New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-01
UnveiI Statue
OF W aslniinnggton
In 'lrafalgga
Nirsinians Present 10 Great
Britain Bronze Copy Of
E6igy i'll Richmond Capt.
sol of First American
Gift Accepted by Curzon
He Holds 1t Symbol That
Two Great English Speak
ing Nations Are One

LONDON, June 30.-The bronze COPY
of Houdon's marble statue Of George
Washington, the original of which
stands in the rotunda of the State
capitol of Virginia at Richmond, was
unveiled in Trafalgar Square to-day
the gift of Virginia to Great Britain
The unwilling took place in the pres
cnce of large assembage of specta-
tors.
The gift was accepted by the Mar
guess of Curzon, British Secretary Of
State for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of
the British government and people
Miss Judith Brewer, Of Virginia, pulled
the string which released the Uuion
Jack and the Stars and Stripes, forming
the veil which covered the statue.
The members of the Virginia dele
cation, headed by Professor Henry
Louis Smith, president or Washington
and Lee University, which came to
England to make the presentation, at
tended the unwilling Others present
included Viscount Bryce, former Brit
lsh Ambassador to the United States;
Lord Desborough and J. Butler Wright,
counselor of the American Embassy,
representing Ambassador Harvey.
Not Only to Save America
Professor Smith, during his presen-
tation address, said:
"On behalf of the American parents
who grieve over the loss of their boys
in the war, I know | can say that those
boys did not come to Europe to save
America primarily, but because the
rising tide Of moral indignation would
not permit America longer to remain
outside, and she came in TO prevent
civilization being murdered"
Lord Curzon, in accepting the statue,
said he ventured to remark that the
features of George Washington were
better known than those of any great
man Of past generations, except, per
haps, those of the first Napoleon, and
that the people of England stood no
chance of becoming unfamiliar with his
figure. He then mentioned the recent
unwilling of the bust of Washington
in ST. Pauls Cathedral, the picture of
Washington in Downing Street, similar
likenesses in Sulgrave Manor, and now
the life-size statue in Trafalgar Square.
more speeches about him have been
delivered than about any one, with the
possible exception Of Bobbie Burns"
Lord Curzon said. The United States,
not ordinarily silent country, each
year breaks into praise Of its first
citizen. No one would have hated this
more than Washington himself"
Lord Curzon said the statue was
symbol and mark of the "fact that
the two branches of the great English
speaking race now are indissolubly
one"
Not Proud of War
None of us is proud of that war
of hundred years ago" the Foreign
Secretary continued. "Some OF us are
ashamed of it, but we never can fight
again. We can also do great deal
to prevent other nations fighting, and
that is the main function and duty
which devolves upon US in the future.
We should endeavor to see that the
peace of the world is preserved. 1t is
a great and powerful weapon that has
been put into the hands Of these two
We ought to be able to use
that weapon for the inestimable ad~
of mankind.
"Gladly and proudly [ accept this
etfigy of one of the greatest English !
mon who over 1iuaG