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existence, and is ready to start work on the tunnel directly it re- celves permission from the Bri. tish Government. That permis. alon la still withheld. In March last Mr. Baldwin, then Prime Minister, appointed a Committee to Inquire into the matter.

THE TRAFFIC LINKS would use his influence with the and what issues the Committes is

OF EMPIRE

THE SUEZ CANAL AND, THE CHANNEL TUNNEL

OPPOSITION

The anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal sixty years ago has a very interesting repercus- slon on the problem of the Chan- nel Tunnel to-day. Incredible as it now appears after sixty years, the construction of the Suez Canal, which has become one of the most Important links of the British Empire,

bitterly oppos-

Was

Porte to get this approval, he re- plied with an emphatic negative:

It is an undertaking which 1 believe in point of commercial character may be deemed to rank among the many bubble achomes that from time to time have been palmed upon gullible capitalists. I have been informed on what I bellove to be reliable authority that at an expense which would be far too great to warrant any expectation of any returns. Happily, in spite of this extra- ordinary attitude on the part of British officials and the Prime Min- Ister of Great Britain, M. de Lesseps was able to go ahead and build his canal. Not long after it was built, the British Govern- ment, under the inspiration of

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What lines the report will be on,

The considering are not known. main issues have long been under publie discussion. The great ad- vantage of a tunnel would be that It would enable goods and pas- sengers to be' sent from Britain to the continent of Europe, without the delay that is involved in chang- ing from rail to steamer. This would beneficially affect not only our traffic with France, but also with Belgium, Holland and Ger- many, and probably the whole of central and also with eastern Europe,

Not only would this linking up of rail services Improve our continental trade, but it would also benefit our overseas trade.

At present for example, a good many Americans visitig Europe via French parts avoid including Britain in their tour because they

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the shares

ed by British officials and politi-Disraeli, bought up clans when the idea of the Canal held by the Khadive of Egypt- was first suggested, writes Harold probably one of the best financial, Cox in the Sunday Times. M. de well as political, investments the British Government has ever Lesseps, to whom the world owes

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begin by securing the approval of the Egyptian Government; he im mediately encountered the opposi tion of the British Government. As early as 1854 we find the Bri- tish representative in Cairo write ing to Downing Street expressing strong disapproval of the scheme, especially on the ground that the Canal would separate Egypt from the Turkish Empire, of which it then formed a part.

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Military Objections Yot; just in the same way as British politicians and British off- cils opposed the construction of the Suez Canal, so they are now opposing the construction of the Channel Tunnel. Again and again governments have successive

The last veto vetoed the project.

from Mr. Ramsay Mac- came Donald in 1924, given on the ad- vice of the Imperial Committee of

Some of our soldiers-

A few months later the Foreign Defence. Office writes to the British repre-happily, not all-seem to be obsess- sentative in Constantinople strong-ed with the idea that the existence of a tunnel would weaken our They honest-

Reduced 1st Class Excursin Fates quoted between Maxils and Australia.ly pressing his political objection

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to the construction of the Canal, national defences. and crudely saying that M. de Lesseps must have political objecte in view, for otherwise he would not be pushing a scheme that was financially hopeless. A later letter from the Foreign Office goes into more details, and enumerates numbers of objections that then seemed to obsess the minds of Bri- tist officials. Among other points in this letter is the statement that "auch a canal would be constantly receiving blowing sand; a constant expense would be incurred in get ting out of the Canal the sand which would constantly be blown into it again." On such argu: ments as this the British Foreign Office came to the conclusion that the Canal could not be a profitable commercial proposition..

ly admit that if we had warning

Palmerston's Negativo On the other hand, the French

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favourable view of M. de Lesseps's project and pointed out in cor- respondence with the British Government that the canal would be beneficial to the trade of Great Britain as well as fo the rest of he world. The scheme also obtained the approval of the Viceroy of Egypt, who granted a concession to Ferdinand de Lesseps to contruct the canal, As Egypt was then part" Thursday, 80th January, 10am of the Turkish Empire it was

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OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHAN

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of war the tunnel would constitute no danger at all, because it could be so easily put out of action, but some of them argue that if the tunnel were constructed it might at any moment be used in time of profound peace when there was the no suggestion of war in

purpose of atmosphere, for the invading Britain The answer is, that though countries have often

formal declaration of war, these committed acts of war without a acts have only been committed when international relations were seriously strained and the coun- fully tries concerned were conscious of the possibility of war. Equally important is the con- sideration that the particular risk that these over-anxious soldiers, contemplate has ceased to be of any appreciable importance since the development of lying.

If it

is traé that the countries will com mit acts of war. In time of pro- found peace then at any moment we may expect London; to be at- tacked and perhaps completely destroyed by an air Invasion. - London to Cape Town

Leaving aside, those alleged military dangers, there remains the practical question of commerce and finance, A. Very wisely, the advocates of Channel Tunnel necesary that this concession expressly retrain from asking for should receive the approval of the any financial assistance from the Porte, but when Lord Falmerston Government towards its construc- was asked in the House of Com- tlon. A Channel Tunzel Company

ons in July, 1857, whether he has bee

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dislike crossing the Channel. Channel Tunnel would make Britain more or less a railway ter- minus for the trans-Atlantic trade! It might also in years of Europe. to come.bring Africa as well as Europe into direct railway com- Already munication with Britain. the idea of a tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar is being con- sidered, and simultaneously great railway developments are place throughout Africa. With the completion of these schemes and with the completion of the Channel! Tunnel it will some day be possible]} to travel by rall from London to Cape Town.

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