THE ALL-RED ROUTE.
SENTIMENT AN IMPORTANT ' FACTOR,
IRELAND’S CLAIMS.
United Press Association. Copyright (Received Juno 23, 10.25 p.m.)
I LONDON, Juno 23. Replying to an Irish deputation favoring ißliicksod Bay as tho port of departure for tho All-Red route to Halifax, Mr. Churchill admitted tliat the Irish route had much that wag attractive, but ho referred to tho necessity for constructing 100 miles oF new railway, besides so improving old lines to--permit of a- speed of 50 miles an hour. The Government had not departed from their general attitude at the Colonial Conference. Ho'admitted the All-Red route could not bo wholly depended on on commercial grounds. It was a matter, of high iState policy in which sentiment was a factor not less important than commercial considerations. Tho claims of Ireland from the point of sentiment were great. Indeed, Ireland would be tho last link in a chain of free communities joined by lines pf rapid modern transit to the heart of the Empire.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2225, 24 June 1908, Page 3
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163THE ALL-RED ROUTE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2225, 24 June 1908, Page 3
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