FESTIVAL AND PAGEANT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 788, 11 April 1910, Page 7

FESTIVAL AND PAGEANT.

EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME. The. organisers of the Festival of Em pire, to be held at the Crystal Pake during May, June, and July, are pre pared to deal with a daily attendano of 250,000. persons. :.■; ■ . • ' The Pageant of London, produced b; 15J00O performers, under the directioi of; Mr. Frank Lascelles, will be tb |^pitralrifeirtur J e. , 'of the'"'festival ;' vi 4u apart from this the organisers have ar ranged a ■ programme .'of > entertain ments in the ; Crystal ■': Palace : anc grounds, the like "of "which, ; it "is'"said has never, before been attempted. Th< list of, attractions includes the following:—'. ,■ , .". ' Empire Exhibition in , the Palace, Each, overseas State has a separate court. . , ■:■ . ,' •■■ ■ Daylight kinematograph displays showing,the various industries in th( overseas States. ~,. . ... Newfoundland Trappers! Camp, in th< grounds—a scene from our oldest cclony.V;,,■■"■' . ...■:' ' .'. ..'' •. . ' Canadian Farmstead—one of the hots famous model farms. "Life' in Rhodesia"—a panoramic exhibition of the; South African province. Art Exhibition by colonial artists. "The Brains of the Empire"—ar Imperial Inventions Exhibition, more than 1000 exhibits being staged. Exhibition of Historical Paintings, depicting- the architectural history of London. . •;. . '■;-. performances in the ''theatre by leading English actors and actresses. . Empire concerts. Historical, Costume Ball and Carnival. '.■■.'■■.■■.. ' ■ [,'■ Eight acres of Old English Fair trround. ; A Dutch Loyalist's Speech. _In connection with the Festival of tunpirei- movement, ;a gathering was held at the Savoy Hotel in February under the chairmanship of the Earl of Plymouth. Sir Pieter Bam. who is a member of. the Cape Legislative • Assembly, said he was one of many Dutchmen in bouth Africa who had an attachment for the old Mother Country ?.m tho , M , otner City of the Empire. Wβ feel that as 'Britishers' wo must tit ■ £'°i? a , n to further the interests of the British Empire. (Cheers) ■ 'Wo can well be left alone in South Africa difficult problems to solve there, but-trust the men on the B f ot ' ■■«* the people over herounder- . stand thia-tbat we in..-South Africa;, the Dutchmen and the men of English descent, have, shaken hands, and wo are going to work first for South Africa and then for the Empire itself. We iavo entered into a big partnership in boutn Africa which can never end there, . It ends m tho Empire. (Cheers.) Ihereforo we want to do all we can t> work with you in this pageant. But I look- further, and I hope that this pageant is only going to be the beginning or greater things in England. You start with a pageant. I hope the time s coming when you are going to end with an Impenal Parliament. (Cheers.) Under One Flag. "In the colonies we feel this': We have now got responsible government but it does not end there; it cannot end lou cannot keep on thinking that because we have our Parliaments'that you people here are coine to manage the whole- Empire. You must understand that in the same way that we .tako an interest in tho pageant we want_to take an interest in Imperial questions as well. ■ ■'Of course, I cannot speak for Canada and Australia, but I believo there is tho same feeling throughout the whole of the Empire Wliother we are Dutch or English under the old British fla" we must all work together to buil3 up a strong British Empire." (Cheers )