Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-25
KAISER INTERPRETERS
WITH PEACE JUBILEE
Celebration in Client Over Hundred
Years of British-American Peace
Off as Teutons Hold City.
EVENT OTHERWISE OBSERVED
Committees of Two Nations Issue
Communications Dwelling on
Century of Quiet Between
Countries.

NEW YORK, Dec. A.-The people Of the
United States and Great Britain will OBJ
serve tomorrow the one hundredth ami
versary of the signing of the treaty of
Client, by reminding themselves that the
day marks a century of peace among
English-speaking nations.
The original plans called for series
OF celebrations in this country and across
the water. 1t was to have begun in
Client on Christmas eve with a banquet
rendered by the burgomaster to fifty rep
resentatives of the United States, fifty
Englishmen and fifty Canadians in the
hall where the treaty was signed. but
this is upset by the fact that the ancient
Belgian city is now occupied by the Ger
mans with whom England is at war.
Issue Comm unications.
To mark the day, the American COM
mittee and the British committee, which
have been arranging for the peace CEN
tenary, issued communications for stimuli
taneous publication Thursday morning
In the newspapers in England ana the
United States.
The British statement expresses the
hope that the disarmed frontier between
the United States and Canada may long
continue as an example TO the world
NJ the safe defense of mutual respect and
trust in the affairs of nations" ana prays
that the peace between the British ana
= American and democracies which mas 30
long endured may never be broken
The American communication fohoWs'
"One hundred years ago today there was
signed at Client, in Flanders the treaty
~ peace between Great Britain ana the
limited states, which marked the close
nj what happily proved to be the last war
between English speaking peoples OF the
oorth Today the city of Client Is at the
yarv center of the terrible conflict that
RACES in Europe.
''The American peace centenary COM
,,ittee cannot permit this anniversary I'd
mass without inviting the .thoughful at
tention of their fellow citizens to the con
trast presented by the century-lons perloo
of peace which English-speaking peoples
have enjoyed among themselves on the
one hand, and the appalling DESTRUCTION
os life. property and great monuments OF
civilization which the European war IN
wolves on the other 1t had been our con-
fident hope that the example Whtch the
English-speaking peoples have set IN tneir
relations with each other would pe' loi-
lowed by the other great nations OF the
earth in their several international reia-
lions. 1t had been our earnest desire ths'
the spirit Of peaceful and friendly CO.
operation which eacn OF these peoples
manifests toward the people of the United
States would also mark their dealings
with an another. Unfortunately TINS was
not 10 be, and we are sorrowfully calico
upon 10 mark our centenary celebration II
the midst of the most terrible and destruc'
Ia Loo.
Must Av0vv Faith.
"Dven at such a time, we must avoN
once more our emphatic faith In th'
supremacy of justice over force, CT law
over night We rejoice in the peacetu
relations OF 100 years among all Enshsf
srealting peoples, and particularly In th'
,lndefended and unfortitied lines hesfN
400 miles in length. which divides ina
territory of the United states from ina
of tae Dominion of Canada, the mutua
trust, forbearance and kelpfulness "hlci
make that undefended boundary I'M
and not barrier between two peoples ="
offer as an example 10 our Whrhl
brothers across the sea.
1T had been our purpose, when on
committee was organized in 1910, to plal
for a great celebration of the centenar!
anniversary by various methods whicl
have now, because of the terrible wa
which is stin convulsing Europe and dis
turbing the whole world. become i'm
practicable until the close OF the con
fict
But we appeal to the people In all tn
states and to all civic bodies to mar
this notable anniversary by suitable ex