ALL-RED ROUTE AGAIN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 673, 25 November 1909, Page 7

ALL-RED ROUTE AGAIN.

CANADIAN MISSION TO ENGLAND. IBr TciesraoH. Press Hioclatlnn — C»pr right I London, November 23. The Hon. R. Lemienx, Canadian PostmasterGeneral, has arrived 4n England for the pur. pose of discussing with , Mr.. Sydney Buxton, Postmaster-General, the proposed "All-Red" steamship Service. / In the couree of an interview, Mr. Lemieux stated that Canadians were enthusiastic for the scheme. ' NEGOTIATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA. 1 , .Ottawa, November £3. Correspondence with regard to an All-Red steamship Vthe' Government and Mr. R, M. -Coulter, (the Canadian Depury-Postmaster-General, who some time ago went on a special mission to Australia), has Been "published in Ottawa. ' A BETTER PROSPECT. AUSTRALIA AGREES TO CONFERENCE., (Rec. November 24, 11 p.m.) Ottawa, November 2i. It is stated in official circles that the, proposed All-Red steamship service has assumed a moro favourable, aspect than was apparent when Mr. Coulter left Australia , . Tho Deatan 1 Ministry has signified its willingness to participate in a conference. > Canndji is liiely to move promptly in order that a conference on the projeot be held in London or Ottawa. , THE ALL-RED SERVICE PROJECT. Some dsys ago the "Standard" announced that the British Government has decided to grant .£135,000 towards tho construction of a railway line between Collooney and Blacksod Bay, in Ireland, in, connection with the AllRed Routoi to Australasia. Blacksod Bay is on tho west coast of Ireland, and Collooney which is near Sllgo, is the nearest point on the existing railway to, Dubiin. Tho iunci tion of Blacksod Bay and Collooney would provido a lino almost directly across the island. Tho <xhemo for an All-Red or British lino of steamships on the Atlantic and Pacific was propounded hy Sir Wilfrid Launer before the Impontl Conference oft 1807. A rate of from 18 to 25 knots an hour was to be maintained, and the eervice mas to oonnect Great Britain, Canada, and 'Australia. Subsequently, the suggestion was made that there should be an Atlantic line from Liverpool to Halifax, m summer, and to Quebec- in winter. The distances involved were .—Liverpool to Halifax, 2485 knots; Liverpool to Quebec, via Belle Isle, 2633 knots; Liverpool to Quebec, south of Capo Race, 2801 knots; Liverpool to New York, bv the shortest actual route, 3026 knots. i Lord Strathcona, in summing up the advantages of the service, Said that it would accelerate .the mail; : arid"passenger" .service "between- . the'.:.;:United : Kingdom -and i Canada;' would ;save)'twodays,'on- the Australian' arid ten on; the" Neir'Zealand services; would utilise an ; alternative-route to. the East; would provide armed cruisers- in the Pacific; and would' ■j\>3 at'tho: cost 'of- different parts of tho empire,' 'instead-.''of Jfalling . upon one or another. , , , ;'': : ''' Jl :i l --:---- v ;'^.' s"' .':■■'■■''.-. •.'■'.'■;•■ .■.••■•.;"•'