Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Views of Many Eminent Canadians on the Establishment of an Imperial Intelligence Service on a Comprehensive Scale: Letter Addressed to the Right Honorable the Earl of Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Eastern Extension Company assumes an attitude which is absolutely in defensible. If that Company ever regarded itself as too sacred to be interfered with, the illusion was entirely-removed a few hours before the present century commenced, by the united act of the six governments, who then resolved to establish the Pacific Cable. That act cannot now be undone, and the completed line of Empire Cables is but a natural corollary thereto.
It is not denied that Australasians have been indebted to the Company for giving them the first telegraphic connection with the outer world; but that historical event occurred a third of a century ago. The Company has been already rewarded for its enterprise, and it is not now proposed that any of the Company's cables or property be assumed for public use, without giving fair and full compensation therefor.
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