Daily Kennebec journal., 1923-01-11

years, nellie Pernam; 0ustee ZOE
three years. Bridget Springer.
Maine Bar Association
Continued from Pas1: Five
scene when the Barons .pf England
wrested magma charta from.4<ing John.
That great charter belongS.to Canada
and the United States as Yell as to
England. Its fundamental. principles
still abide, and have been Woven into
every constitution. State q National.
on this side the water =
"At Runnymede. at Runnymede
Your rights were won at Runnymede,
No freeman shall be finedor bound
Except by lawful Judgment found.
And passed upon him by his peers.
Forget not, after all these years,
The Charter signed at Runnymede."
Then come forward seven centuries
and look at the Peace Portal erected
over the line which separates the
United States and the Dominion Of
Canada to commemorate a,century Of
Peace, (broken only by r bloodless
Aroostook war) and dedicsted in Sep
tember 1921. Curiously enough it
crosses the Canadian bor9er at the
town Of Blaine in the STATE Of Wash
ington. a name always asSociated in
the United States with International
good feeling. and especially cherished
in the State of Maine and this city OF
Augusta which was his hQme. This
is said to be the only arch IN the world
erected to commemorate prolonged
peace. All others have been raised to
celebrate Victory in War; Sentiment
is not lacking and it touches the heart
strings to know that on the American
side has been tenderly placed a bit of
the timber from the orf2inal May
flower. secured from England, and on
the Canadian side bit of Climber from
the first steamer emploTed by the
Hudson's Bay Company in IT'S fur trade
in the far North.
The doors Of the Peace Portal are
recessed in the walls. They stand wide
open. So may they ever stand, SYM
bolizing the continued interiow of
kindly feeling and sincere friendship
between these two children Of a COM
mon mother and their adopted children
from Sunny France.
And when, Mr.. Justice Riddell, you
return to your beloved Province across
the border, I beg you to carry with
you to the Bench and Bar of Ontario
and of the Dominion, the respect and
esteem of the Bench and Bar Of what
was once the Province Of Maine. and
to assure them that we are trying on
this side of the line, as they are trying
on their side, to work out our common
problems in government and law in
such manner as to project far into
the future those fundamental princi-
pies that have made the English speak
ing race a shield and bulwark for that
liberty which rests on obedience to
law and the preservation Of those
rights which always have regard for
the rights Of others.
But Another Link
The next three speakers repre-
| Sented three nationalities but all uni.
| ted today in common purpose, citi-
| zenship and Americanism. Leonard
A. Pierce, speaking as native OF
ArooStook county and for years a
near neighbor of Canadians, told of
the pleasant relations that had al
ways existed between the bar OF
Maine and the bar Of New Bruns-
wick. He declared that few people
outside of Canada, realize the tre-
mendous loss of life incurred in the
Great War and declared that these
lives, lost in the defense of liberty,
should be but another link to bind us
closer together, and in this closer
union, inc nations Will grow AoieNSA'
That Imaginary Line
Francois X. Belleau, of Lewiston.
clerk of courts for many years in
Androscoggin. a native of Canada.
whose ancestors came from that his
| toric spot, the town of Belleau in
France, made famous by the Ameri-
can troops, told of his love for both
| countries, sketched the events in
! France in which many of the youth
| of this country and Canada gave
their lives that peace and liberty
might prevail in every land, de-
clared he was sorry that I'VE had
| given our word only for a day." In
| speaking of Canada he expressed the
wish that that imaginary line be-
| tween the two nations might dis
| appear, although without regard to
this line, the citizens of both were
Americans.
To Act in Concert
Benedict +. Maher. of Augusta.
speaking for the Irish, declared that
that race already had been a tre-
mendous influence in the world and
| that when other nations were crop
| ing in the dark, Ireland had found
| the light and freedom and law pre-
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vailed in the land.
1.-The man of action is but the man
! of the moment" declared Mr.. Ma
her, while the man of ideals lives
! for all time. All things must die
| bue the law and that will live for
ever. This is recognized by all Eng
| lsh speaking people and l predict
! that when the next call comes. you
will find the Irish Free State march,
ing side by side with the Mother OF
Nations. The Irish Free State will
again prove the power and perfec-
| ton of law and that all English
speaking people hold the same
ideals" .r.
j AS a fitting close to the occasion.
President Hayes called for the song
of "Auld Lang Syne.' The response
| was n ferrent one. AS the song died
away and the banqueters left tho
hall and the lights were eXtinguished.
the splendid meeting came to an end
with deeper respect and gratitude
| for the common heritage Of all. for
| the peace so long sustained be-
tween these two great neighbors and
| with the fervent hope that good will
and peace might long prevail to
prosper and bless the world.