The sun., 1919-09-07
MONTREAL UNVEILS
STATUE OF CARTIER
King George Presses Button in
scotland Which Removes
Union Jack.
MANY SEND GREETINGS
Centenary Celebration, De-
laycd 5 Years by War, At
tracts Large 0utpouring.
MANY SEND GREETINGS

o. staff Correspondent Of TIE Sun.
uoSrREAL. Sept 6.-The bronze
.,,tne of George Etienne Cartier in
,a.,cbers Field at the base of Mount
toval was unveiled by King George
mis- afternoon from Balmoral Castle in
s,otland He pressed the button at
,.is4s. Just As seconds from the time
,,t that set to falling the Union Jack
Ealing the statue. Then followed a
,,Oaare by trumpeters of the Grenadier
enards, the royal salute by the guard
n honor from the Canadian Grays and
6, artillery salute Of nineteen guns.
Honor thus was done to the CEN
,,nary Of Cartier. who shares with Will
f,sd Laurier the distinction of being the
sreatest French Canadian since Can
sao has had a responsible Government
Cartier was born in 1914, and it was ar
sangad 10 celebrate the centenary In
,S1I but the war set aside all prepare
ions
Messages of greeting were received
trom Premier Lloyd George, Gen. Jan
smuts Premier of the South African
Irnon Premier Hughes of Australia
PREMIER Massey of New Zealand and
ANN Belgium through the Consul
Raron de Sofa, who was present. Mr.
1Iovd George wrote of the loyal devo-
Inn Of Canada to the empire in hour
# agony and the intensified admiration
which he holds for Canada.
The Governor General. the Duke OF
pevonshire and the Ouch So were
nresent In reply to an 3 dress the
Governor General, speaking in sbott
French and English, said the monument
was to the memory Of man who was
consecrated to the sole object of develop.
msnt Of Canada. The fathers of confed
Grafton, Of whom Cartier was one. were
also fathers of the empire. he said. The
times in which we live are striking testi
mony to the foresight genius and per
sonal faith which actuated Sir George
Cartier. II was, he continued. the
present day duty to make Canadian:
build a nation worthy of the great worl
done by Cartier. The statue would bt
an inspiration to greater things In
coming days.
Miss Hortense Cartier, daughter of Sii
George was present as the guest of the
GOVERNMENT VI Sdndudt anu was pre-
sented with an illuminated address b,
the Daughters of the Empire and will
flowers on their own behalf and on be
half Of the centenary committee.
Distinguished guests were Thomas
chapais of the Council of State, Quebec
c. ]. Doherty, Minister of Justice, rep
resenting the Prime Minister; Sir Lomel
Gown, Premier of Quebec; Mgr. Gauth
ler auxiliary Bishop, and Bishop Earth
ing: Tom Moore, president of the Trade4
and Labor Congress of Canada; San
Iusull, British Empire League of I'LL
nois; ]. V. de Sauliers, St John Baptis
society, of which Cartier was first presi
dent; Senator Bostock, representing
British Columbia, and A. z. Donovan
representing the Province of Ontario.
fhe tone OF speeches was that Cartie
needed no manument to perpetuate hi
memory, but Canadians need inspiration
from such man. Cartier was hootet
IN Montreal making his last speech, blu
a century later he is honored by all Can
ada. He did not pander to popular opin
ion but was a leader OF his country
men.