Paris, Feb. 9.
The boring of a tunnel seven metres (1 kilometres) long which forms the most important section of the canal from Marseilles to the Rhone has just been finished. These canal works, which are valued at Frs, 90,000,000, were begun in 1910 and have been going on in spite of the war without any difficulties.—Reuter.
Allies which would ensure peace for Mr. Asquith, in his speech in the House of Commons on the reassembling of Parliam: the responsi Britain are more varied and more complex than those of her Allies. As an example, the Navy was the most powerful and the most diverse combination of fleets that had ever sailed the ocean. Its work was unobtrusive and there had been few of the spectacular adventures which lit up the annals of the Navy in the past. Nevertheless with unexampled efficiency it has defended our shores and neutralize ed the aggressive power of the German Fleet. (Cheers). It has cleared the High Seas and has displayed the best British traditions (Loud cheers), "The men from Great Britain in the fighting line are many times the original Expeditionary Force and will be greater with the addition of the men from the Domin-
Mr. Asquith continued: In addition to the tremendous drain on
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