Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-10
AMERICAN bar
ASSOCIATION meets
CANADA CORDIALLY WELCOMES
AND sUMPTuo oU Sly ENTER.
TAlNs HER GUESTS.
NOTABLE i ADDRESS BY LORD HALDAAl i! !! N!
Sights Seen and Impressions Form r.
Cd On Way 70 Mon i! n 81
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This year. Tor the first time.
the history OF the American Bar Y AZ
~ sociation, its annual meeting wa
held IN 4 foreign country. In man
M respects this meeting was uniqu
81 and memorable. Unique, because a
M had for background the people g
81 three English speaking nations. tn
ssI United States. Canada and Grea
A Britain. and because the city Il
(which It vas held y the principa
III home in the New World Of the spir
ass|i Of Old France. Memorable, be
sfcanse ot the many notable men II
aalattendance and because OF the fal
g| reaching effect upon all mankind e
sgl the policies which some Of them I'D
~ lyocated. But. before going further
with q brief mention to those whs
,were there and what they did
viii tell In: a few. words about the
~ trip to Montreal and some OF the
aI Impressions formed and lessons learn
81 ed along the way: S3. N 4
III lssI was one Of a. party OF fifty law J.
yers that started for Montreal from
II tChicago on Friday afternoon, the
t29th day ot last month. We occupied
SSsHthree Pullman cars and the trip to
a Niagara was made over the Grand
"a Trunk Railway. At that place our
ss cars were side tracked to give those
n swho# wished an opportunity to see
the sights in that vicinity. Our
u tickets were good for either steam
boat Or rail- between Niagara Falls
n and Toronto. and the members 81
II the entire party except myself and
1.-Two others availed g themselves 81
aEthe boat ride across the lake. Y had
N seen all that I cared to of the great
y u Falls on former occasions and has,
4 tened on to Toronto 70 see as much
4 aSAs could Ia one day OF the great
lfair Or exposition nov being held
4 III that city. Il has been my good
d Yltortune to visit and study the great
u fiji which have been held IL New
I'd Ens; Chicago, St Louis, Omeha,
IN II ,Io and Seattle. sigi and as walked
through the bull ldinss and
\ iiss.s d. ot this great Toronto Fair.
cou1a hardly realize that Was out
u loo the United States. The exhibits
II and their arrangement we're much
Il 1.-THE same as those I--;aad seenF at 9TH.
Aler expositions. The great crowds
sEwere dressed So same a. the people
a}dress In this SS.untry. They looked
YIthe same, talked the same and were
gfiidulg ging in the same kind Of amuse
A,ments as the people did sat the ex.s
positions visited in the United,
States; and, A. I walked on, j & be.
came more convinced that about the
tonly difference between the United.
Il States and Canada was an imaginary
llines nearly 4, 900 miles In length
|,iwithout q fortification on either side
and without need for one. \
Sunday morning the members q
our party were again united on e
}steamboat In the harbor at Kings;
ton, where Lake Huron ends and the
gSt Lawrence river commences. There
were upwards Of 900 passengers
Ion the boat, probably 200 Of whom
were members % the American Bar.
an OF whom were ON their way to-
Montreal. distant about 175 miles
down the river. It takes the boat
III day to make the trip from
Kingston to Montreal, and It Is
claimed that the river scenery be-
tween those two cities is unsurpassed
by anything in the Western Hemi-.
sphere. II is certainly grand
panorama Of Is lands and rapids and
Sl picturesque shore lines. No boat can
ascend some OF these rapids and
their descent by a big boat looks
like q dangerous ndertaking.
81 We had delightful day for the
trip and ali were out on the decks
land many acquaintances were made.
Nudge Advocate General Crowder,
lot the United States army, wac one
Of the interesting men j had the
pleasure 81 meeting that day. He
was one OF the officers assigned by
this county to study the movements
lot the Japanese armies during the
late Russian-Japanese war, and was
with the Japanese commander during
the great battle OF Muckden. When
4 he was told that I had served for
S several years as Judge Advocate of
E the state OF Iowa. he questioned
me about several Iowa military men,
h and told us about the battle Of Muck
4 den, the greatest battle OF modern
times. It would not be possible at
h this time to repeat even the SUBJ
stance OF what he said about that
L battle. "A few lines, however, may
interest the reader. THIS great
national duel commenced with bat.
tie front Of more than 100 miles and
ended with a battle front fully 20
miles long. There were in round
numbers half. a million OF men en-
4 gagged on each side. The Japanese
had very little cavalry. The Rus,
!, slams had quite a cavalry force but
& did not use It The battle lated
three days and, was q great Japs nese
victory: but, owing To- lack Of rams
portation, the Japanese were un-
able to follow the retreating Rus
SLAMS, or cut their railway commun-
ications. He said the Japanese had
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