The sun., 1910-07-16

NJ FFRDISaND DE IEssklS the eN-
, elusive power of founding and man
aging a company for the piarcing of
the lsthmus oi Sucz.- Accident like
wise to some extent secured his favor
AZ the imperial court of France. IorIs
NNIuItoN nfier hrs futile de~csnt upon
FranCc Wis captured While he was
held a prisoner for -iX years at the old
castle uf Ham he wrote and published
a scheme for cutting through the 18th
mus OF Panama from which the follow
ing extract j. taken:
Csn,ra, America can only hope 10 emerge from
IT. lanEuoT by following the example Of the Ial'ed
states. that &, 10 say BY borrowing hands and
csni,al from Europe war and commerce have
civinted tts world Commerce is sun following
~ its sonques's let us oPen q ne~ route Tor H.
let W bring FriIc~s closer 10 the peoples Of
OcrshiA snd Australia and enable the latter TO
share In tse blessings Of Chri,tlahIy AMI ciVill-
! auon
/ II was but natural that his studies
! on shortening the routes of navigation
should predIspO=e him when he became
/ NNrOLEoN III. to favor DE l.EssEPS,
particularly as much q: his own reason
! ing when he advocated the Panama
scheme applied equally well To the Suez
project DE LEssEPSs acquaintance
with the Empress EUGENIE, who was
called the canals guardian angel, began
when he represented France NJ the
Court Of Spain. and there by virtue Of his
diplomatic position and his friendship
xwta H., "A -A.l ~ hn
wns able to intervene successfully in
behalf of thirteen officers who had
been sentenced to death and for whose
lives Nile. EUGENIE NJ MoNTIJo,
probably at the instigation Of her
mother. then Grand Mistress of the
Spanish Court, had begged him to inter
coie Nile DR MoNTIIo became the
Empress and was in position amply 10
repay DE l.EssEPs for services he had
rendered her ~ n girl AZ Madrid
Even the accidents Of DELAYS in the ini-
tial days seem tn have been Ia the adj
vantage ni the canal and tn have worked
for is ultimate Success for had IL been
completed in the early instead Of the
late eS II would. according to the
opinion of experts. have been failure,
a. few vessels would have used II:
Sauhg vessels tor witch the canal vas pri.
marty made. would have preferred the free
way round By the cape 10 the tedious aud diff.cut
nAvigauOn N rourb the canal and the narrow Rel
Sra. and oceanFolns steamers were but In their
Infancy and only received the great impetus
which practically changed the funda mental con
dltIons " navigation from the Invention Of CON
pound ensireS. whereby an enormous saving Of
ooal erected compared with the former
prohlb'tl,e consu rpuon by r- ordinary com.
merCiAl steamers
One date, November -. has ALWAYS
been 50 conspicuous in reference 20 af-
fairs Of the canal that il came To be- con-
-idered the lucky dav of the enterprise
II was tho day upon which il was finally
thrown open. II was the date upon which
important matters in its history were
accomplished. and il was also the date
upon which the subject of the original
concession was firSt broaChed De
LEssEPs tells in a private letter Of the
morning that he laid his plans before
NiCerov SAID.
10 be fuu u life. = chilIness proeIamed the sun
rise and few ray, Of DshI already tinted the
horison. when suddehly there appeared 70 my Ief,
where the sky vas threatening and cloudy. .
very brilliant rainbow stretching from east To
west confess that my heart heat violently
and that VA. Obliged 10 pa, rein on my ImAsi
nation. which vas tempted to see In thI. ssn Of
covenant spoken Of In the Scriptures the presass
Eastern world
England from the first foresaw in the
building of the canal much of the trouble |
that II eventually brought her. and here |
may no doubt be found the reason Of her |
early and persistent opposition. Lord |
PALMFRsToS. The autocrat of Downing |
Street when the canal scheme was
mooted in England. ia looking at the !
matter purely with reference 70 the com |
merce of Europe. held that any great |
work that would shorten the voyage 10 !
India must in the long run prove ad- ,
vantagcous to al nations trading by sea
with ASIA. Y think there is much 20 be- .
saii ~ this view writes Mr. Melville.
and believe that the volume of British .
commerce viii yearly decline as other I
maritime Powers gradually absorb their /
share 80 what before the canal route
was opened was carried almost entirely |
IN British bottoms England's in
huenCe was actively used against De |
LFssEPs when he was trying to obtain
the support ~ Turkey. the S,Izerain
Power. and when DE LFssFPs found
himself in difficulties. financial and
otherwise, England increased rather
than lIght'n'd ms burdens II was not
until Great Britain found herself paying
ipur-hft h. of the tolls. vet without a SIN
gl" share ~ the enterprise and without
a representative on the board of dlrcc-
tors. that she took an active interest,
and II was only bv a series of fortunate
circumstances that abe finally succeeded /
in securing the i7e GT? shares held by /
III" kh"ily"