Geographically, these seaports lie much nearer to New York and other American ports than Liverpool, Havre, and the old-established is the only port, so that distance and time would be saved by American travel to Europe via a Spanish port. The Spanish government was quick to see this, and gave its encouragement to establishing a great port at Vigo. This plan has not gone ahead, however, as engineering difficulties of an insurmountable character have been encountered. But a far more important route is now being considered, with the famous old port of Cadiz as the central point. Cadiz is one of the very last points of land in Western Europe, reaching out toward America. It is proposed to make Cadiz the entry port of trade to and from North and South America, and through the Panama Canal, to the Indies. This is a same proposition, but the war and after the war is bringing these large propositions. 