The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
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ing Thi 5 NTH Guns
SPEECH AT FORT TICONDEROGA
President Echoes Prayer That VAL
ley May Never Again Be
the Seat of Bloody
War.

Bluff Point, N. Y. July with the
arrival of President Taft, of Ambas-
sador Jusserand of France, Ambassa-
dor Bryce of Great Britain, Secretary
of War Dickinson and Vice Admiral
Uriu Of Japan the celebration Of the
three hundredth anniversary Of the
discovery of Lake Champlain took on
an international scope and a world
wide interest.
Ambassadors Jusserand and Bryce
and President Taft all committed their
respective countries to policies of
peace. and in the shadow Of an old
fortress which had witnessed some Of
the bloodiest battles in all history
they expressed the hope that never
again would the peace among the great
nations of the world be interrupted by
war.
The president and the ambassadors
were shown through the historic ruins
of "Old IT," as the natives call the
stronghold which is now in course Of
restoration. After the president had
inspected the fort he proceeded to the
grand stand which stood halfway down
the hill and which was surrounded by
several thousand people.
Ambassador Jusserand in his speech
was most felicitious in his expression
of peace and good will toward Ameri-
ca, toward Great Britain and toward
all the world He referred with much
feeling to the fact that France and
Data TO ,.nln 70, fh.,
completion of hundred years of
peace.
Ambassador Bryce took up this
theme and declared that. although he
was surrounded by martial scenes and
men of arms, he himself was man
of peace.
"Not until visited the old fort yon-
der today" said Mr.. Bryce. "did 1 re-
aliZc how many memories cluster
around its ruins, but l cannot but be-
! lieve its creator meant this beautiful
/ spot for something else than fighting,
/ and trust that it never will see fight
ing again.
President Taft, speaking next, also
took up the theme of peace. He said:
/ "Thcre are other ways of conquetng
Il people than merely by guns.
"This valley in which we are, in the
300 years since it was discovered by
Champlain. has furnished almost as
much of battle-ground for the three
nations and the Indians who We're ON
all sides as Belgium in Europe, and
one does not have to seek far for the
reason. If you will read the account
given by Benedict Arnold of his at
tempt to reach Quebec through Maine
YOU will understand why everybody
else that went that way went by Lake
Champlain The truth is it was the
only passageway, and as the st. Law
renee on the one hand offered Il great
place for settlement and the Hudson
on the other and all the Atlantic coast,
in order to reach the two this was the
passageway, and here were fought
" the battles. continued for 200 years,
and, as we now say, never to recur
again. They did not occur in the civil
war, believe. except a little adventure
by some rash representatives of the
Confederacy who tried to break q
bank in st. Adams, but with that ex-
ception we have to go back to the war
of 1912 for the use of this as battle
ground.
Il echo and emphasize the state
ments of the two ambassadors and re-
peat their prayer that never again
may this great valley be given name
in history by reason of its being the
; seat of bloody war"