The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-02-10
European Newsletter.
Regular Correspondence.

LONDON, Jan. 90, 1883.
Yesterday SIR Edward WatklD, NJ. F.,
presided at the frs. ordinary meeting of
Submarine Continental Railway Company
At the Cannon.sireet Hotel. IN moving
the adoption Of the report he said no one
now had the slightest doubt that the chan.
mel tunnel was perfectly feasible and could
be completed in u remarkably short time,
and for much less cost than was caCu-
lated. After referring TO the testimonies
as to the value Of connecting the two
countries together by means of the tunnel
given by the late Prince Albert, MIR. Cob
den, NJ Theirs, and NJ Gambetta, SIR
Edward said the cost Of making the tunnel
would not be so large Us that of making
tunnel on land They had been told that
it would cost $40 ,000,000, bu, from calcu.
iatons he had made he estimated that it
would cost $l2,000000, and there would
be further outlay Of Sl,500000 for con
Meeting it with the London, Chatham and
Dover Railway. He considered that the
tunnel ought to be the property of the ma.
ton and had urged that upon the govern.
ment; but the government had thought
at to say that the work was not TO be taken
out of the category OF those which we're
usually undertaken by private enterprise
The present position of the company was
that they were waiting for the verdict of
the government and of Parliament, and he
did not think the government had right
to preserve absolute silence. At all events,
he though, that Mr.. Gladstone and Mr..
Bright, as supporters of Mr. Golden IN
securing the French treaty, should speak
out in no uncertain voice on the question.
The chairman concluded by stating that
he had received a letter from the engineer
of the French section, stating that they
had penetrated about 100 yards,
II IL reported that one Of the defendants
IN the trial of Anarchists at Lyons viii i be.
fore tho commencement Of the pleadings,
READ to the court q sort of manifesto set
ting forth the programme of the party
This document, which has been signed by
nearly all the prisoners, including Prince
Krapotkins, contains the following lntcr-
esting passages, explaining the aim aud
object Of the sO-called Anarchls. move.
ment: I'VE propose to teach the people
to live without a government, AZ they are
already beginning to learn how to live
without God. our party will also teach
men how TO live wlthou, property-holders.
The worst tyrant Is cot he who locks you
up IN gaol, but he who starves you; not he
who takes you by the coat collar but he
who takes you by the stomach. There 10
no liberty without equality, no liberty
with society in which capital Is monop-
ollzed in the hands of minority, aud
nothing IS evenly divided, not ever public
which, nevertheless, is paid for
out of the common purse. We consider
that capital, the patrlmony Of all human.
ity, since it Is the fru. of the work of past
and present generations, ought TO be
placed within the reach of all TO the exclu.
SION of none, and that no individual ought
80 seize more than his share 10 the detri-
ment OF the rest. What
We are! We want bread for
sll. knowledge for all, work for all, and for
every man independence and justice"
"lgnotus," in the Ftgar0, devotes an in
eresting article 10 the late General Chanzy
Count Moltke had written Of him that ne
was one of the few generals of the day
capable OF commanding an army of co.,
100 without losing their heads" "Igno-
u.s. declares that this remark of the great
German stra,egist produced 4 lively i'm
preston on the late and present Gar, as
Jhanzy might one day have become the
IN chief of the Russo-French |
lrmy Prince Blsmark was well aware Of
his, and did not like General Chanzy.