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Show America and Britain Celebrate 300 YEARS AGO II 137 YEAKS AGO SAILING OF PILGRIMS PEACE TREATY SIGNED i jiv Miirox nitoNMi n, European Vsnesjn N. B A PLYMOUTH, Eng., Nopt 3. Three hundred years ago an Immigrant ship sailed from this port. And this September Sep-tember they are celebrating with mu-i sic, with oratory and prayer und pag- cant Usually 'be townfolK are mid toi see a Hhl sail itwaj with a hand of, bold pioneers. But Plymouth people, lure glad because f thlng.i this Immigration Im-migration led to. The linmlgrat ship wait the Mayflower May-flower Tho Immigrants were the far-fumed I'llk-rlm Fathers The old town whence they sailed Ihree centuries ago has changed al great deal. It is nn immense, busy port now Then are probably few. If any, direct descendants of the I'ly-mouthltes I'ly-mouthltes of that t)a. But there are still to be seen some of tho things upon which the Pilgrims probably cast their eyes for the last time before be-fore sailing for Amerlean shores. Thar the old st Andrew's church. for Instance and the old Abbey In the street Just back of it There Is the old stone houso In Flnewell street and the typical KUzabethun houso In 8t. Andrews Ntreet Then, too, the pilgrim from America Ameri-ca can go to the wharf and see tho street called "Barbican" from which, ths Pilgrim Fathers stepped Into their vessel . Tho Barbican still looks pretty1 much like It did then A big stone' marks the exact spot where the Mayflower May-flower hovi to It Is Inscribed simply .Mayflower, 1620 ' 1 tie celebrations hero are expected to draw thousands of American citizens citi-zens There le an opening reception on Sept. 3 by tho mayor and other, dignitaries And right here thorn Is a' fitting touch The member of Palla-ment Palla-ment for Plymouth Is kii American horn and brod woman -Lady Nancy Astor. There will be literary and historical conferences for eight days, participated participat-ed In by great Americans, British and iutch scholars, On Sunday, Sept. f,: there will be an open air service at the Mayflower stone and American prenchers will occupy all the pulpits In town m tho following day at the Guild-' hnll, Ixrd Chief Justice Beading, a former British ambassador to America, Ameri-ca, and John V. Davis, our ambassador ambassa-dor to Biita.n will bo the chief speak-, ers. There will also bo various events arranged ar-ranged by British and American societies so-cieties whose object is to promote closer relationship and friendship between be-tween the two countries. The 100th nnRUer-nry of the departure of the Pilgrim When to America is now being tvlebratsd at Southampton by Mayflower pageant th Illgrlui Fathers pulling off for Lho Ma) flower." PEACE WITH MOTHER COUNTRY. Delegates from tho American colonies, colo-nies, thin being transformed into the United Statis, and from Great Britain agreed upon peace terms bet wen the two nations Sept 3, 1788, Just 137 years ago today. Thi, v, as the Treaty of Y r-iillles, and officially ended the Revolutionary war. ( n Sept. 9 tho treaty was formally formal-ly signed by representatives of Gnat Britain, France and the United States. Since that treaty was signed many mysteries have been unveiled before American eyes. It has beon proven that many Englishmen En-glishmen sympathised with the colonies, colo-nies, und hoped they would win their Independence. Such great leaders In Parliament aa Burko and Pitt stood Staunchly with the colonies and against the British king. George III It wasn't, then, really a war between be-tween Fnglnnd und America. It wjs a war between the transplanted sons of Briton and tho Germun king of England Engllsmen refused to enlist In the war ugnlnst the colonies, and tho German king George III, went to Germany nnd hired Hessians to fight the colonists. Time and again It was shown 9 little heart for the fight was exhlbit- 1 ed by British generals, who obstinate ly refused to follow up victories ovor Revolutionary armies, giving til lm onlsts every chance to get together and strengthen for another stand The Revolutionary war. Insist man ' American historians, was won (or tho colonies in England, through English disapproval of the war, almost as much as It was won hero through the indomitable Washington and the help of Franco. m that memorable third of September Septem-ber British representatives were eiger , to grunt Franklin and his colleagues al they asked, oven more than the French king, who, as America's ally, was a party to the treaty. England gave the whole northwest territory and the basin of the ihlo. " I This was opposed by the French king.! But England stood with the colonists, her recent foetnen, against their royal ally 1 Tho Americans who signed that trea- ty of Versailles were Franklin. Jay, Adnins and Laurens. Richard !-wuld. !-wuld. who had placed his fortune at the disposal of the Americans during I the War, was the British commissioner. |