THE GREATEST TRIUMPH OF PEACE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 199, 11 August 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE GREATEST TRIUMPH OF PEACE.

The exhibition of the industries of all nations—the Great Exhibition, as it n i.nivorsallv t-n'led—held m Hyde Park Ivtw/vn Mav 1 and October 15, I>sl, ir.u- 'd politics to recede into the background. Tin l idea owed everything to Prince Albert, who acted as Chairman of Commissioners. He" enlisted th.? support of foreign personages, notably t'hat of Prince Louis Napoleon (the President of the French Republic), and tho brilliant success of the whoU> enterprise was largely due to his labours. Many royal and princely guests attend, id the opening ceremony, and visitors from abroad poured into London throughout the summer. Continental 01.-vi vers were struck by the beauty oi tlie Crystal Palace, deigned by s:r Joseph Paxton, and by the behaviour of the crowds estimated »t 25.ii1)0 within t'ne building and 700.000 onthc rova.l route--on the opening day. When Kelose.T. on October 15. (3,200.000 persons bad visited the exhibition, which Oueen Victoria described, and many if her subjects regarded, as "tlie creates) triumph of peace m!i' li tlv 1 world In* ever seen."