CHANNEL TUNNEL

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 142, 15 May 1930, Page 7

CHANNEL TUNNEL

MILITARY ASPECTS. INQUIRY PROCEEDING. STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received May 15, 10.15 a.m. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, May 14. Replying to questions in the House of Commons, to-day, the Prime Minister, Mr Ramsay MacDonald, stated that an inquiry into the military aspects of the Channel Tunnel was taken up as soon as the report of the committee on the economic aspect was received, and had been continuing ever since. The project as set forth in the economic report contained a considerable amount of detail that was not available when the question was last reviewed by the Committee of Imperial Defence. It was found necessary to re-examine the whole matter in the light of the latest technical developments, and to meet the changed conditions new methods had had to be considered and worked out both in the military and financial aspects. It would be a profound mistake to scamp this inquiry, only to find afterwards that some essential factor bearing on tho final decision had been overlooked. As soon as the recommendations of the Committee of Imperial Defence were available tho whole question in all its aspects would be examined by the Government, after which an announcement of the Government’s policy would bo made in Parliament.