New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Says United States and
Northern Neighbor Have
Shown Possibility of
Clashes Being Avoided
Writes Letter ON
Portals Unveiline
President Asserts Unde-
Tended Line Indicates
World Is Getting Wiser

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.--Presidenr
Harding to-day cited the unfortifet
boundary line Of more than three
thousand miles between the United
States and Canada as the best evi
dence that nations could exist peace,
ably without excessive armaments, in e
letter to be read at the dedication of q
peace portal In commemoration OF
more than a century Of uninterrupted
peace between America and Great Brit
ain.
The Presidents letter was written tc
Samuel Hill, of Seattle, who conceived
the idea of the portal, which is to be
dedicated on the international line
September s. In it, the President de-
clared that the unguarded Canadian
border and Americas unbroken amity
that the world grows wiser and bet
ter and, having in mind the forthconl-
ing conference for the limitation OF
ornaments, he expressed the belief that
the time is at hand when all the world
may take step in that direction,
Cites Temple of Janus
In his letter the President said
"The ancient Romans erected a
temple to Janus, dispenser of peace
and war, and ordered that it's gates
should never be closed while the ma
ton was at war. In seven centuries
they are said to have been closed
but three times. You have erected
a temple of peace, whose gates are
never to be closed save in war. Al
ready it stands for moro than a cen
tury of unbroken peace between
Britain and America, and we all join
in the hope that in coming times it
may commemorate an era OF peace
much longer than the period of wars
for which the temple Of Janus stood.
"Our century and more of peace
tions Of unbroken anity with Cam
over 5000 miles long remains un-
that the world grows wiser and bet
ter. All mankind looks to this cx-
ample, yearns to follow it, and we
at hand when it may take a long step
in that direction.
"On the occasion of dedication of
the Pacific peace portal I wish to
convey to you personally my high ap-
probation of your patriotic service
IN providing a symbolic shrine to in
ternational peace; and in doing so
would also thank the Pacific Highway
"a
tal) for the fine cooperation it has
rendered."
May Name Delegates
Definite decision on the remaining
three members of the American dele
CATION to the Conference for the Limi-
tatlon OF Armaments may be decided bv
the PRESIDENT and Secretary of State
hughes during their trip on the May-
flower. 1t is known that the presi-
dent will rely to great extent upon
the Judgment of Secretary Hughes in
naming the delegates to serve with the
American Secretary of State and Sena-
tor Henry Cabot Lodge, the two mem
bers already announced.
While conversations arc still in
progress between this government and
the five powers on the size of the dele
cations it is understood that the Presi-
dent believes that five will be the
number that are eventually decided
upon. 1t was pointed out to-day that
each of the Allied nations at Versailles
had five members on its delegation, and
this is expected to be the size of the
official plenipotentaries to be desig-
mated by the governments of Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan to sit
in the discussion of armaments, and,
of course, China will have a similar
delegation to be heard in the discus
sions Of Ear Eastern nuestinns