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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;The Channel Tunnel&#039;&#039; is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] published in [[The Times]] on 26 december 1913.<br /> <br /> <br /> __TOC__<br /> <br /> <br /> == The Channel Tunnel ==<br /> [[File:The-Times-1913-12-26-the-channel-tunnel.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[The Times]] (26 december 1913)]]<br /> <br /> TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.<br /> <br /> Sir, — The following dialogue which I had recently with a distinguished naval officer of the younger school may seem to bear upon this subject :— <br /> <br /> Q.- What Would be the result if a flotilla of submarines got among a fleet of transport carrying troops ?<br /> <br /> A.- They would he helpless. They would be destroyed.<br /> <br /> Q.- Could submarines be prevented from coming down the North Sea in war time ?<br /> <br /> A.- I don&#039;t see how they could.<br /> <br /> Q.- Would a cordon across the Straits of Dover protect transports to the south of that cordon ?<br /> <br /> A.- Submarines could only easily dive under any cordon. <br /> <br /> In a word it would be impossible under present conditions to send any expeditionary force abroad without grave risk of appalling disaster. Is this not a sound military argument for a tunnel ?<br /> <br /> Yours faithfully,<br /> <br /> ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex, Dec. 23. <br /> <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[A Channel Tunnel]] (11 march 1913, [[The Times]])<br /> * [[The Channel Tunnel (19 april 1913)|The Channel Tunnel]] (19 april 1913, [[Daily Express]])<br /> * [[The Channel Tunnel (14 august 1913)|The Channel Tunnel]] (14 august 1913, [[The Times]])<br /> * [[The Channel Tunnel Scheme]] (26 june 1916, [[The Glasgow Herald]])<br /> * [[The Channel Tunnel (9 december 1922)|The Channel Tunnel]] (9 december 1922, [[The Times]])<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]</div>

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