THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8770, 23 March 1907, Page 2

THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.

Press Association—Copyright; " London, March 22. i In the House of Lords Lord- Crewe announced that tho Government opposed the construction of the Channel tunnel. Lord Lansdowne stated that he retained the opinion that the tunnel would be a. great convenience, i. but he did not believe it was possible to convince the nation that we would run no?risk by a tunnel, hence its construction would ‘occasion a new source of anxiety:in peace time, and a grave additional cause of anxiety in war time. Maior-General Baden-Powell, replying to ■ a correspondent, considers the tunnel from a strategic standpoint would he a mistake. 1 ;