The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07
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r'-ftfF{EE THOUSAND MILES OF PEACE

I riREE THOUSAND MILES OF PEACE
The greatest peace monument in the world TO-
day Is more than three thousand miles in length
1t IS The uniorlifed boundary line between the
United States and the Dominion of Canada,
stretching from the Atlantic ocean on The east
coast to the Pacific ocean on the west coast. Not
a fixed fort, not a warship tc be foun4 in all that
vast stretch Of territory on land or en- the Great
Lakes God forbid that there ever should be-
Such thing IS impossible so. long as sanity
continues to hold lis throne with The people CT
America and Ct Canada Il would seem the
height of folly to even think such condition
possible.
On Tuesday there was Dedicated on the
national boundary line at Blame Wash, at a peace
portal in commemoration CT more than century
Of uninterrupted peace between the United States
and the British empire So important did Pres
ident Harding consider this historic event that he
wrote to Samuel Hill Of Seattle, who is responsible
largely for The erection of the memorial, in which
he said he considered TIE unfortiGed boundary
line between Canada and the United States an
evidence hat the world has grown wiser and
better lie said in part:
The ancient Romans erected temple to
Janus, a dispenser Of peace and war, and or
dered that It's gates should never be closed
While the milton was at war. In seven cen
turtles they said to have been closed but
three times. You have erected a temple OF
peace. whose gates are never to be closed
save war. Already il stands for more than
century, o uOl,v0,pr upIrp ba+yaen Trituip
and America and We all JPN 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 with the Brit
ish empire, our relations of unbrolen amity
with Canada the fact that boundary line
over 3.0QG miles long remains unfortifed-
these are the testimonies that the world
grows wiser and better. All mankind looks
10 this lesson, yearns to follow it, and we are
justified in the belief that a time is at hand
when it may take a long step in that direc-
ton"
The Telegram IS willing to believe that in the
hands of The English-spcakng nations of the earth
rests the worlds peace. 1t eiteraies the be-
lief that if, at the coming conference on dis
armament, the United States and the British en-
pire JOIN sincerely and openly in demand for
disarmament, coyenanting and agreeing each fos
itself 10 put inlo practical effect such program,
netting can slop The accomplishment of the great
est forward movement in the history of mankind.
Yet there those in his county who are ever
lastingy seeking to embro these two English
speaking nations in dssenliou and drcord 10 the
end that unfnendly relations may be established
under cover Of which petty ambitions may be
achieved There are those who would step at
nothing not even war, to obtain That wldch they
seek. but never will any Of these schemes Of by
phenaed Americans succeed provided sanity con-
tinues to be our guiding star in government.