PORTAE OF PEACE.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1921, Page 4

PORTAE OF PEACE.

; CENTENARY .MEMORIAL. I ON CANADIAN EUON'ITKR. i ! NEW YORK, September L j Tho most interesting eerenmnic.s n ! Bhiiiio, of Washington, to-<lav, | il«*; 1 ic*:i t ing tlu* I Vaco Portal, a ling* j of stool ami foment <»n the interi national lionmlary line there, and >*o ! commemorating tin* hundred years of pare with Canada nlong JIOOO miles **f iinforl died boundary, are the prelude to other ceremonies with similar intent in the neighbouring States. Oregon :m l California. A representative of the “Daily Telegraph,” who recently arrived at New York from the Dacilie Coast, says the giont Pacific highway running from Vancouver, British Columbia. to Tin Juana, Lower California, nearly -000 miles long, and traversing on the American side tin* sjate-; of Washington. Oregon, and California, is a most impressive symbol, and tie* wonderful Peace Portal dedicated today will soon !>eeotne as well known to the Western world as is tlie Arc do Triomphe in Paris to Europe. Kvorv mile of the road will he paved hv 1020 according to the present, plans, and avenues of trees an* being planted.

i Officially tin l Peace Portal is being . npi nod to-day, but so far as America | is concerned there "ill lie rather inor’ elaborate, but not. more impressive, ceremonies Inter, attended by (lovernlnenl otlieials and foreign representatives. It is hoped that bel'oire Lli' delegates to the international conference at Washington go home to organise a party of them for a trip to the Pacific Coast, so that they may see for themselves the friendly feeling exist ing between both sides of the linfnrti fieri boundary, and also admire the great undertaking which the children of a common mother have reared to celebrate the centenary of peace. The “Peace Portal” is half ill the United-States and half in Canada. On the north side of the portal is the inscription. “Brethren dwelling together in Unity.” On the south side is tle> inscription, “Children of a common mother. ’’lßelnw one door runs the worths. “Open for a. hundred years.” and below the other the words. “Mnv these doors never to be closed.” From

two flagstaff's the flogs of Great Britain j and the United States are waving. ;

The dedication ceennony included the placing of a piece of wood, from the ship Mayflower and a similar piece* from the ship Beaver, the lamous Hudson Bay ship, which was the hast steamer to ply in the Pacific. From the portal also flies the Belgian llag, commemorating the Treaty under whim the United States, and Canada lived in peace, and which was signed -it Ghent on December 21th.. 181 1. A French flag is also flying in remembrance of the French population in Canada.