EUROPE'S MOST FAMOUS WATERWAY
"Ouo of tho points which the treaty of pence with Germany will havo to resettle is tlio free navigation of tilo Rhine., Many English people do not know Unit the 'Rhino, from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier. vS; in a sensu, an international river, its complete freedom to tlio vessels of all nations, without tolls, being cstnblijlicd by several Conventions, tlio last dating t'rom 1808, says the "MatiGuardian.". "But eliips drawing oyer 71 feet cannot go from Cologne to Basic as ,l,hcro is not enough water, and it is proposed to deepen the river. It is cloarfy to the general interest of Europe that this final touch of perfection should bo givon to hor greatest and most famous natural waterway, already enriched in turn with nearly ail that tho organising capacity of Ancient Rome, of Prance, and of modorn Pratsia could do to iinprovo it."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 261, 31 July 1919, Page 5
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151EUROPE'S MOST FAMOUS WATERWAY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 261, 31 July 1919, Page 5
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