The Washington times., 1923-02-08
KING AND QUEEN
WILL ATTEND
n. Y.FETE
President Harding and Pom
care Also Accept Invitation
to Tercentenary.

Two Presidents, a king ana
queen, will join in celebrating the
S00th anniversary of the founding OF
New York city in 1924. They
have promised to serve as honorary
chairmen of the INSTRUMENTATION
New Netherland Tercentenary Com
mission, which has been organized
by the Federal Council Of Churches
to see that the occasion is fittingly
observed.
The churches are specially desir-
GUS that the religious significance
of the settlement should not be over
looked and have designated the last
Sunday in April, 1924, for special
services commemorative the landing
Of the Huguenot and Walloon pill
grims under the auspices OF the
Dutch South West India Company.
President Harding Accepts.
The four heads Of governments
are President Harding, Queen VIII
helmina of Holland; King Albert OF
Belgium, and President Poincare OF
France. In accepting honorary
craftsmanship of the commission
President Harding wrote to DIR.
John Baer Stoudt.s the director, as
follows:
ut is with much qualification
that I have received your notifica-
ton regarding the forthcoming ter
centenary celebration Of the set
thing of the Huguenot-Walloons in
America, and of my own selection
as an honorary president of the
commission which is arranging for
the observance. have the greater
pleasure in accepting this most
honorable position because OF my
deep appreciation of the contrihu.
ton of this splendid people to the
founding, the development and the
present state of our common coun-
try.
''It was the fortune Of our Amer
lea to have blended in it's beginnings
a number Of the finest stocks of the
| world; as 1t has also been our good
fortune to have afforded opportu-
nifty and inspiration for the best
services which they were able to
render in making the nation. It is
good for us to be reminded OF SO
great a debt to those who laid the
foundations of our nation, and we
cannot too much honor them on Oc.
casions of this sort.
good wishes for the notable success
of the celebration on which you and
your associates are planning"
The acceptance Of President Poin-
care was only recently received.
The Queen OF the Netherlands sent
her acceptance through the Dutch
legation at Washington, and King
Albert accepted at sthe personal re-
quest Of DIR. Charles s. MacFarland,
general secretary of the Federal
Council of Churches.
In addition to the four honorary
chairmen, there are an ambassador,
three ministers (diplomatic), a
bishop, governor, United States
Senator, a half dozen clergymen.
two college professors, and eight
business men, all of whom will
serve as honorary vice chairmen,
advisors and committeeman. The
honorary vice chairmen are Baron
de Cartier de Marchienne, Belgian
minister to America; Ambassador
Jules J. Jusserand, Of France, and
William Phillips, minister to The
Hague.
J. B. Hubrecht, the Dutch minis
serving on the advisory committee,
the other members Of which are
Prof. A. ]. Barnouw, T. Coleman
du Pont. Hamilton Holt, Pierre
Mall Gov. Clifford Pinchot Of Penn
sylvania, and the Rev. DIR. Henry
Van Dyke.
The active officers of the commits
sion. are: Chairman general commit
tee, Robert w. de Forest; chairman
executive committee, the Rev. DIR.
Charles S. MacFarland; vice chair.
men, William J. Sohieffelin, DIR.
Robert E. Speer, William Sloane
Coffin, R/shop James H. Darlington.
T. w. Bacot. John L. Merrill. Col.
w. Gaspard de Coligny, and Senator
]. S. Frelinghuysen: treasurer, AL.
fred r. Kimball: director, the Rev.
DIR. John Baer Stoudt; secretary,
Miss Antonio III. Froendt.