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€1 American Committee to Celebrate the Centenary pf 
 of the Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which 
 established lasting peace between America and 
 Great Britain ; as well as the plan to signalize, in 
 fitting manner, the peace which has existed between 
 the United States, Great Britain, and other nations. 
 
 WoouRow Wilson 
 Thomas K. Marshall 
 
 Honorary Chairman: Theodore Roosevelt 
 
 Honorary Vice-Chairmen 
 
 William Jennings Bryan Elihu Root 
 
 Joseph H. Choate Adlai E. Stevenson 
 
 Alton B. Parker Levi P. Morton 
 
 Honorary Treasurer: Lyman J. Gage 
 
 Honorary Secretary: Harry P. Judson 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 The American Committee met in conference on 
 December 3rd and 4th in the City of Ivichmond, Va. 
 
 After prayer by Bishop O'Connell the conference was 
 called to order by the Chairman of the Executive Com- 
 mittee. After reports by the Committee on Rules, 
 Harry E. Hunt, of Detroit, Mich., Chairman; by the 
 Committee on Arrangements, William Curtis Demorest, 
 New York, Chairman; and the reading of the call by 
 Andrew B. Humphrey, the Secretary of the American 
 Committee, Governor William Hodges Mann, of \"ir- 
 ginia, was escorted to the chair and presided during the 
 forenoon session. General Frank S. Streeter, of Con- 
 cord, N. H., was the subsequent presiding officer. 
 
 After Governor Mann's address, an address of wel- 
 come was delivered by T. M. Carrington, Esq., Presi- 
 dent of the Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of the 
 City of Richmond, and response was made on behalf 
 of the American Committee by Edwin D. Mead, of 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 The morning session was passed in general discus- 
 sion as to the character of the Celebration; and many 
 interesting and valuable suggestions were made by the 
 conferees. 
 
 On motion of a member from New York the mem- 
 bers of the Conference were divided into the follow- 
 ing committees : 
 
 Committee on International Celebration — Henry C. 
 Morris, Chicago, 111., Chairman. 
 
 Committee on National Celebration — James Brown 
 Scott, Washington, D. C, Chairman. 
 
 Committee on Official Celebration by the States — 
 Gen. Frank S. Streeter, Concord, N. H., Chairman. 
 
 Committee on Local Celebration — Andrew B. Hum- 
 phrey, New York, Chairman. 
 
 Committee on Plan and Scope of Co-operation by 
 Patriotic Organizations — Col. Bennehan Cameron, 
 Raleigh, N. C, Chairman. 
 
 Committee on Co-operation of Universities, Col- 
 leges and Schools — Dr. Henrj^ Sturgis Drinker, South 
 Bethlehem, Pa., Chairman. 
 
 Committee on Legislation — Former Representative 
 W. W. Cocks, Old Westbury, N. Y., Chairman.' 
 
 NOTE: Only siiiiimarics of reports arc given; full 
 reports will be published later. 
 
Committee on Resolutions — Judge William L. Car- 
 y )cnter, Detroit, Mich., Chairman. 
 
 Committee on Address to the people of the United 
 states — Albert Eugene Gallatin, New York, Honorary 
 Chairman ; Thomas F. Baj'ard, Wilmington, Del., 
 Chairman. (These two gentlemen are descendants of 
 ;\vo of the signers of the Treaty of Ghent.) 
 
 The conferees were gratified at having present with 
 :hcm eight members of the Canadian Committee who 
 participated in the discussion and took part in all pro- 
 :cedings. These were : 
 
 Honorary Secretary of the Canadian Committee, 
 Major Charles F. Hamilton, of Ottawa. 
 
 The energetic and accomplished Secretary of the 
 Canadian Committee, Mr. E. H. Scammell, who is in 
 charge of the work of the Canadian Committee in 
 Hope Chambers, Ottawa. 
 
 Rev. A. C. Mackintosh, Fort Erie. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hamilton, Fort Erie. 
 
 J. J. Foster, Fort Erie. 
 
 Miss Mildred Green, Montreal. 
 
 The conference, having been called for work and 
 not for futile discussion, the afternoon of Wednesday, 
 December 3rd, was devoted to discussion in committee, 
 the conferees deciding to do away with the holding of 
 the open schedule as per the pre-arranged program. 
 
 In the evening illustrated lectures were delivered 
 by Dr. James L. Tryon, of Boston, Mass., on the his- 
 tory of the Ghent Treaty, and by Dr. T. Kennard 
 Thomson, of New York, on the Niagara bridge and 
 proposed memorials to he erected in commemoration. 
 
 The committees began to make their reports at ten 
 o'clock Thursday morning. .\ summary of the report 
 of the Committees follows : — 
 
 COMMITTEE ON INTERN.\TIONAL CELEBRA- 
 TION 
 
 recommends, in part : — 
 
 Celebration in Ghent, Belgium, Dec. 24th, 1914; 
 Jan. 5-8, 1915. 
 
 Mass in Catholic churches, Christmas Eve, 1914. 
 
 Sermons on Sunday following Christmas. 
 
 Universal church observance on Sunday nearest 
 Feb. 17th, 1915. 
 
 Dedication, January 8-10. of monument marking place 
 of last battle between two armies of English-speaking 
 origin — New Orleans. 
 
 February 12th. 1915. Presentation by .American 
 Committee of replica of St. Gaudens' statue of .Abra- 
 ham Lincoln to the People of Great Britain — London. 
 
 Dedication of Border Monuments or Laying Corner- 
 stones of Same, at 
 
 Calais and Houlton, Me., June 10th, 1915. 
 
 Monument junction, Vermont, New Hampshire and 
 Quebec, June 24th. 1915. 
 
 Exercises at Ogdensburg-Prescott. June 30th. 1915. 
 
 Dedication of arch at Mooers' Junction (Platls- 
 burg). July 25-26. 1915. 
 
 Laying cornerstones, identical monuments, Sault 
 Ste. Marie, Mich., and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.. Julv 
 9th-10th. 1915. 
 
 Minnesota and Manitoba, including St. Paul, Min- 
 neapolis, Duluth and Superior: Dedication interna- 
 tional monument, July 12th-15th, 1915. 
 
Portal, N. D., Manitoba, July 1-2-3. 1915. 
 
 Pembina, N. D., July 1-2-3, 1915. 
 
 Montana and Saskatchewan, near Gateway, Mont., 
 August 8-9, 1915. 
 
 Port Hill, Idaho, and Alberta, August 15-16, 1915. 
 
 Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., and British Columbia, 
 week of July 7th or week of July 25th. 1015. 
 
 International Finale — Panama-Pacific Exposition, 
 Week of August ist or August 8th. 
 
 It is further recommended th^rt a memorial be pre- 
 sented as a testimonial of friendship and goodwill to' 
 the peoples of Germany, France and those nations of 
 the world which have contributed so largely to the 
 population, prosperity and civilization of America; and 
 the suggestion is made that such presentation be made 
 by the Committee in the Capitals of the respective 
 countries on the anniversary of the day on which either 
 the first settlement in America on the part of natives 
 of such countries was made, or on the anniversary 
 of the day of the first intercourse between America 
 and the peoples of other countries, as with Japan 
 and China. 
 
 One exception has been made to this, as to 
 France; fur it is purposed to make the presentation 
 to France, in Paris, on the day of the anniversary 
 of the consummation of the Louisiana Purchase. 
 
 Committee further recommends that events at 
 Niagara Frontier and Detroit, be made international 
 events, owing to their historical significance. In order 
 that the entire great lakes region shall fully and fitT 
 tingly participate in the celebration it is recommended 
 that a meeting be called from among Great Lake 
 Committees by the .American Committee, to be he 
 at Mackinac Island, in July. 1914, for the purpose -^ 
 preparins: a comprehensive plan nf celebration, ai 
 to the particular end that a great marine demonstr ~ 
 tion, initiating at Chicago and at Buflfalo and term: 
 nating at Duluth, Minn., be held, all the cities alor' 
 the Great Lakes taking part. A preliminary call fi'" 
 this meeting will be issued in February 1914. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL CELEBRATIO 
 
 will make a special report which will be publishe j 
 later. The tentative date for the National Celebn 
 tion in the District of Columbia has been fixed b 
 agreement between the American Committee and th 
 local committee, Dr. James Brown Scott. Chairmar 
 for the second week in April. 1915. During th ,- 
 Celebration the American Committee, including th , 
 Washington Committee and the Women's Commit 
 tee, will assist in the dedication of the Queen Vic 
 toria memorial, and of the International peace mon 
 ument. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON OFFICIAL CELEBRATION:* 
 BY THE STATES 
 
 recommends, in part, that oOicial celebrations be hel« 
 in the State Capitals of the respective States on Feb 
 ruary 17th and 18th, 1915, the anniversaries of th 
 dates on which the Ghent Treaty was ratified and pro 
 claimed. These ceremonies, it is suggested, should 
 take the form of exercises in the Capitol buildings, 
 the reading of the Treaty, then formal addresses by 1 
 
the Governors of the States and other distinguished 
 men, such addresses to relate not only to the Ghent 
 Treaty, but to the peace which has endured between 
 this nation, Germany, France, and other nations. 
 
 In order to make this a common celebradon on 
 the part of the States it is urged upon the Comnut- 
 tees representing the States, as an absolute prerequisite 
 to State participation, that at the next session of their 
 respective legislatures a bill, creating a commission 
 and carrying with it an appropriation be introduced 
 and that a campaign be waged for its passage. 
 
 The Committee on Law and Legislation, of which 
 Judge Alton B. Parker is Chairman, through its sub- 
 committee in Richmond, former Representative W. W. 
 Cocks, Chairman, drafted the following bill, which is 
 the one in essentials which will be introduced in the 
 Legislature of the State of New York on January 
 first next. 
 
 A BILL to approve of and execute a plan for the 
 Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary 
 of the Treaty of Ghent between the United States 
 of America, Great Britain and Ireland, and of a 
 century of peace and amity between the United 
 States and other nations: 
 
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 The People of the State of New York, rep- 
 resented in Senate and Assembly do enact as 
 follows : — 
 
 Section 1. A Commission consisting of fif- 
 teen members, to be known as the Peace Cen- 
 tenary Celebration Commission, is hereby cre- 
 ated. The Lieutenant-Governor, the President 
 pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the 
 Assembly and the Chief Judge of the Court of 
 Appeals shall be ex-officio members of said Com- 
 mission. The other eleven members of said 
 1 Commission shall be appointed by the Governor. 
 
 Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Com- 
 j mission to confer with such other commissions, 
 
 or with such committees as may have been or 
 shall be constituted for similar purposes in New 
 York and by and in other States, and in the 
 Provinces of Canada and in other countries, 
 and to devise and execute a plan for an appro- 
 priate celebration in the City of Albany on Feb- 
 ruary 17th and 18th, 1915, and elsewhere at 
 other dates in the State of New York, of the 
 One Hundredth Anniversary of the signing of 
 the Treaty of Ghent, and of a century of amity 
 between the United States and other countries. 
 
 Section 3. For the expenses of the Commis- 
 sion, including salary of its Secretary, clerical 
 services, printing, preparation of plans, traveling 
 expenses, office expenses and other legitimate 
 
 expenditures, the sum of $ is hereby 
 
 appropriated, the same to be paid immediately 
 from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 
 appropriated. 
 
 This bill is offered to the States organizations as 
 ,, model from which a suitable bill can be drafted 
 tor presentation in the other States. 
 
 The Committee respectfully recommends that 
 through legislative enactment or otherwise the sug- 
 
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gestion of Senator Root, that a given five minutes 
 be authoritatively set aside for and designated as a 
 period of silence through the United States should, 
 so far as humanly possible, be carried out. 
 
 In a recent letter to the State Committees they 
 were urged immediately to ask their respective Gov- 
 ernors to increase the membership of each State Com- 
 mittee to 100 or more. -This should be done as 
 quickly as possible; the State Committees should or- 
 ganize and the campaign for legislation should begin. 
 As was suggested, both the campaign to create public 
 sentiment and an appeal for support should be made 
 in the form of an address (sample enclosed) to be 
 published at a given time in all the newspapers of 
 the respective States, the address to be signed by 
 ten or more of the leading citizens of the State rep- 
 resenting various occupations and creeds. This ad- 
 dress should be sent to the press not later than Jan- 
 uary 21st. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON LOCAL CELEBRATION 
 recommends in part: — 
 
 That towns and cities lying in strictly rural sec- 
 tions fix their own date of celebration to conform to 
 the local situation ; but it is suggested that a date 
 immediately subsequent to harvest time, or after hay- 
 ing would probably suit the local needs best. These 
 towns, such as Oneida, Batavia, Elmira, Binghamton. 
 Oneonta. Olean, Poughkeepsie. Utica. N. Y., Yank- 
 ton, S. D., Burlington and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Read- 
 ing, Pa., etc., etc., would be urged also to observe 
 any special universal occasions as are decided upon 
 either in National or international conference. 
 
 The following recommendations are made as to cele- 
 brations in other localities : — 
 
 Alabama — Montgomerv: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 Alaska— Juneau: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 A risoiia— 'Phoenix: Feb. I7th and 18th. 1915. 
 
 Arkansas— Little Rock: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 California — Sacramento: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915.. 
 Oakland: August 18th, 1915. 
 
 Colorado— Denxcr: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915; Ju!;. 
 21st-25th — Rocky Mountain Celebration. 
 
 Connecticut— Yiavtiord: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915; 
 Meriden: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915 and July 4th. 1915; 
 New Haven: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 Delazvarc—T)oxer: Feb. 17th and 18th. 1915. 
 
 F/onWa— Tallahassee : Feb. 17th and 18th. 1915. 
 
 Georgia— \t\ant7i: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 /c?a/;o— Boise : Feb. 17th and 18th, .August 15th. 
 1915. 
 
 ///mjojV— Springfield : Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915; 
 Chicago: July 9th-12th. July 11th. 1915. 
 
 Indiana — Tdianapolis : Feb. 17th and 18th. 1915. 
 
 /otc'o— Des Moines: Feb. _17th and 18th. 1915; Burl- 
 ington, la. : Same as Batavia, N. Y. 
 
 Kansas— ToT^eka: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1015. 
 
 AV;(f»r/.'y— Frankfort: Feb. 17th and 18th. 1915. 
 
 Louisiana — Baton Rouge: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 .^l/anir— .Augusta : Feb. 17th and 18th, 1015. 
 
 .l/(jrv/o)irf— .Annapolis : Feb. 17th and 18th. 1915: 
 Baltimore: Sept. 10th and 12th. 1915. 
 
 Massachusetts — Boston : Feb. 17th and 18th, April 
 30, Mav 1st. 1915: Cambridge: Feb. 17th and 18th, 
 April 30th, May 1st, 1915. 
 
Michigan — Lansing: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 Minnesota— St. Paul: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915; 
 Minneapolis: July 10th, 11th, also special day of 
 presentation memorials to Norway and Sweden. 
 
 Mississippi — Jackson: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 il//.y.yo!(n— Jefferson City: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 Montana— Helena: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 Nebraska— Lincoln: Feb. 1 7th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 Nevada— Curson City: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915. 
 
 Nezv Hampshire — Concord : Feb. 17th and 18th, 
 1915. 
 
 A^^ic; /^rj^y— Trenton : Feb. 17tli and 18th, 1915. 
 
 New Mexico-Santa. Fe : Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915; 
 Albuquerque: April 21st, 1915. 
 
 Neiv York— Albany: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915; Buf- 
 falo : July 2nd-6th ; Batavia : Should fix date _ of 
 celebration to conform to local situation. A date im- 
 mediately subsequent to harvest time is probably the best. 
 Should also take part in universal celebration on Febru- 
 ary 17th-18th, 1915. Olean : Same as Batavia; Oneida: 
 Same as Batavia ; Oneonta : Same as Batavia ; Pough- 
 keepsie : Same as Batavia; Svracuse: Special day 
 N. Y. State Fair. Sept. 6th. 191 5j Utica : Same as 
 Batavia ; Ithaca : Same as Batavia. 
 
 North Carolina — Raleigh : Feb. 17th and 18th, 
 1915. 
 
 North Dakota— Bismarck: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915; 
 Farsro : Same as Batavia, N. Y. 
 
 0/;fo— Columbus : Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915; Cin- 
 cinnati: July 4th-llth — Ohio River week — Celebra- 
 tion should be held in conjunction with similar cele- 
 brations by Pittsburg. Louisville. Memphis, St. Louis, 
 and other Ohio-Mississippi cities. Feature of cele- 
 bration should be sailing of fleet on Ohio River. 
 
 O A' /fl/(o ma— Oklahoma City: Feb. 17th and 18th, 
 1915. 
 
 Or^.<7o;r— Salem : Feb. 17th and 18th. 1915. 
 
 Pennsylvania — Harrisburg: Feb. 17th and 18th, 
 1915; Pittsburg: See Cincinnati, Ohio; Reading: Same 
 as Batavia, N. Y. 
 
 Rhode Island — Providence: Feb. 17th and 18th, 
 1915. 
 
 South Carolina — Columbia : Feb. 17th and 18th, 
 1915; Spartanburg: .Same as Batavia, N. Y. 
 
 South Dakota— Fierre: Feb .17th and 18th, 1915; 
 Yankton : Same as Batavia. N. Y. 
 
 Tennessee — Nashville: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915; 
 Knoxville : Same as Batavia, N. Y. 
 
 rr.r(7.y— .Austin : Feb. _ 17th and 18th, 1915; Fort 
 Worth : Same as Batavia, N. Y. 
 
 Utah— Salt Lake Citv: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1015. 
 
 Vermont— Montpel\er: Feb. 17th and 18th. 1015; 
 Burlington: June 24th, 1915: Middlebury : Feb. 17th 
 and 18th. 1915. 
 
 r/r^iaia— Richmond : Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915; 
 Danville: Same as Batavia, N. Y. 
 
 irashinoton-OWmvia: Feb. 17th and 18th, 1915: 
 Seattle: Week of" Tuly 7th-25th, 1915, 
 
 IVesf Virginia — Charleston: Feb. 17th and ISth, 
 1915. 
 
 rF;>ro>r.ym— Madison : Feb. 17th and 18th, 19]5; 
 Milwaukee: July 12th and 13th. 1915. 
 
 IVyowing — Cheyenne: Feb. 17th and 18th. 1915. 
 
 Numerous suggestions have been received as re- 
 gards local celebration. These are, briefly, addresses: 
 church services; formal exercises in the City Hall: 
 parades and pageantry: the erection of monuments; 
 
the holding of field sports; an interchange of in- 
 expensive bronze tablets or other memorials between 
 towns or cities of the United States, Canada, Great 
 Britain and Ireland bearing similar names, and to 
 this end it is suggested that the local committees 
 consult the gazetteers, ascertain if towns bearing a 
 similar name exist elsewhere throughout the world, 
 and then, through correspondence, get into touch 
 with the authorities or leading citizens of such places, 
 to the end that some recognition may be made of 
 the happy coincidence in some formal way during 
 the course of the centenary celebration in 1915. 
 
 It is desirable that local committees should meet 
 as soon as possible to discuss a plan of local celebra- 
 tion, and to work it out along their own lines to 
 the end that they may celebrate in a distinctive and 
 individual way. 
 
 COMMITTEE OX PLAN AND SCOPE OF CO- 
 OPERATION BY PATRIOTIC ORGANIZA- 
 TIONS 
 
 Report to be issued later. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON CO-OPERATION OF UNIVER- 
 SITIES, COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS, 
 Dr. Henry Sturgis Drinker, Chairman, 
 
 will submit a report sometime about February 15th,' 
 1914, which will be then made public. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION 
 See Report Committee on State Celebrations. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS 
 
 "Resolved, That the American Committee, repre- 
 sented by delegates from thirty-one states and fifty-three 
 cities and towns, acknowledges, through these resolutions 
 and for general publication, the debt of gratitude which 
 the Committee owes to the citizens of Richmond, in 
 general, and, in particular, the Chamber of Commerce, 
 which, through its President, T. M. Carrington, Esq., 
 and through its Secretary, R. A. Dunlop. Esq., so zeal- 
 ously and efficiently labored to make our stay in this 
 delightful and beautiful city a visit of pleasure, and one 
 long to be remembered. The hospitality of the good 
 people of RicTimond is as noted as is the history of 
 their city; and for the welcome with which we were 
 received and the courtesy with which we have been 
 treated we give our hearty and sincere thanks. 
 
 (Signed) William L. Carpenter, 
 
 Detroit, Mich., 
 Chairman." 
 
 The following resolutions were favorably reported 
 by tlie Committee on Resolutions. 
 
 Resolution submitted bv Mr. Robert C. Morris, New 
 York :— 
 
 "The American Committee for the Celebration of 
 tlie One Hundredth .Anniversary of Peace Among' 
 English-Speaking Peoples, 1914-IS. extends its cordial 
 thanks to the British Committee to celebrate the peace 
 
centenary, and offers this expression of its sincere ap- 
 preciation of the joint action of the British Committee 
 and the Executive Committee of the Anglo-American 
 Exposition in London, 1914, taken at a meeting of the 
 Executive Committee of the British Committees in 
 London on August first, 1913, at which the following 
 resolution was formally agreed to : — 
 
 "The Executive Committee of the American-British 
 Exposition agree in principle to an arrangement, be- 
 tween them and the British-American Peace Centenary 
 Committees whereby the American-British Exposition 
 to be held in 1914, at Sheperd's Bush, London, with its 
 various committees intact, shall be taken as forming 
 part of the more permanent scheme; the Executive 
 Conmiittee of the Exposition providing out of the net 
 profits arising from it a sum up to Forty Thousand 
 Pounds for the foundation of Scholarships in connec- 
 tion with Commercial and Social Economics in both 
 countries, in equal proportions to each country, to be 
 called The American-British Exposition Scholarships,' 
 Earl Grey and his Committee agreeing in return to do 
 everything in their power to forward the success of 
 the Exposition, and with his principal colleagues to 
 join its General Committee." 
 
 "Be it resolved by the American Sub-Executive 
 Committee that this munificent gift be accepted in the 
 spirit in which it is offered, and, further be it 
 
 "Resolved, That the Anglo-American Exposition be 
 heartily approved, and that this committee urge its 
 members to aid in making the Exposition a success. 
 
 "Resolved, That this action is peculiarly incumbent 
 upon this committee in view of the particular fact that 
 the Anglo-American Exposition Committee intends to 
 utilize its success to the end that a representative ex- 
 hibit may be sent from Great Britian to the Pan-Amer- 
 ican Exposition in San Francisco, to which this Com- 
 mittee stands committed, and in which it has a direct 
 interest because of the celebration at the Exposition of 
 the finale of the Century of Peace, 1915." 
 
 Also the following resolution, approved by the Amer- 
 ican Sub-Executive Committee, and submitted by Mr. 
 i Jacob H. Schiff, of New York : — 
 
 j "The American Committee for the Celebration of 
 ' the One Hundredth Anniversary of Peace Among Eng- 
 lish-Speaking Peoples, 1914-15, and of unbroken peace 
 witli Germany, France and other great nations, views 
 with deep regret and much concern the decision of 
 ( the Government of Great Britain, acting in concert 
 with Germany, not to be represented officially on the 
 occasion of the Panama-Pacific Exposition in celebra- 
 tion, in 1915, of the opening of the Panama Canal, 
 through which the commerce of the whole world will 
 be so vastly benefitted ; 
 
 I "And inasmuch as the official celebration of the 
 (centenary of the Ghent Treaty in America will ter- 
 minate at the San Francisco Fair in a week of cere- 
 mony and public exercise — a fitting and impressive 
 finale of the period of international rejoicing over the 
 end of war between America and Great Britain — our 
 Committee deems it unfortunate for the peace celebra- 
 tion, and an incongruity, that our principal associate 
 in the celebration should remain officially unrepresented 
 at America's celebration over the completion of the 
 Panama Canal, a situation likely to be misinterpreted 
 ;and misunderstood by some of the American people. 
 
and, therefore, likely to reflect itself somewhat in pub- 
 lic attitude towards the Peace Celebration. 
 
 "Now, therefore, we greet our friends and associates 
 in the Peace Celebration cause in Great Britain — the 
 British Committee for the Celebration of the One 
 Hundredth Anniversary of Peace Among English- 
 Speaking Peoples — and beg their good offices and in- 
 fluence in seeking to secure from the Government of 
 Great Britain their reconsideration of their decision 
 not officially to participate in the Panama Exposition, 
 to the end that Great Britain and Ireland may be ade- 
 quately represented among the exhibitors. 
 
 "Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to lay 
 these resolutions and this matter before the British 
 Committee in London, and to take such steps in fur- 
 therance of this desired end as may be necessary." 
 
 Secretary Humphrey read the following telegram :— 
 "John A. Stewart, Chairman Executive Committee 
 American Committee for Celebration of One Hun- 
 dredth Anniversary of Peace, 50 Church Street, New 
 York :— 
 
 "Heartily approved proposed plan of concluding in 
 San Francisco, in nineteen fifteen, celebration of one 
 hundredth anniversary of peace among English-Speak- 
 ing people. Suggest for consideration setting aside of 
 week to be known International Peace Week. Suggest 
 for consideration International Peace Congress, Inter- 
 national peace pageant, erection and dedication of 
 American-English peace monument and great exhibit 
 to illustrate Internationalism. Should the celebration 
 be concluded in San Francisco we can arrange for al- 
 most any week you would select. If cooperative plans 
 can be arranged, we would offer to assist plans finally 
 adopted by the appointment of committee of prominent 
 citizens to represent at Exposition San Francisco and 
 California. 
 
 (Signed) CH.^RLES C. Moore, 
 
 President, 
 
 Panama-Pacific International Exposition." 
 
 COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE 
 OF THE UNITED STATES 
 
 To THE People of the United States : 
 
 On Christmas Eve, 1814. Messrs. John Quincy 
 Adams, James A. Bayard, Henrv Clay, Albert Gallatin 
 and Jonathan Russell, on behalf of the United States. 
 and Lord Gambler, Dr. .Vdams and Henry Gouldburn. 
 Esq., on behalf of Great Britain, signed the Treaty of 
 Ghent, which ended the war between the two countries. 
 
 Shortly thereafter Mr. John Quincy Adams ex- 
 pressed the hope, so wonderful!- realized, that the pence 
 thus restored should be enduring, saying, "May the 
 gates of the temple of Janus closed here never bej 
 opened during the century." 
 
 A few months later peace societies sprang into be 
 ing in both America and England ; and within three 
 years, by formal agreement, the boundary line between 
 the United States and Canada became a mere politicallji 
 limitation, like the peaceful boundaries that separate the"' 
 States of the American Union, instead of a series of 
 fortifications between two nations mutually distrustful 
 of one another. 
 
 Believing that the blessings that have followed in thelie. 
 train of the peace thus established cannot better be|^' 
 
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brought to the attention of the world at large than by 
 a litting celebration, the American committee at its in- 
 itial meeting, held four years ago, formulated a plan 
 for this purpose. The proposal was soon thereafter 
 laid- before the people of Great Britain and the self- 
 governing colonies of the British empire. 
 
 The American committee was animated by a patri- 
 otic impulse and the belief that through an adequate 
 world-wide celebration of a century of peace great 
 good would be accomplished towards the rational set- 
 tlement of international disputes. And it hoped and 
 hopes to effect tliis through the creation of a senti- 
 ment which shall educate the peoples of the world to 
 regard forbearance and mutual understanding as vir- 
 tues to be cultivated by governments and nations, as 
 well as by individuals. 
 
 The Committee also considered that through the 
 association of the peoples of many nationalities in a 
 common commemoration necessarily there would re- 
 sult increased acquaintance, friendship and mutual un- 
 derstanding which are essential to permanent peace. 
 
 Therefore, the undersigned, a special committee act- 
 ing for the American Committee, a body whose many 
 thousand members are representative of every section 
 of the United States, of every walk in life, and of 
 every profession and calling and of the different ele- 
 ments from which our population is drawn, invite and 
 urge co-operation throughout the United States, and 
 the active, sympathetic interest of the citizens or sub- 
 jects of all countries. 
 
 It is sincerely hoped that all will take partvvith 
 the American Committee, or with similar committees 
 in other lands in the preparation and execution of an 
 adequate and fitting program that shall signaHze, as no 
 other occurrence in the past would enable us to do, 
 the realization of Mr. Adams's prophetic wish that the 
 twentieth century might find the peace still unbroken. 
 
 That our country has been such an active factor in 
 this wonderful achievement prompts us to celebrate the 
 event — for peace as well as war is an event between 
 nations — and arouses the hooe that the hundred years 
 which have passed since the Treaty of Ghent was 
 signed on Christmas eve, 1814, may be not only the 
 precursor of a perpetual peace between Great Britain 
 and the United States, but the promise of a broadening 
 era of enduring peace between all nations. 
 
 Members: — 
 
 Thomas F. Bayard, Wilmington, Del. 
 
 William Jennings Bryan, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Nicholas Murray Butler. New York. 
 
 Warren A. Candler, Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 Andrew Carnegie, New York. 
 
 William L. Carpenter, Detroit Mich. 
 
 Joseph H. Choate, New York. 
 
 John D. Crimmins, New York. 
 
 George Dewey, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Jacob M. Dickinson, Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 Henry Sturgis Drinker, South Bethlehem, Pa. 
 
 John F. Fitzgerald, Boston, Mass. 
 
 .Austen G. Fox. New York. 
 
 Albert Eugene Gallatin, New York. 
 
 James Cardinal Gibbons, Baltimore. Md. 
 
 Samuel Gompers, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Reuben B. Hale, San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 W. O. Hart, New Orleans, La. 
 
 Charles D. Hilles, New York. 
 
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Andrew B. Humphrey, New York. 
 
 Hennen Jennings. Washington, D. C. 
 
 Harry P. Judson. Chicago, 111. 
 
 Henry B. F. Macfarlantl Washington, D. C. 
 
 William Hodges Mann. Richmond. \'a. 
 
 William F. McCombs, New York. 
 
 Andrew J. Montague, Richmond, Va. 
 
 Alton B. Parker, New York. 
 
 Jacob H. Schiff. New York. 
 
 James Brown Scott. Washington, D. C. 
 
 Albert Shaw, New York. 
 
 Adlai E. Stevenson. Bloomington, 111. 
 
 John A. Stewart, New York. 
 
 Oscar S. Straus. New York. 
 
 Frank S. Streeter. Concord. N. H. 
 
 William Howard Taft. New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Charlemagne Tower, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York. 
 
 The reports were all presented by 12 :30. and 
 motion to adjoin sine die was unanimously passed. 
 
 In the afternoon the conferees were made th 
 guests of the Chamber of Commerce and the Cit 
 of Richmond, and under the auspices of Presideri 
 Carrington and Secretary R. A. Dunlop a tour o 
 the beautiful city w.-s made, the guests stopping fo 
 a while at the John Marshall High School, wher 
 interesting exercises were performed by the pupil; 
 and where the audience listened to speeches by Di 
 S. C. Mitchell. Professor Frederick Fling. Mr. I 
 H. Scammell, Dr. Edwin D. Mead, and others, an 
 afterwards visited the home of John Marshall, th 
 Museum of the Confederacy, and other points o 
 interest. 
 
 In the evening the conferees were the guests of th 
 City and the Chamber of Commerce at a most de 
 lightful banquet, at which John Stewart Bryan, o 
 Richmond, presided as toastmaster. and at which th 
 following were speakers : 
 
 Albert Shaw, New York. 
 
 Major Charles F. Hamilton. Ottawa. 
 
 Dr. James Brown Scott. Washington, D. C. 
 
 Dr. S. C. Mitchell. Cohimbia. S. C. 
 
 Hon. Henry D. Flood. Chairman Committee on Foi 
 eign Affairs, House of Representatives, Washingtoi 
 D'. C. 
 Hon. Oscar S. Straus, former Ambassador to Turkey 
 
 Dr. Henry Sturgis Drinker. President of Lehig 
 University, South Bethlehem, Pa. 
 
 Thomas F. Bayard. Wilmington. Del. 
 
 Many ladies took part in the conference, and whil 
 in Richmond they were the guests of a Women' 
 Reception Committee, of which Mrs. Mann. wife_ o 
 Governor Mann, and ^Trs. Ellyson. wife of the Lieu 
 tenant-Governor of Virginia, were chairmen. At th 
 banouet these distinguished ladies acted as hostessei 
 
 The Committee was so hospitably received, th 
 wants and wishes of its members were so zealousl 
 looked after by the people of Richmond that the Cow 
 mittee feels itself under a lasting obligation to th 
 men and women who made their stay at the histori 
 Capital of the State so aptly called _ the Mother^ o 
 Presidents so pleasant and so engrossingly interesting 
 
 (Signed) John A. Stewart. 
 
 Chairman Executive Committee. 
 
 January ist, 1914, 
 
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