The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-04-24
PLAN TO TUNNEL
TO CONTINENT
Member Of Parliament PeII Predicts
that Trains Will Run Under
Channel Within Few
Years
BY WILBUR S. FORREST.


| Omitted Press Staff Corespondent.l
By United Press.
London, April 14.-(By mail to New
York; The most popular war time
diversion of Britishers today is hero
worship.
| London shopkeepers are authority
for the statement that they can hardly
keep up with the demand for engra-
/ yures Of Lord Kitchener, Admiral Sir
John Jellicoe, Gen. French and other
popular idols Of the present conflict.
From every shop window and small
store there beams on the passing pop
ulace the faces Of these military he
roes and it is estimated that before
many moons few homes in Britain will
be without the likeness of some of
the men who are leading the history
making legions on the sea and in the
| field
Along with the demand for highly
polished and well appearing pictures
of England's war leaders, caricatures
of German war notorieties including
the kaiser, Admiral Won Tirpitz, Sui
| tan Of Turkey and others are in de-
mand.
'eThe best hero sellers are Lord
Kitchener and Sir John Jellicoe, but
am also selling hundreds of King AL
berts, Sir John Trenches, Gen. Jof-
froes and Prince of Wales" said
Strand book stall proprietor today. sIn-
cluded among the heavy purchasers
are public houses and city offices
while thousands Of pictures have gone
from this shop alone to private homes.
AS many as otherwise are ordered
with expensive frames"
This shopkeeper declared he was
Having a time of it, buying the pic
lures from the wholesale dealers who
have recently been unable to get ade-
quate supplies from the manufacture
ers. Another popular seller in London
bookstalls is q recently issued poster
of British Tommy" pipe in mouth
and rifle shouldered inscribed Come
Along Boys" This poster is one Of
the many issued by the government
to stimulate recruiting and its appear
ance Immediately signalized its popu-
larity.
Among the most popular postcard
| sellers are those printed in the catch
phrase language Of the government re-
cruiting office and pictures of Off
GERS and privates who have distin-
guished themselves on the field
/, American tourists who have suffer
ed the pangs of seasickness crossing
the English channel between Calias
and Dover may now take heart.
Travellers to France within the next
few years will in all probability be
able to take railway train in Lon
don and remain in it, if they desire,
until they arrive in Paris
Arthur Pell member of parliament.
and the most eminent authority in
England on the subject of solving the
channel problem. is authority today for
| the statement that the Eurogean war
has made imperative the building of
a railway tunnel under the channel.
He believes the project imperative and
has issued the following statement:
1--WE can only take the results of the
war as we have found them. The tun-
mel could have been used for the trans
port OF our expeditionary army and
stores which it could have carried with
safety, and the delay and the expense
of the channel voyage would have
been avoided. How many millions Of
pounds this would have saved we can
not yet calculate.
"The supporters Of the tunnel may
rest assured that on the termination
of the war the matter will be pressed
forward without delay and this is one
OF the great works to look forward to
: when peace is made. It win unite us