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Show GHENT PEACE TREATY SIGNED mollis AGO People of U S and Great Britain Celebrate Anniversary Anniver-sary of Signing of Con vention in Belgium COMMITTEES SEND OUT STATEMENTS England and Belgium Are Forced to Forego Public Ceremonies Until After Close of War NEW YORK Dec "3 The people of the Un ted States and Creat Bnta n mil observe tomorrow tho one hun dredlh anm ersary of the 8 gn ng of the treaty of Ghent by rem ndmg them selves that the day marks a century of peace among Engl sh speak ng na t ons The or g nal plans called for a ser es of celebrat ons in th s country and across the -water It was to have be gun in Ghent on Chr stmas eve w th a banquet tendered by the 'burgomaster to f fty representat ves of the United States fifty Englishmen and f fty Can ad ans n the hall where the treaty was s gned but this s upset by the fact that the anc ent Belgian c ty is now occup ed by the Germans w th whom England is at w ar Peace Centenary To mark the day the American com m ttee and the Br t sh committee wh ch have been arranging for the peace cen tenary issued communications for s multaneous pubhcat on Thursday morn ing m the newspapers in England and the United States The Br t sh statement expresses the hope that the d sarmed front er be tween the United States and Canada may long cont nue as an exan pie to the world of the safe defense of mutual respect and trust m the affa rs of na t ons and pras that the peace be tween the B t sh and American democ rac es wh ch has so long endured may never be broken The Brit sh peace centenary com m ttee has purchased Sulgrave manor the ancestral home of George Wash ng ton in England, wh ch was to be pre sented to the Ame can people Th s and other features of the celebration are to be postponed until after the war Will Carry Out Programme The American comni ttee notw th stand ng the war purposes to carry out in part its or gmal intent on to cele brate the peace centenary, and m a commun cat on issued tonight over the s gnature of a number of w dely known c t zens urges suitable commemorat on of the ratif cation of the treaty by the United States which followed m med ately upon the arr val of ts d aft n I ebruary 1814 The dates spec fied dre February 14 for exerc ses in churches of all denomiuations Febru ary 17 and 18 fpr formal addresses at the capitals of the respec ve states and February 9o f0r exercises n the schools The American statement s s gned by Joseph H. Ghoate cha nnan "New Ttork William Howard Taft. I,ew Ha en Thomas F Bayard Wilmington George H Burle gh New York, Nich olas Murray Butler New York. W 1 1 am A Clark New York John D Cnmm ns New York Will am Curt s Demarest New Yorl Henry S D ink er South Bethlehem, J Tavlor Ellyson Richmond John II F nley Albany Austen G Fox New York Albert Eu gene Gallatin New York James Card inal G bbons Baltimore Samuel Gom pers Washington DC WO Hart hew Orleans Job H Hedges New York Andrew B Humphrey New York Harry Pratt Judson Chicago, Theodore Marburg Bait more Henrv C Morris Chicago Robert C Moms, New 7?lk T,AJt0H B Porker. New York El hu Boot Wash ngton D C Thancis Lynde Stetson New York John A Stewart New York Oscar S Straus -New York Frank S Streeter, Concord Andrew tarneg e Jacob M D ck nson former secretary of war Charles rran is Adams of Boston Andrew J Mon tagne, former governor of V rginia Wardner W lhanis of Denver and the Eight Be James II Darl ngton of Har risburg Pa British Statement The British committee s statement s On Christmas eve 1814 n the oil Garthus an monastery in the c ty of Ghent the plen potent ar es of Great -Br ta n and the United States s gned the treaty of Ghent which brought to a close the last war between these great Engl sh speaking peoples Thee have been many and grave Anglo Amer ican d sputes and diff cult es since then b t they ha e all been dealt with successfully by the maeb nery of cone 1 at on and arb trat on Today these two nat ons can rejo ce together over the s gn f cant achievement of a completed century of peace Preparations to mark the centen ary by an in pressive series of publ c eremon es and by works of permanent value ha e been in progress for son e tin e nder the ausp ces of represcnta t ve nat onal comm ttees n Grea Br ta n the Un ted Sattes of America and the Domin on of Canada The outbreak of the terr ble Euro Eean war in wh ch our co ntry has een called to take part n defense of fa th of treaties ana of the rights of the smaller and weaker nat onal t es has interfered with our projects for the celebration and compelled a post ponement The noble c ty of Ghent is n the occupat on of a host le sold ery Both the Belgian people and ourselves are absorbed in the tasks and sacri f ces made necessary by the nature of the strugg e to which they are pledged We must hold over our rejo cings for the blessings of the 100 years of Brit sh American peace until the European war is o er Century of Peace Today we can only recall to the publ c n ind with deep thankfulness the century s record of peaceful tr umphs wh ch is now completed and tter pray er that the peace between the Br t sh and American democ ac es which has so long endured may never be broken and that the d sarmed front er between the TJn ted States and Canada nay long continue as an example to the world of the safe defense of mut al respect and trust n the affa rs of the na tions The t me w 11 soon we hope come when we can anno nee a new t me table fo the celebrat on of the 100 ears peace when the story of what the Eng I sh speak ng peoples have ac ompl shed may br ng good cheer and fresh courage to a world exhaustel by war In the meantime ve salute our Amer can cous ns with a greet ng of good w 1 The commun cat on s s ned by tarl Grey Lord Cowdrav the Duchess of Marlboro gh V scount Jan es Bryce Harry E Br tta n and a score of oth ers all of whom are off cers o mem bers of the Br t sh committee fo the celebrat on of the 100 3 ears peace |