New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
ARRIVE FOR
BIC PEACE CONFERENCE
Canadians Come by Rail and the
Caronia Brings In British and
Flemish EmiSSarieS.
ARE FROM 21 ARLIAMENTS
Lord Weardale Declares Mission
Has No Motive Other than
Recognition of Friendly
Relations of Powers.

Delegates from England. Belgium.
Canada and Australia converged upon
New York yesterday To take part in 4
series Of conferences lasting the better
part OF this month These conferences
will have for their object the arrange
ment OF a programme I'm celebration Of
the centenary Of peace between Great
Britain and the United States. Bel
gium has part In these proceedings
because the treaty ending the War OF
1912 was signed In the city Of Ghent
on Christmas Eve, 1914.
The Cunar1er Caronia brought over
the English. Flemish and Australian
representatives. landing them at 10
o'clock in the morning. The Canadians
arrived by rail nj the Grand Central
Terminal two hours and half earlier
guests Of the American conference
committee.
Great Britain sent over Lord Wear
dale. Captain Sir Arthur Lawley, Earl
Stanhope, Sir Herbert Eustace Max
well. the Hon. Charles Thomas Mills.
the Hon. Neil Primrose Arthur Shirley
Benn. James Allen Baker. Moreton
Frewen, Henry Vivian and III. ;. Per-
ris as her representatives To the con-
ferences. She has much larger com
mittee at home Interested in the pro-
. motion OF the celebration.
Lord Weardale who heads the dele
cation, was for many years a member
OF the House OF Commons az the Hon.
Philip Stanhope. He is a descendant
of Chatham and Pitt and an uncle of
the Earl Of Stanhope. He has been for
many years prominently associated
with the international arbitration
movement and is president OF the In
terparliamentary Union.
Fl ParIiaments Represented.
This body. ro. resenting twenty-one
parliaments and having 300 to $500
members. passed resolution at It's
last conference in Europe a month ago
expressing cordi"l sympathy with the
object Of the proposed celebration.
THAT represents large body OF
public opinion" said Lord Weardale
yesterday.
The interview took place in the after
noon at the Plaza. 1t was suggested
that cloud or two obscured the
heaven Of peace between the two coun-
tries for the time being. Lord Weardale
wished 10 emphasize not only the fact
that his mission and that Of his asso-
ciates had only the remotest bearing
on the question Of Panama Canal tolls,
but also that the object OF the peace
celebration was not TO bind Great
Britain and the United States together
to the exclusion OF other nations. but
to show to the world the beneficent ef-
fects of peace in the hope that other
nations would follow this Anglo Saxon
example.
Perhaps you will allow me to say
about that" said he, In reply to the
suggestion. involving the canal tolls dis
pute, that certainly in coming here we
have no hidden motive whatever. We
have come with the particular purpose
which has been specifed-namely, to
arrange with the Canadian and Ameri-
can committees the method Of celebrat-
ing the one hundred years Of peace be-
tween English speaking peoples.
To Cement Relations.
But even more particularly we desire
to emphasize this fact that far from
being exclusive In this sense we invite
all the world to come In and do like
wise. We are not here for the purpose
Of differentiating between one power
and another. We are perfectly con-
scious that the United States has been
built up not by one or two races but
by many races. which have happily
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