The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-19
arv Of the signing Of the Treaty Of

| sary of the signing OF the treaty OF
Ghent, which ended, let us hope for
yer lostilities between tots country
md Great Britain, has now Eade pub
lie an appeal to the British .people
for support of program agreed on.
The program includes, among 9th
er things, the erection OF memorial
N estmiLister AOgey OF tle cente'
nary of peace, permission for which
as been obtained from the Dean, ADD
Chapter, the purchase of !, Sasfaxc
Manor, the ancesraisSlAmk eli u
Washington family and tits iriafhtei.
ance as place of piigrimage@=for
Americans in England, and as a sym.
BOZ of the kinship of the two peoples;
and the foundation Of a permanent
chair of Anglo American history ana
the endowment of scheme OF annu-
al prizes in the elementary and Sc.
condary schools for essays on topics
gecmane 10 the objects OF the cele
bration. "
In this country, too a program i'll.
Guiding appropra,e exercises in
chu cnes and sclJo 3, and the cree
ton of some suitable monument viii
be carried out. 1t is hoped that the
observance of this anniversary viii
result in the strengthening OF the
public sentiment throughout tie
world for universal peace.
Some have criticized the intended
Celebration as a concealed effort at
rawing the United States and Urea
Britain closer together against C..
many. There is, of course, o.Ss1c,.
intention on the part of the commit,
tees in charge; nor is It conceivable
that any such effect will follow. Bat
n order to remove all misunderstaud-
ing, it might be just as weE to give
The celebration broader scope tuar
originally intended. Other countries
should be Invited to Join ii a ,sieat
peace celebration without PARTICULAR
reference to the treaty OF uhent. 3
1t would for instance, be particulars
'ly appropriate to invite the two King
doms of the Scandinavian peninsula
TO take part in general peace con.
'gress. For since 1914 those two coun.
tries have enjoyed uninterrupted
peace. They have had no war witt
any country. In that year Denmark
was compelled by European powers
to cede Norway to Sweden, but Nor.
way did not accept the dictum of Eu-
rope but declared its independence
and placed Danish prince upon the
Norwegian throne. This was on May
II, 1914. Subsequently Swedish II
ny under Prince Bernadotte invaded
Norway and threatened Christianil.
This war ended in an agreemen,
Whereby the independence of Norway
was recognized by Sweden, and the
t kingdoms united under one king
nee tnen there mas been no W'ir,
although the union has been dissolv-
ed. This is so unusual in the annals
o: history as to merit special ,atTen.
ten 1T an international peace Gee.
b alton. 1t is so unusual that the
king who gave up his crown peace
fully, rather than to plunge two ma,
tons into fratricdal strife, deserves
monument If ever mortal man could
claim such distinction.
We do not know whether the com
mittee in charge has taken any step!
to secure the cooperation of the Scan
dinavian governments or OF the nu
merous Scandinavians in the United
States. But 1t would seem eminent:
proper that the century or peac,
which Norway and Sweden have en-
| joyed should be noticed by ;he peac,
friends of the world, as triumph, o
the principles they are proelaimirs
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