ALL RED ROUTE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 62, 6 December 1907, Page 7

ALL RED ROUTE.

CANADIAN-PACIFIC RAILWAY- COMPANY MAY . , CO-OPERATE. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTITUDE. CONTRIBUTION FROM NEW ZEALAND. Or TELEQIUrH—riIESS ASSOCIATION—COPTKIGHT. /London, December 4. The Hon. Clifford Sifton, K.C., fn:merly a Canadian Minister. of tho Interior, under Sir Wilfrid Laiirior, discussed the "AJI-Red" route scheme at aj meeting of *-he Liberal Colonial Club, lip said ho was confident the scheme would shortly succeed. The Hon. W. -P. Reeves, High Commissioner, announced that New Zea anc was propared to amply contributo townds the cest. . . .-" _ Captain Collins, the Commomvea'th agent, mentioned that reasonable cost lvjuld bo a factor in the situation. Australia, he added, was sympathetic. in all Imperial matters. Lord Brassey. suggested that the. Canadian Pacific Railway Company might financially co-operate. :.!'. '. ■&?*■■■<■ *• ■. The financial cooperation' of the CanadianPacific Railway' would be very important; it may r ■"«■ indispensable. The overland portion i- i service iileans a great deal to tne Company; and fast and suitable overland transit means much to the service. Then, the Canadian-Pacific Eailway Company has m the Pacific some splendid liners, which now carry the mails to and from Vancouver and Japan and China, and which, it has been suggested, might be diverted to the Vancouver-Austral-asian section 'of.' the .'AH Ked route. Tho • Canadian-Pacific Railway Company Das its-"Empress" line of steamers m the Atlantic as -well as in the Pacific, and they; are connected by the •'Over-Seas Limited, said to bo the fastest long-distance, train in the world, which covers the.distance across Canada be'.tween the two oceans in about 88 hours. Types of the "Empress" stearners in the Atlantic aro the-' Empress of Britain and the -Empress of Ireland,, 0f14,500 tons and 18,000 h.p.,.the largest and fastest in the Canadian r ™T l ho S "stand»ra,";saine little time ago, published some rumours as to a cleavage on tne All lied Route Committee.. The general tenor was that Mr. Asqnith, Mr. Harconrt,. and Mr. John Burns are pitted against Mr.v Haldane and Mr. Lloyd-George, the former trio being against the project, -while tho latter have neon moving heavon and earth to get it put through. Dcaliug with .the objections to the All Ked scheme, tho "Standard." says it is urged that tourists travelling westward to Australia would be prohibited' from visiting New York on route, thus doing ■ "slway with the, most intereating exhibit on the westward ionrncy.ro this must be added the protests of the Indian and Straits officials, who claim-that a direct route to Australia would completely disorwraiso the present mail system which, serves them and the Australian Colonies jointly. At present, every alternative P. and 0. mail boat to India continues its voyage to Australia,-so that Eastern dependencies have a weekly instead of a fortnightly service as they would otherwise' have to put up with. On tho other hand, those in favour of tho scheme claim that it would do an enormous amount of good to Canada and to Canadian trade gonei-ally. It would mean bringing Canada within four davs' journey of London, and would pilo on to "the Canadian. railways the greater part of the traffic which now falls to the European Continental systems.- ■■ Tho. following approximate time-table, compiled by a correspondent--of "The Canadian Gazette," can, it is'claimed, ho adhered to without difficulty, .excepting under very exceptional circumstances. The Atlantic speed is estimated at 25, knots and the Pacific speed at 18 and 21 knots, respectively, the actual speed of the Pacific [vessels not having as yet been decided on:--,•: , 'June. Leave. „■ Halifax • j..., ~. 56t0 0 p.m. 10 p.m.. „ -Vancouver ;»■ 9 10p.m. midnight. : .-' ■ ■;.. 18 ]Cnote. ■•- - : . ■ •'..! Juno. ' Leave. v Arrive Honolulu :..-.;. 15 10a.m. ;;■ fV-™-Suva- ' ..- .-..-21 ■ midnight6a.m.,- 22 ," -Auckland"-... ';..' 2410 p.m.. , 2a.m., 25 ' '• Sydney •'■ ■...' .■'■ 27 '■ midniKJit. . . " London to Sydnpy-26 days 5 hours. London to Auckland—23 days 3 honrs. ' '•' ,21 [Knots. : June. Leave. , Arrive Honolulu ... ... M 4 p.m. ' 10 p.m. „ Suva ... ... ... 20 9 a.m. 3 p.m. , Auckland..; .'.. 22 lOp.m 2 a.m., 2o Sydnev ... .'■• 25 2 p.m. London "to Sydney—23 days 1!) hours. London to Auckland—2l days 3 hours. Blacksod Bay, in ithe west of Ireland, tho nonrest inlet to Canada, will have to be connected 'up by rail with tho existing Irish railway system:' Speaking at the Dominion Day dinner, the Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Birrell), said.:-" If you can bring County Mayo within three', and a hali days of your Dominion it will be a great thing for Ireland and, I hopo, for the Empire. For hero we have Ireland thrown .across the very pathway of the Empire,, and if she can bo brought into sympathy by a project of this kind she will bo happier than sue now is.. I do not think it would bo a bad introduction if tho Canadian'tourist by the All Tied line travels across Ireland, and I beseech you all in your dreams of Empire—glorious dreams which are, I believe, bound to; be • realised—do not leave Ireland out of the count."