| Show DO DE LESSEPS WEEPS dispatches now state that M D de lesseps has bas received substantial aid for the prose prosecution cation of his bis panama canal scheme a popular movement ov ement having bean generated and the govern ment having given legislative assistance it is announced today thata that a measure will be introduced in the chamber of deputies postponing the payment of the interest on the bonds until 18 1893 when the veteran canal builder attempted to tell a gathering of his friends about his good fortune ne burst into tears and they were also affected there has not dot we presume been any doubt as to lesseps lesse s honesty and belief in the feasibility F ity of I 1 his project but at this distance with all t abe h e obstacles taken into consideration it looes as every purse ursain Trance in france would have to be emptied emptied before the waters of the atlantic and the pacific blended la in a common receptacle at the isthmus the expense and difficulty of the work are beyond ordinary comprehension |
