FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 15

FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE.

G R E AT' PAN-BR IT ANN IC :■ PAgIa,NT. ■; : i f■ INSCRIBED. '~'■'; '.r : 'The .-great ■:Festival' of. Epipiny.. .to lie ■. held 'at: the 'Crystal iPajaco 'from'.' May to July next, .ii which,,the interest of tho arousedrby:the f the ;Eavl of: Plymouth'promises to begone of,the most notoworth'yV.gatheriußS'iii",the .history-,of the~ : ijipP'r.e (States •;&!'. contributed /article in ;the; "Standard of -Empire"): ' The; project ; : hns met■:with: enthusiastic 'approval from- all"ejudrterf,' arid its' success has the 'outset; '■-■'-, ': : .;-• If- is■ -Hie -■cbll' , of l "the Old Country-to those : of 'the Family 'who'yyent out years ago to 'turn '■' the'backif <56:<teintp ■ pasture and "'the' ; unknbwri' iritSSßttpire; ; and at thoCrystal' Palace.:eet W$ .on'the;, summit of Sydenham l Hillj; with; tho undulatv ing Surrey■Hille ;: ..beybnd,' ; the-;,;Family. Party will Bid its 'festival. -It .is-to. lie Ve : a gathering' tnnt '"should , ft :ppU-, tical: sighlfipimce.' 1 It will -hot be ■ a flaunting 'of strength' in "■ arms; -but "• the.'sign. and'token ; orV'a .■brotherhood',that'-timo can never itdpair.. -V' '■ '<.•'■'■'<:■■ :',": " '-:f'-. :■' ;.The ;Earl"of as phairman of ■ the' coUnoil, hae already given an:put-, line'vof rthe v rfestival :. ; :"lt:-will:, bt^the■ occasion,"'.wrote hst3- lprdAhip,; of ..a social , gathering'in'Englarid of biir.fellbweubjeets" of. the British 1 . Empire. from >the. different'Dbmiriiph'e across theySeas;and it-is hopedi'that'the'result- wiUbcv.farv renohingin.its effect and of real : viilue; in'j inbreaeing; puvrfnutual/.understttriding and'rgoodwill,- .and.'fhjis' in' : inorp~;.firmjy. weWing Ithe,bonds'--p£ ... : " v '; ' i> - The,' schemers'■ a colossal' one; , - oat .ivere , it of,even: greater; magiutude, the gentle-' men>' who ■ Have ''.placed: :theniselves ,af '.the tead, of-it would. be, capable nf ■ carryms it thfougl to'a sucb?ssfurissue>>. Already ut)wards.pf.,Sso,ooo;is guaranteed,to.meet; the "e£oinsis-\4'vpV7 ■;:.;'.;./• r>, ".;''V\^:^, ■'The" manner ' in whick:: the, Hominions. themselves'Jh'ayeV.taken' 1 up■v.the.s is so ; encburaging : :that. qnetoannotf lie too. pptiiriistid:about the.'result;:' From .every, part/of :thej.Empirevhave ; :come expressions 'of ■' go6dwjlL;.and.>loyalty,: ; ;.The,.or-, ganisatipn:- oversea', is thus -represented ~.\ vVNewfouidlaiii^Th^^ ;V;and ■. iady.', , v. ~ '■■ '■;. , : -.!i .■■' \i'', ■-'. CaJiada^ThA^L■|Q*yβrn()^(iβnerel. v l■■,and r ; the''!Cwihfes' ! Grey.:;: ; ' ■■, '<?. Australia'.—The '■Governor-General-: ; and;: ■the \ C6uritess>Dudley '£(?:^%'. , The; Governor and- the ia'dv'Plunk«t.n':. ; : !^\^)'>^^ : .-: : :^:^-~ : .-: •:v. : gontH7iirfea.^TKe , :H4in- , .-C«mmis'sipner ahd :; the'■rCinnte'se'vot:' Selborne;, : .',■:,'.; X. : , ' •and : ..the;Counto6s 'Mintb;^?f ; ,f ';•} '•.• •) iv. *:'• -vTWo'■•hundred" -represehtatives.' of '.eaoh .Dominion -'-"aife' ."to ; "be". invited "to- .attend the festival.^thpEelection".being, left'.en-" tirely- to the'lbpaL committee.,. The con-, the;.final; seenestpf- whieh.\is. ■being'arranged :by-:Mf.;.l!rank lascelles, .which' .ie'inteiided'to^Tmfpld 1 -to; the semliled'.'guests'. the; story :.of<Old,'Lbndon, "The ; *.Heart:iof ■ the' Empire. J '::-VMr. i.-Las- : ' oelle's "produced :.the; (Jtiebeo i-Pageant-Jast.: "year/aM,that ; ceremony;.«wilr:;liVe:.in''the. memory:.of;wery one""who', witnessed-:it-There , ''a,-'poem''''in ; .'every:.'Ecene,'; and •in' $yery';::ibene".'e«power , for' good .that i of gefc -:^V\- ; i^" ?■; ):> ; :,. fTears!'oannbt ; .'efface r.the;jnemory.'.pf,' I ,ii,hi>pne'--:yisi tor';' wrote. ;B ; "Time;i>turnedt laok.'aii'd • Quet'eb - saw.- herself-! &}'• she was. ;o ; the'romanHo past ;aa-aivttst7colicoilrsej of; isp'eptators.i';■behiridKWstorJo"v.scenesr. great~«vehv<^.-in*; the; !.-livee'< f :6f-~%j:pld- v.W6ria-Jitodi:theK.Ne>ifi<i-,.Tqtt!\ttou^nd;i'b£.;; Of' 'Abrahdin; I ';where.:.;6ne:,rof; :;iuo.vnipst-, decisive: Battles.' of -the .world ; was .fpught,-;; , the ■.; af rival Vof : Cattier; and.'; his plariting ; idfi-the^cross:of .Christ'.on'itb?; )anks.bf ; the. r St: Lawrence;;:.ln .the>foregrounds they.' 6aw: ; :th'e.:%imitiveV6avages; then'i-in;; the idistanoeV.iiddmgv. slowly, gracefully,-.'on :the , 'broad'bosom of. the'-nver, ■ they;swr -of • i Carfiefs : loo.-tpn- ves-; sel. And? what' splendid, -natural .aotprs were the , who played, he'parts of their ancestors! ::Aroazement was -depi(j.t?d'.,in itteir,. eyery;;.,attitude as, ' they;'watched ;:;the ;'■; cross-,,borne. up > tfte 'river: 81a5t.... ;i, Fifteen ;i;hp ; iiiahdjP epfprmers..^ c i i,<\. : iiUustrate. ■:Alf.' Lascelles'a" intentipnsvwith-regard ;.tp 'the course,, London:'offers scopeV.to,.j;:iue,: ■master:-of..''Bubh , -?a-.cerep6ny;-;and, scenes, orioal.vacpurac^.;vTherp;i:willhbe^onfe -wo 'scenea.-'iand'np fewer;than,ls,poo,pef-. ?fbriners,-are:iio,. be :.engagedvin7presenting ; . ;the pageant; ;Svhich;will;.be ; .iti toe.partSv; TKe contingentD';from;.pvers«a:.wilUtuid, aplacV'in''thosb scenesj;whioh..mU\.be'.sym-' wlicaV of ■■. the"/gathering .•.pf?!the.; : children; rbund i'.the 'inotfieri 7vß 0. :i:the;;:Cryst4;,: jPalape, camprise^O^es,::but;:the:.pa|eant;:wUl; je".'MnfinW'to:tho--fqrty,:.br:'flfty;apres knowniasp.thß.:'/Rhedodeidron::;;.Gardeii.;. This>iS'bn:ahe;ieft:of;thevPalaW;facade.,; .'and'ic^mands.iaTglprioustview^pt^the. Surrey'ihills^'-The-.l'grandstand.-r.whidh,.; iSibeingverwted?;fflU,;accpttmodatej|oifp(); ; Paiace v iteelf iwiU^e'given/pver; to.: v n!'senes"of will..be,;arranged.in the :way'of : ;'i]lustrated : ::histones l ::as;iit. l were,; of. ;each''of ■■ thei-bverseaiDominions, ■' ppr,-. ' traite 'of -the 'great Empire ibuilders.vfpiin-. 'derß ! bff,the''cbl6.nie3^;and:leading..stat«s- : ' men v aid 'the ■ great , men f whose .names .are ■W,: . i taem;;i:P.icture3;,of, tli.e. aeadiilg7:oiti*-(of^the^Bmpire i :and.jtheir ; found.;duly. "arranged;together vitally/ nteresting. inforinatioiij: eoncerning ■ ;.tno ■Empire-at-large. ■_' ■':*; vV;I- . : ., ; .■ ".; .• "In-the'Great, Hall:an' Empire^concert TTjll to: held on , the opening.:day, May,.24, 'in'-w : hioh : f instrtomentahstS ■from'the.distant parts-of the Empire will •ake part, 1 .'and : concerts will .be held.fre-•Quently-at'.which ; perform«rs .from the: ■ different; oversea Dpniinipns will. be. spe-j cially: engaged;', --yr'- •■-'■■•;';■;•.•■'■;; '*■■:••'•:■■"■';. V--;\fe ; Kinematbgrapli. films (;.are :: beingrspeoi-. ally prepared'to give an-, idea, of the ..industries, ' as ■-■ well as of .the:, scenery, : of •he-'Britains-oversea.: iHarvesting opera-: .tibns and - pulp.'wood^making,., .among other.:industries,--will;:be; shown, n, Ca ?T ada;-,-:- sheep'' 'shearing, ■■' ranching, '•'eto;-,;: in ■Australia; mining: in;Africa;:.and so on. Tho' courts' representing . the Empire oi 'India,'the Dominion of' Canada;: the Commonwealfh' of New Zealand/,>nd \ United-. South. Africa -will be arranged'. in .accordance .with ; the ■praottol .'advice, of High: Commissioners and ■ Agents-General,; ..under: ; the ;presidency; : of..Lord;Strathcpna. ,: v ;.,.; : : :.A A• Series;.of .;v'.,';;';;, ■iiebtures :oi», thpaifferent naHons '.under, the British .Crown,will be given:frequently,"with: free , adtnission; by statesmen and;by:well-known historians' throughout the progress ptvtne festival,'which should prove,.;of vrgreat patriotic ?tind ■.■.-,cduoahonal- ; value.,, ine University of\London.-. which already v has arranged a" series of;:lectures. .throughout Greator-.-London.:for.vihe i; ensuing:,winter months, : on-the. general )mes of.,the festival.i'.arid its historical., aspect in: particular, will,-: under ,'• the'.general ;■ council, be in charge.of these lectures, the.chairman of which is Lord Avebury. , ;;. .:'. ": Loan';collections of portraits of,-great mori-connected :.with;.-.the growth;,. of : the Empire, of "paintings, engravings, and the like, connected with different prints' and' engravings-;of ,Old; Lngland and Old London, collections of old costumes 'and-armbur,'will'bo' arranged in conjunction with- the council by a committee,' with ; itho .advice of "tliH .Viscount Dillon, r;S. A;'■■:;': -7 V .:>.-:■ '/-. ': Already- negotiations-art , ,: proceedina which will result, it is hopetl,' in narrowing the seas'which lie betivoen the Dominions: and tho Mothierluni). ; BrieHy, to touch upon these is us much as one '•■- ablo to do .at present. Every■':yeai ihousands;of ; -Britons [rom Australia, India, (Jamida, and boutli Africa. They will have further incentive next "sumroor; and the council is stnviiu to make: it possible .for slender purses. t( meet■ ■ the': uecpssary -expense. ;-.,1-yen '/ember of'the Family .must feel .that. h< is included in the tviieral-invitation t< "CoHio llome." , Should the negotiation! with railway and steamship authorities bo ■•successful—and there is no reason t< fear the reverso-the cost of travel iii| li tho-Mother Country will be reduced ti a minimi'.Mi. .It is hoped that within i week'or two special announcements n this"direction will bo made. Cablegrami odOl bt). dispatched to , the . respectivi

Dominions/ so, that preparations, {or the i-iait can be, made well .in.advance •.■of ■; tho opening, day of,the festival. .•■■. ... ,•'. .; ,As illustrating i.the : attitude of. the. ; press towards this great,undertaking,;tlio , ollovHng Statement •pnblished-, : by-v th .° ■ , ."JJveriingj; Standard and at. , James e ,; .Gazotto's iS", interesting: and: : typical;- . ' "The Tested Chain -Held Fast." ' : "'■••?TheVsunny"slopcs:'of, the" Sydenham ;• Hill will;witness a.remorlcablb sightincxt' :■ summer. . On'■ those bfoadmacros and intho- Crystar Palace itself will■ take place ': sudh hn ovent as .the world ;has ndverseen beforo.. The Empire •TyiU'hb.ve ~its: ' festival.' The,- Mother, Country .will welcome with glowing heart and outstretched • ■ ■hands; viler, full-grown-eons. 1 Strong >nd stark' they are' now, , ; and yet: i the link betweeft : them'and 'Home, line . ■ Well-forged 'link '■ rang -true, .'■'; the ■ tested -chain held 'fast -in tho- South ' African .' tvur. Many/things have 'happened' since then—heart-to-heart talks ; siries, splendid offers; of naval- aisistanco* : . new', arrangements by : whichithe'mothei- ■ can talk to her childron/on -the other, ■ side of the globo with greater ease, M?' 1: orayy and directness—all tending. to add ;to.the durability of-th'c bond;-- v And nowcomes this great festival, at which _'. the sons of the Empire will meet.face tb face, : and hear tho' great; dome ■: of 'the, Palace 'resounding'withthe musio common to all and loved by all.'. Hero:the resources;of science will'bo" ;impressed vto give overy : :rhdmber 'Of'the , .family, a-graphic,idea'of . what the others' are doing- en ;tai-flung : prairie,-; 'sun-baked-. Teldt, ->-and;' ; stormy,: ■ •fishing grbundsi- Arid together they mil. , watch the-history of Olov.-Londdn.unfold-itself-.in the pomp of pageantry'. Promin-. . ent among the organisers -Vof this great ; family-festival, this joyful; renewing,-of , love 'and' devotion,.is that.bulwark of ; •Empire, .Lord Strathcona. '■■Fired..; by::his eiample, the oversea States are respond-" ■ing nobly.'tO'the'.calh, : "As; i them : the. family,'gathering will .be ., a 6U&-. •cess. It lies with \is of the Mother ,Couu-, ,try to.establish .beyond all cavil; or dis- ; puto: the. .success of ..the./gathering, by opening bur 'doors, ae .well as bur hearts to .■ our"brethren:from ; pyer.the,.seas., ,: ■ - ,' '',■ . '/To'liQndbners.'ithemsolyes;,the,fact that , •the Crystal -Palace' 'selected'as,, the rendezvous, is ,a source's of .deep gratification. -The glorify of,: the,,. magmtitent- . palace.of glass, built;by,Sif.-J6seph''Pax-, • tonkin.'• 1801, seem '.[ about.'.to.ibe..revived.'. :And ■ what',-,Lbndon6r: does', not; cherish a .warm affection'; for ;.thia- wonderful strue. ■turof' How-'popular.an,attrMtion;.it has bcen ; may be gathered frbm'.the'statishcs.'. whiclTthe f Commissioner,-bi; .Police .has ■ .been:kind. enough, to.;'supply. an aver-; : agenb fewer, than two and a half millions' or •persons^;have: passed ; .;the .•■- turnstiles- = every yearr^om-1866-to;l?o9:thejrand totaMyisitprj MKo.PalaiSe i 5 :96,774,7581: