Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-01-30
TO The PEOPLE OF
THE UNITED STATES

; On Christmas Eve, 1914, Messrs.
John Quincy Adams, James a. Bay
ard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin
and Jonathan Russell, on behalf of
the United States, and Lord Gam
bier, DR.. Adams and Henry Gould
burn, ESD, on behalf of Great
Britain, signed the Treaty of Ghcnt,
which ended the war between the
two countries.
Shortly thereafter Mr.. John
Quincy Adams expressed the hope,
so wonderfully realized, that the
peace thus restored should be en-
during, saying, "May the gates of
the temple of Janus closed here
never he opened during the CEN
tury."
A few months later peace soci-
cites sprang into being in both
America and England: and within
three years, by formal agreement,
the boundary line between the Unit
ed States and Canada became mere
political limitation, like the peace
ful boundaries that separate the
States Of the American Union, in
stead of a series of Notifications be-
tween two nations mutually dis
trustful of one another.
Believing that the blessings that
have followed la the train of the
peace thus established cannot be
better brought to the attention of
the world at large than by fitting
celebration, the American commit
tee at its initial meeting, held four
years ago, formulated a plan for
this purpose. The proposal was
soon thereafter laid before the
people of Great Britain and the
self governing colonies of the Brit
ish empire.
The American committee was
animated by patriotic impulse
and the belief that through an
adequate worldwide celebration of
a century OF peace great coed would
he accompli he'd toward the ration
al settlement Of International dis
putes. And it hoped and hopes to
effect this through the creation of
a sentiment whith shall educate
peoples Of the world tG Ttgasd for
hearance and mutual understands
ing as virtues to be cultivated by
government and nations, as well
rs hy individuals.
The Committee also considered
that through the association of the
peoples of many nationalities in a
common commemoration necessarily
there would result increased &C.
quaintance, friendship and mutual
understanding which are essential
to permanent peace.
Therefore special committee
acting for the American Commit
tee, body whose many thousand
mcmbers are representatives of
every section OF United States, of
every v@lk in life and Of every pro-
fessinn and calling Of the different
elements from which our population
is drawn, invite and urge co.opera-
tion throughout the United States,
and the active, sympathetic interests
of the citizens or subjects of all
countries.
1t is sincerely hoped that all will
take part with the American Com
mittee, or with similar committees,
in other lands in the preparation
and execution Of an adequate and
fitting program that shall sigualize.
as no other occurrence in the past
would cnallP us TO do, the rraliza-
tion Of Mr.. Adams's prophetic wish
that the twentieth century might
find the peace still unbrokcn.
That our country has been such
an active factor in this wonderful
achievement prompts us 10 culc-
bratc the event--fOr peace as we'll
as war is an event between two ma.
tions and orouscs the hope that
the hundred years which have
passed since the Treaty OF Ghent
was signed on Christmas eve, 1914,
may not he only the precursor of
Il perpetual peace between Great
Britain and the United States, but
the promise Of broadening era of
enduring peace between all nations.
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