A TOKEN THAT TALKS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 33, 7 February 1913, Page 3

A TOKEN THAT TALKS.

You cannot safely judge what is inside a parcel by the wrapper, neither can you tell the quality of any goods by the can or the carton. You can, however, make sure of this—every package of

£25,000 to £.30,000 would be roquircd. It had also been thought desirable by the British Committee and by the American Committee as well, that the Centennial should be celebrated by an organised endeavor on both sides of the Atlantic and in all our Oversea Dominions to promote by education methods the growth of those feelings of mutual respect, affection, and "goodwill, as well as of mutual knowledge, which already distinguished the peoples of .Britisrt a.nd American descent in all parts of the world. Lectureships at j the principal universities, peace centennial prizes for essays on AngloAmerican relations past, present, and tuture, now school readers, would all be included in this educational I '^heme. For these three purposes I«.Tn!L estimate<* that a sum of from £00.000 to £60.000 would be required. A LONDON MOVEMENT. It was possible that before Christmas Eve, 1914, arrived AngloAmerican sentiment might require that sorao monument symbolical of the unity of purpose that bound together the English-speaking peoples of the world should be erected on the best available site in London, right m the heart of the Motherland. He did not forget that he was speaking ! at a moment when difficulties had i arisen with respect to the interpretation of an Anglo-American Treaty, which was regarded as a question of the greatest importance on both sides oi the Atlantic. We had quite recently stated our own view fully, but with a moderation, ahd courtesy which would, ho thought,, have convinced all Americans that we wished to show the greatest consideration to their rights and interests, and that we. had the fullest appreciation on their point of view. His experience both m Canada and in the United States had taught him to know our American frionds too well not to have implicit confidence in their sense of national honor and fairness, and' in their desire to settle each question as it arose with the same regard for the rights of others that we claimed to accord to such rights ourselves. He had not the faintest doubt that long before the time arrived for the peace celebrations the sun of friendship and goodwill that had" warmed us for a hundred years would be shining in fullest splendor, with no wreath of mist to dim the glory of its beams.

THE BURGOMASTER OF GHENT

M. Eniile Braun, Burgomaster of Ghent, expressed his thanks to the Lord Mayor for having associated officially the town of Ghent with the celebration. He was charged by his municipality to say that they were disposed to participate in the celebration by assisting the organising committee in the restoration of the room where the Treaty was signed in 1814 to its. origiiiiil state, and also by offering,- on oth January, 1915, in the same room in their Town Hall in which took place on sth January, 1815, the banquet offered" to the peace delegates (English and American), a fete, which should be so far a.s possible, a repetition of that function held a hundred years ago. The Municipality of Ghent had given him the agreeable mission of inviting the Lord Mayor of London and his suite to visit next year their town and exhibition.