than ever eter before with uon oon stantin ople and we the country back of it 16 seems to be a wave reasoning reao ning to every branch of public sentiment com meroe moree included |