Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-22

E Europe. Eleven forts command dts '-spacious waters. and up to 1905 Hal flax was an active center Of British military activity.
 In that year, however, as a mark of friendly relations with the Uni
 ted States, all British regular troops
 were withdrawn and the care of HaIi- fax and it's fortificat tiOnS was commit
 ted to the government of the Domin-
 ion of Canada. With the outbreak of
 the European War, however, Halifax
 was again made military and naval headquarters for British American
 been interncds upon the well-guarded islands of its harbor. Here, too, was the chief port of authorization for the numerous contingents which Canada
 has contributed to the English armles, and the scenes of today must call to mind the earlier and even more active movements of the towns history.
 During the NapoIeonic wars Hal
 flax was the scene of many a dem
 onsIration of English prowess. The Halisonians, frequently returned with their prizes. distinguished French
 prisoners made use of the enforced
 hospitality of the citadei, built by Prince Edward son of George ", which still caps the highest ground and is a landmark far to sea. The first prizes of the war of 1912 were brought by their British captors to A, u shelter that the shannon brought the captive Chesapeake. It was from Hal flax that the successful naval expetii- tion against the coast of Maine set sail, and the succession of prize courts which followed the arrival of the vic tory ships, together with the social gaietseS which marked the government
 House at that period gave to the place an intensity of life which it has never since equalled-
 saI~zy ington British brig and a transport ship arrived at Halifax bearing a large number of fugitive slaves from Virginia, whose descendants still pop ulate negro colonies on the outskirts of the town. Another and larger and more important addition to the popu- lation of Halifax, however. came at the conclusion of peace between the Mother Country and the revolting American colonies in 17S3, when thou flag to the new, left the States and renewed their British allegiance in Nova Scotia.
 By them was laid the foundations of the now considerable city of St. John. while many of them settled in Halifax, where they contributed at once and in no small measure to the enterprise of the community and where their descendants still retain that devotion to the Empire which has had so remarkable a demonstra- tion in these last troubled years for Britain's far-f1ung lines.
 Among these was Sir John Went worth, the last royal governor of New Hampshire. who succeeded his uncle, Benning Wentworth, in that post. He was made Governor of Nova Scotia, received a baronetage, was finally re- tired with a liberal pension and died at Halifax in 1920 at the age of S4.
 Halifax has always been essentially English. It is, nevertheless, sur rounded by the settlements which the earlier French had established in that as 1894; and it was not until 1710 that British sovereignty was definitely set up. By the Treaty of Utrecht d713-1D the Acadians were permit uing their religion, or to leave with their personal effects From 1755 to 1762, however, no less than 14.000 Acadians were forcibly dispossessed, and Longfellow's Evangeline' has inn their suffcrings.
 ''The remaining French have re- ceived wide liberty in religion and politics in the effort of the dominant race to wipe out the bitter memories | of those earlier days: but their loyalty | of the heart. Indeed, Sir Wilfrid Lau- l Tier. in 1897. in an address delivered in Paris, said: We are loyal to France the great nation that gave us fife We are faithful to England, the great ma tion which has given us liberty While Etienne Pascal Tache has de- I clared that the last shot fired on | American soil in defence of the Brit l ish soil would be fired by a French Canadian
 ''The environs of Halifax are de- lightful. The city is capped by it's citadel a picturesque Martello tower; and the Arm, a three mile ford, is | made by Chain Rock, whence a boom used to be stretched. with a frigate moored inside. to repel the enemy. l The roads were all laid out by army | engineers with a View to transporting | men from point to point in maximum | numbers and in minimum of time. and | the result is a series of beautiful wooded drives constructed in the soundest principles of road-making.