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Show Washington Celebration Open to World WASHINGTON. An Intention to Invite the nations of the world to Join the United States In observance of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington In 1032 Is announced by President Coolldge on behalf of the commission recently appointed ap-pointed to arrango for the celebration of the event Setting forth the purposes for which .he commission was created the President Pres-ident In hi statement said that "for the present It la Impossible more specifically spe-cifically to suggest the purposes and character of the commemoration which it is proposed to arrange. "The two hundredth anniversary of General Washington's birth will be an occasion of such significance not only to our own country, but to the entire world that It la manifestly fitting that thu American nation should appropriately appropri-ately observe It "Hut beyond this It Is lelt that as the life, the career and the achievement achieve-ment of Washington belong, not to a single nation, but to all humanity, It Is proper the nation founded under his leadership should Invite all other nations na-tions and peoples to join It In the observance ob-servance of this anniversary. The character, the efforts and the achievements achieve-ments of Washington have made an Impression on the whole world, so profound pro-found as to have affected the very course of history and to have touched the lives of all who. today live in this world. "We cannot doubt that the influence in-fluence of Washington's example, the leadership which he gave in behalf of liberal Institutions and mankind's advancement, have been among th great benefaction conferred on th race. He ranlta and always will rank among the foremost of those who were providentially designated to perform great and lasting services. "Every consideration of national pride In him as an American of gratitude grati-tude for the dlHtlnctlons which he brought to us as a people, and of satlafactlon In the universal recognition recogni-tion which has been freely rendered to hla name and memory, dictates that this nation should take the lead It such a proper acknowledgment as will make the approachlug bicentennial an occasion of universal Inspiration. "A It was the fortune of America to give such a character to the world, so It la the obligation of America to Insure that all men shall be Invited and encouraged to consider his noble example, and benefit Increasingly through a better understanding of th ideuls which animated hla life." |
