| Show RESTORATION OF VE MANOR m I People of Prominence of Both England and America Are Identified With the Un Un- EELI GS of at nations as ns of at individuals Individuals Indi indi- F FEELINGS change with the passIng passIng pass pass- Ing o of time and the animosities o of yesterday are burled buried In the bonds of friendship and close alliance today This Is strikingly Illustrated In Inthe Inthe inthe the present attitude of ot England toward toward toward to to- ward the United States Public men and newspapers are Insisting that the events leading up to the Revolution devolution and the War o of 1812 1813 did not reflect the spirit o of the British people but were due to the Influence of at England's German German Ger Ger- man kings and Dd that whatever cr prejudices prejudices dices have e existed since have hn been the result of at m ni misunderstanding 5 caused by differences In customs and environ environ- ment mente The reconciliation movement began before the outbreak of at the European war Its first manifestation was n a projected celebration of at the tho centennial of peace pence between English English- speaking nations It was given im- im of Brington Church Where there are memorials of oC the Wash- Wash I petus by the stress of at war Var and the desire of or Great Britain for American aid In the struggle against Germany To Make Friendship Visible But ut the thing that will make the friendship between the two nations visible as It were to the people of at both sides has been proposed by the London Telegraph It Is the restoration restoration restora restore tion equipment and maintenance of Sulgrave c manor the time ancestral home of the Washington family as a n museum museum museum mu mu- seum and depository depositor of at documentary pictorial and other records of at Anglo- Anglo American relations It Is Intended also that It shall be a rendezvous for all Americans visiting Europe Europe Europe-a a sort of ot unofficial clearing house for tourists tourists tour tour- tour tour-I wit the he added attraction of sentiment sentiment sen sen- such as attaches to the grave gra of ot Washington at nt Mount Vernon or orthe orthe orthe the home of at Shakespeare at nt Stratford The Telegraph has started a fund of 1 to carry carr out Its plan The first subscription received recel was for GOO from King George and the time list In Includes includes In- In etudes many of the known best names In Englund England and America For legal purposes a holding company compan to be known as ns the Sul Sulgrave Institution has been founded The board of at governors governors gover gover- over over- nors which has charge of at the WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- I I ington manor house Is constituted as follows John W W. Davis ls American ambassador dor to Great Britain chairman Lord treasurer H. H S. S Perris secretary secretary sec sec- secretary the thc Marquis of at Crewe Earl co of or I edle ton Earl Spencer r 4 c cu arr rf r- r u I f J v q 1 i- i f I IV J J. J f 4 q a 1 s R First Home of the Sulgrave Manor Viscount I Bryce Viscount Cowdray Cowdrey Sir William Mather Sir Sir- Sidney Lee Sir Sam Fay ay Sir Harry BrIttain Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert I P. P Skinner United States consul gen general the Rev Dr J. J Fort Newton the mayor maor of at Northampton Robert Bacon former fanner American ambassador to J. J France Joseph G. G Butler Dutler Jr W. W Curtis Demorest J. J Pierpont Morgan Gen T. T Coleman du Pont font John A. A Stewart a 0 member of at the American peace pence cent centenary committee MaJ raJ Gen Leonard Wood Robert Donald Donold J. J L. L Can In John Blair Macafee arnee Mrs Irs John W. W Davis ls Lod Lady Arthur Herbert Lady Indy Lee ee of ot Fareham Mrs Woodhull Martin Martin Mar Jar tin Lady Lody Paget and Dr C. C Stewart DavIson On Site of Old Priory The Tile manor house houle at Sulgrave e Northampton orth stands on the site of at a Reformation pro priory of ot the monks of ot St. St Andrew In 1538 1539 the property was granted by King I Henry VIII to Lawrence Washington mayor of ot Northampton whose great grandson Is reputed to have ha been blen the tho great grand father other of ot George Georg Washington on first president of ot the lie United Stat States and the general under whose leadership the tho American colon colonists ISIS forced recognition I of ot Independence from Great Britain On the main train doorway are the tIlt j I Washington arms said to have be been n j I Ithe the origin of ot the American national j I emblem The royal Tudor arr are j kUll to be seen on the front bIU gable burble e. e i |
