Show LONG TUNNEL PROPOSED One to Connect Europe and Africa Under Gibraltar Straits Washington Dec 1TJle Stale dc parlment has received reports convoying convoy-ing furtherJnformallon as to the proposed pro-posed tunnel l from Europe to Africa under the straits of Gibraltar from Mr George Murphy consular cleric at Mudgeburg Germany Mr Bqrller the French bnglneor who has submll ted the proposal of this projectlo the Government of Spain and Morocco Is l said to have perfect confidence in the feasibility of the plJin The clilef dif flculty the ventilation of a submarine tuitncl Mr Berller bdlleVcH he can overcome by a souret process of his own i OwnThe proposed length I of the tunnel Is twentylive miles cn twenty miles of this under the acii S The entire coat of the tunnel l lore In 1 approximated at over 23000000 and of the ConnectihgralLr iul llhc between Spain and Algiers atj about 43000000 The French press IH sailto criticise the project unfaVprlbly on the ground that Mr BcrJleVhiiH overestimated the earning power 6f the rondo and that It seems hardly credible that the orellUe tmt the passenger pas-senger and i freight trdfllc between France and Algeria could be diverted to this indirect and expensive route |