Periodically the question of the Chaunel Tunnel is revived. At this moment when Anglo-French feeling is of the friendliest character it is being discussed anew. It was started by a discussion in the London Chamber of Commerce. The English commereinl men in Paris are' enthusiastically in favour of the scheme, In default of the tunnel, however, ingenious people have been putting their heads together to organise a trans-Channel ferry service which would carry the train across bodily, a system, of course, operating with perct success. both in Denmark and the Great American lakes. There is of course a difference in the two cases, the Channel being exposed to all the fury of Atlantic gales, whereas the lakes are, to a large extent, sheltered. But talk of tunnels is not confined to the Channel, The Champs Elysees, that magnificent thoroughfare that leads up to Napoleon's Triumphs! Arch and rans between the finest avenue Europe, would have its tunnel too, to enable foot-passengers to cross it safely. Suck is the multiplicity of motor-cars and such "furiosity" of their drivers, that at certain hours in the day it is positively dangerous for the pedestrian to attempt crossing. The "Sergents de Ville," fairly successful in
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