The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-05-23

the engineer, estimates will be possible-Lonooh
will be literally next door to Paris and in direct
touch with all of Europe all the time
This will mean two or three days saved by trav-
elers going from New York to Paris-to say MOTH
ing of the comfort of those who will escape the
rough channel trip from England to France, wheh
even the sturdiest sailors frequently suHer from
sea sickness
There are many ffs" about the whole business
but one "if' exists that has attracted LOT OF ut
tenton from the public and that Is, II the tunhe.
Is built 1t will cost no more than one day cost ..
war--and at most the cost OF two days OF wa.
One or two hundred million dollars EXPENDED ON
any worthy enterprise these days is considered as
trifing sum by even the man In the street.
The announcement of the project causes no sur
prise on this side OF the Atlantic. America Is
rather disposed to wonder that the tunnel was moi
built long ago.
son to English soil just before the war; John Bun
onened his eyes wide and they have not closed
since His mastery Isolation of centuries was
gone In twinkling. Much has happened SINCE
1fhen The air Is Carkened every day with ar
nayies passing to and from London TO Parls DIT
fnnnia rules the waves under the new league, al
right. hut the waves" are not all and no one
rno,ys This hetter than the lady with the trident
,vhe is giving much of her time to the new medium
If communication But the point is that the con-
ouest of the air has given the tight little isianu u
new view of things
The distance between Dover and Caais-a Dit
Of choppy sea most of the time on the surfaces
to be overcome by tunnel. The government ieauef
I'm the British house of commons has so announced
II will be a Joint governmental undertaking TO be
started as part of reconstruction. matter OF q
hundred millions to two nations, innocentiy be-
leyed TO be bankrupt from the war, IS no barrier.
Tunnel construction II the steel rod in the &C.
wx~za- F.r&
menf OF peace covenants. Both nations are IasI
becoming bilinguai The tunnel Will help along the
aentente cordiale" after the war.
As n sense of protection for both nations, the
channel tunnel will be Of avail It is main
mined that If the bore had been In existence five
years ago things would have been different anu Q
four-year agony would not have fallen upon the
two nations.
Ftfty wears ago, when the tunnel project was
declared to be perfectly feasible from an engineer
ing point military men opposed It. It is very anus
ing reading the debates of those far-on DAYS Ing
land they said, could never afford to take chances
WITH 1 tunnel; the island would be no longer On
island: some dark night the enemy would seize fas
two ends of the bore and 10 and behold England
,rou,sa he invaded! Strategists condemned til
man. much to the discontinue Of business.
Before the war broke when the new discovery i
aviation changed the perspective, tunnel recon
struction was being urged. Now as q war measur
md france and Britain are still taking precau
tions in case the millennium is false aarn--th
tunnel Is approved by army men. Commercial
there never was any question about IL Frame
has sought it consistently for almost century
France has vision.
International tunnel construction Is to be IN
order Of the day The nations are to be josne
closer together The straits OF Gibraltar are 70
tunneled il plans carry, and very likely East IN
vesf---fhe 0cciIent and the Orient-will be joine
~ 4 tunnel under the Bosporus And It is we
within the bounds that this continent may i
linked with another continent By Boring sra
tunnel, first proponnded BY an early governor
Colorado.