New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-16
URGES PEACE CELEBRATION
Centenary Outlined to Canadian
Club by Dominion Official.
WORLDWIDE SIGNIFICANCE
Suggests international Commits
sion TO Plan Event-Gen. Wood
ford Speaks on Waste of War

Four hundred members and guests NJ tho
Canadian Club met together at the Hotel
Astor last night to dine and discuss mans
for the celebration of the century y, -,eoco
between the United States and Ca,.6a W
|. Mackenzie King. Minister of Labor ;n
the Canadian government. known for his
success In his own country in the promo
ton of industrial peace through the CON
ella ton act was the chief speaker of the
evening II was Mr. King who ar a Hsr
yard commencement dinner ;irst pubticIy
rroached the opportunity of celebrating
by fitting celebration the signing Of the
Treaty of Client. after the War of 1872
and the proposals for a celebra ton in 1915
have been discussed ever since
In his address last night the Canadian
Cabinet minister referred to the danger that
such a celebration if left in the hands of
individuals or private societies might lose
It's effect because societies or individuals
are apt 10 be absorbed in their own point
Of view and lose sight of the larger per-
scective, thereby offending some other SINH
lar organization.
An international commission" said Mr.
King, the personnel carefully selected
from among the distinguished citizens of
the countries concerned, clothed with the
necessary authority and power. and acting
under the same sense of responsibility to
the people as a whole, is alone the proper
body TO be intrusted with such an under
taking And this not merely as affording
q means Of avoiding the dangers which
spring from possible rivalries but as the
only method behtting the international
character of worldwide significance of the
event. This ! give, of course, not as an
official but as a personal opinion
Dr. Neil Macphatter. president of the
Canadian Club. who acted as POSTMASTER,
dweIt upon the mission of the Canadian
Club TO act as an intermediary between
this country and the birthplace Of its mem
beYs In the movement which received It's
impetus last night the club has the sup
port and cooperation of the national COM
rllittee for the celebration OF the Tooth year
Of peace among English speaking peoples
Of the American Peace Society and the
New York Peace Society.
General Stewart L. Woodford spoke for
the United States on this occasion, as Pres
ident Taft was prevented by his Panama
triT from accepting an invitation, "nlie
former Tice-President Fairbanks and ex-
Governor Curtis Guild. il, Of Boston. were
prevented by illness from attending.
General " OOQiOTQ uNtIl IN II+c SASA4Ai1
canoe OF the fact that in the century which
il is proposed to celebrate the United States
was torn by a civil war, and yet the rela-
tons with the neighborins country were
e no time even strained
Il cannot conceive of the idiocy which
struggle between your country and ours
would involve said General Woodford,
and he closed with the nope that the cele-
bratiou of peace between the two countries
would lead TO the ESTABLISHING OF an in
ternational court which would settle the
disputes OF nations and enforce its de-
cisions by an international police, thus
preventing the waste Of industrial resources
in navies and armies.
Principal William Peterson Of McGill
University Montreal, and Adam c. Bell. Of
New Glasgow. y. s. both spoke in favor
of the peace celebration. while J. A. Mac
kay. president II the Canadian Club of
Toronto. read a paper by the Rev. J. A.
Macdonald. editor IF The Toronto Globe,
on the role OF Canada as d mediator be-
tween England and the United States.
Other guests were Gerald II. Brown,
president of the Canadian Club Of Ottawa,
Peers Davidson, kings counsel, of Mont
real: Representative William S. Bennett and
the presidents of the various British socie-
ties Of New York.