Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-03 | Page 3 | Canadian Peace Gate Gratifies Harding

j i I iGAN mAN PEACE 2 GATE HARDING 1 7 l' l President Testifies to Good j II in L Letter etter on t- t 1 WI In on I t f 2 Boundary Portal t Jil WASHINGTON Sept 3 An An rI r- r I boundary line Une more moro than i mites miles long ong between tho the United States n and nid Canada Is the best testimony that tho the world grows wiser and better belter I President Harding In a R letter today to toI tobo bo be read at the dedication atlon of a n. peace I portal erected near Blame Blaino Wash In commemoration of more moro than a century of ot uninterrupted peace be between between be- be twe tween n America and Great Britain The portal to be dedicated September Septem Septem- ber her 6 6 on tho the international line was conceived by Samuel Hill of ot Seattle In recognition of the tho significance of ot the occasion the tle president write Mr Hill as follows The ancient Romans erected a a. temple tem tern pla to Janus Jants a a. dispenser of ot peace and war and ordered that Its gates should never be closed while the nation waat was wa wasat at war In seven Beven c centuries they arc raId eald to have been closed but three e times You have erected a a. temple templo or of p aco whose gates arc never to he be closed save savo In war Already It stands I for more than a century of ot unbroken peace between Britain and America and we all al join In the hope that In Incoming Incoming Incoming coming times Umes It may mRY commemorate a ah era of peace peco much longer than tho period of ot wars wars for tor which the temple of Janus stood One century and more of ot peace with tho British empire our relations of un- un 1 amity with Canada the fact that a boundary line Une over miles long ons- ong remains unfortified these the these are ar the testimonies that the world grows wiser and better All An mankind looks to this example yearns to follow tollow It and we are Ju Justified to believe belleve that P. P time is at hand when it may take a aIon along Ion long ngo step in that direction On the occasion of dedication of ot the Pacific peace portal I wish to convey to you OU p personally my high appreciation of ot your patriotic service In providing a shrine to International peace and in doing so I would also thank the Pacific Highway association the tho builder of ot the portal for tor tho fine co coo cooperation co- co o operation it h hos s rendered