New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
ANCL0-AMER|CAN FETES
Century of Peace To Be Fit.
tingIy Celebrated.
CANADA TO PARTICIPATE
Prominent Englishmen Of All
Political Beliefs, Lay and
Clerical, on Committee.

rBy Transatlantic Wireless 10 The Trioun.
London. Aug. 1O.-W. B. Rowland, OF
the British American Peace Centensry
Commission, has been in London sey.
eral days discussing with members o.
the British committee plans for the
celebration. He goes TO Ghent next
week with Harry Britain, Of the Brit.
ish committee to arrange duplca.
ton there of the dinner held on Christ
mas Eve. 1914. in celebration Of the
signing of the treaty. Premier Borden.
regarding the part Canada is to take
in the celebration and respecting ths
Joint celebra tions by Canada and the
United States, particularly those to
take place IN the neighborhood ~
Niagara Falls, is greatly interested and
promises the hearty support and co.
operation Of the Canadian public.
The campaign of the British commit
tee Is TO be opened i'm October or No
vember under the leadership Of Earl
Grey. president of the committee, who
is returning soon from South Africa;
the Earl Of Plymouth, deputy pres.
dent: Lord Revelstoke and Lord
Rothschild. honorary treasurers, ami
Sir A. Conan Doyle, honorary secretary.
The Bank of England will receive sub
scriptions and many well known ana
influential men have accepted member.
ship on the committee, among whom
may be mentioned on the executive
committee Lord Cowdrey. the Earl OF
Dunmore, w. G.. C. Gladstone, Sir
Clement Hill. Lord Kinnaird, tho
Bishop of London, ]. Ramsay MacDon-
aid, A. Fl. Paget, the Hon. Neil Prim'
rose, Sir Gilbert Parker, the Earl Of
Ronaldshay Arnold Rowntree and Lord
Weardale, while among the vicep presi-
dents Of the general committee are
Premier Asquith, Sir Edward Grey, l..
V. Harcourt, the Marques of Crewe,
David Lloyd George, Sydney Buxton,
John Burns, the Master Of Eli
bank, the Earl of Aberdeen and
other members of the ministry, with
members of the late administration,
including the Marques Of Lansdowne,
the Earl Of Halsbury, a. J. Balfout,
Austen Chamberlain and the Marques
Of Salisbury. 4. Bonar Law. the pres
ent leader Of the UniCnists, has re.
Gently become vice-president. Other
vice presidents are the Archbshops Of
Canterbury and York. the Bishop CT
Winchester Cardinal Bourne, the
chancellors OF the universities OF OK
ford. Cambridge and Edinburgh 81.
Norman Lockyer, Sir T.. Poynter. s..
Alfred East. Sir Archibald Geikc, thu
Lord Mayors Of London. Dublin, Biz
mingham. Bristol. Cardiff, Cork. Man
chester. Newcastle and York. the Lord
Provosts Of Edinburgh, Dundee and
Glasgow, the Mayor of Stratford the
governors of all the British colonies,
Lord Charles Beresford, Lord Burn
ham, the Earl of Cromer. Lord Fur
ness. Earl Loreburn. Lord Mount Ste
phen, the Earl Of Mimic. Lord Pirrie.
Earl Roberts. Earl Spencer, Sir Edgar
Speyer and Lord Tennyson.
Among the members of the general
committee are Alfred Austin. J. NJ.
Barrie. George Bernard Shaw. Lord
NorthclIffe, Sir George Riddell, sir
George Alexander, F. A. Benson, Ar
thur Bourchier. Sir John Hare. Martin
Harvey, II. r. irving. Professor HUI
bert Won Herkomer. Sir A. w. Pinero.
Sir Herbert Tree. Sir Charles Wynd-
ham, Lord Alverstone, Sir Robert Fin
lay. the deans Of Westminster AMI
Worcester. Sir Robert Bull, Francis
Darwin, Signor Marconi sir Hiram
Maxim. T. Coutts. the Hon. Alfred De
Rothschild, Sir William Arrol. A. A.
Booth. z. II. Cunard, Lord Desboroush'
Lord Davenport. ]. Bruce Ismay Wis
count Iveagh, Sir Thomas Upton, L9rd
Brassey, Lord Camoys Lord Decles'
Admiral Lord Fisher. the Earl Of Gran
urd and Lord Strathcons.