The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-18
Canadians Celebrate Found.
ing Of Quebec
PRINCE OF WALES COMING
CELEBRATION o ANNIVERSARY
OF THE FOUNDING OF CITY
WILL LAST ALL NEXT
WEEK..

monarch of the British people as a
spectator of the mighty spectacle, a
panorama Of historical events made
famous in poetry and literature will
be unrolled next week on the Plains
of Abraham. 1t will be pageant
without parallel in the new world
and one in which the peoples of Can
ada. England. France and the United
States will join as friends and
brethren. In addition to the prince OF
Wales, there will be scores Of mobiles
and high dignitaries of state from the
mother country and many men Of re-
nown from the republic of France. Vice
President Fairbanks will officially rep
resent the United States.
The great festival will commemorate
the 30Oth anniversary of the founding
of Quebec, and will deal with phases OF
history the most romantic in the
early settlement of the North. Ameri-
can continent. Already the ancient city
is filling with visitors from all over
Canada and the United States. The
first event Of the program will take
place tomorrow, when L,Association
Catholique de la Jeunesse Canadienne
Franchise will do honor to the memory
of Champlain at the foot of his statue
The Weeks Program.
On Monday the mounted heralds at
arms and men of-the- watch will ap-
%l,0 To ocf, in
the times of Champlain. The heralds
will proceed through the length and
breadth of the city, stopping at all
important places and calling out Off
cial announcements as to the cefe-
bration. In the evening a congress Of
the French-speaking physicians of
North America will be opened.
Tuesdays program includes the ar
rival and reception of official guests.
and of the French and American fleets,
a performance of the pageant on the
Plains of Abraham, and a musical con-
cert
Wednesday will be the great day,
when the Prince Of Wales will arrive,
escorted by a naval squadron, and will
be given a glorious greeting by the
assembled thousands. On Thursday
will be shown the arrival Of Champlain
on his ship Don de Dieu, a replica
Of the actual craft which conveyed the
founder of Quebec. Throughout the
balance of the week there will be
other great pageants and celebrations,
and the festivities will come to a
close on July 29, when the Prince of
Wales will leave on the return trip
to England.
The pageant is planned to trace by
procession and dramatic action all
that has been notable in the quaint
old city, which although loyal to the
British crown, still remains strongly
French in both its tongue and it's re-
ligion.
A mimic Jacques Cartier will plant
his cross and read to the Indians the
exact words that the real Jacques read
60 the Indians on the banks of the Lai-
ret. Then down the river he will 60
taking with him the Algonquin chief
e1Aio eiiS@ AA-ulclhS Will pc1uulC dlOIS Ia
their canoes, acting as his escort
while he starts the initial stage Of HE
long journey back to France The
pantomine will take the observers
back to that France of the long ago.
where Cartier will be seen facing his
royal master, King Francis First, to
tell him if his discovery of the great
western country.
Some years elapses before this heroic
drama of history produces another
scene. Once more it is royal court
This time Henri " is on the throne
and the spectators will see Champlain
in the act Of receiving his commits
sion from the king to set out to the
new world on a voyage of exploration
Shifting again the drama is laid in the
new world. So are other characters
made famous in the history of the Ca
madam city. The Jesuits arrive. so does
Mother Marie, founder of the Ursu-
lines. That battle is shown in which
Dollard, the hero of Montreal, backed
only by a band of Is heroes, makes
his stand against hordes of redskins
and thus saves Canada.
Then comes still another change in
the scene. The sanity Mgr. de Laval