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Show H Till'. IIIINM... IU.MI- H It la hard for Americana to underitauo B British oppoaltlontotliepropoiid tunnel BjVBf under tho Kugllsh channel on tin H ground that the Insular atnngth lure BjVBl (ofore given b lho"aurroun llngallvtr H tbrtail ot sea" wnull be liy It liliJu- mined nml diatrojed. Vet that ) BBhH precisely tho argument used i.;aliist thr BBhH tilunic, urced, too, by thu nation'. BBVB military leaders and aomo of hoi BBhB most omlnont stntcsmin. l.m, luud'a liivlutllilllty nt honu, m) HHhH tht, has bren tecauso of lit-, Isolated loaltlon; wlmt woulJ ti BBVK thouuhtofu gocriimiat that woulu countenance tho ralintl ilmlnallol of the watery frontier, tho vtrltatli BBBB iri'inmtlon of h hlghwn),or rather BBBB low-wnj, bj whlih mi Invader c u BBBH rem.li the aacred ahoria drj shai I Trtquint retention of these Mil BBVH ttoch'ibrasia havu not nenud to B itangtbeu tht Ir N atue with thosu w hi B clamored for the tunnel, nor has BBBB Ihe ridicule heaped upon thorn BBBB nernod to Impair their Milue with BBBB Iboie In high quartire who BBVB DpioieJ It, At ono llmi, Indieil, BBBB the quentlou threatened to become an Blxolute letter patriotism, and Ih e partita were looked at aikanto who scouted tbo lde that an army of ufll-clent ufll-clent dlmcntlons to ca luro tho Island could by any possibility bo untiled to emerge Irom the llngllsh end of the tunnel, and who Inn tone of InnyaJg-gtsttdas InnyaJg-gtsttdas nil exira iicautlon that a aeries of plugs coulJ be so arranged that In caie of rcol attemi t nt Invnsloii tdo Jealoua sea colli I Im 1st In to drown the enemy llho rats In a Iran IVrhslho chief smili-i n nf th irjiithns le ii- ti th. xri.iii. oxli-iy of I o Kr-noli t i ilirougb. As i g-M' lli ''ij-the ''ij-the potent alrlt wlmni Tlucer cilled "Ihe Curslciu iitsri" the pro Jeeiof lunnelmg uodiir ur irllli ovir Ihe Htralis of Hover was dl.i use among the agencies for .hingiui( Ibi map of i:uroc. If Nupiteon ha 1 any purporolu his various Idiaa of va-t engineering It waa conquest, and that onlj; nnd many there ro In the i:ngllth inllon to lay who seo In each successive revival ol this coke al project nothing but rt rr nowal of the threats In winch he was wont to InduUr. Hence the feeling that t'ltro la aoinii dark design of Invasion, II net by l'rsme by some other nation who by conquest of Franco or lurcha-e of the rivllrge might srctiie n right of way Into tin cjnllliei.ini ml of thu tondullj and hence tho a palling notion tint t. havu such connection with tho nnln-land nnln-land woull bo tJ leave the llrltl-h backdoor wide open. Tho sutject excites mmincnt Just now lecause II Is understood thit Q'adstoto Is favorable to It. The world will watch with Interest the stoim that hla open n Jvocicy of It will awaken, and will await with amused pitlcncothe outcome ot tho negotiations negotia-tions whenonce begun. |
