Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-08
.u.S.-CANAD|AN SPAN
HELD AID TO PEACE
british and Americans See
Closer Bond as Bridge
Is Dedicated.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BUFFALO. n Y. August S--A
span of stone and steel across the me
Niagara River stood today officially
dedicated to the more than a century
of peaceful relations between the
United States and Great Britain.
Dedication ceremonies, attended pN
Che Prince of Wales, his younger
brother. Prince George; Vice Pre#tueHl
Charles G. Dawes. the prime mitllstT' ,
Of Great Britain, Canada ana w
Province of Ontario; Secretary "
;Stata Frank r. Kellogg, GOV. AhtSu
u Smith ana other officials. brouGtAc
60 successful Gu n,ination II years OF
effort TO have the Niagara croSs2u az
l9ufya1o nv yehicular bridge.
Tho common keynote of the speeches.
Mt the exercises took the form Oh
mutual British and American rlcdSeS
of friendship. despite the outward
clash of interests at the recent Geneva
meeting over the cruiser problem.
Dawes Sees Lasting Peace.
= Tho official spollesmen of the two
governments. Premier Baldwin and
secretary Kellogg. touched very
tightly on the Geneva failure, but wee
President Charles G. Dawes, who to-
6ay was the guest Of the Dominion
cf Canada in Toronto. seized the op
,ovturity 10 declare that the instihct
= If self.nresorvation bound the English
speaking peoples together in a bona
that will never break.
Address .ne himself directly to the
Geneva failure. Mr.. Dawes declared
& voe ..,tpth:nkable that Great Brit
er ana the United States, solemny
,,leG...% to the 0,t1c;.'e If naval
eoltYiitv. would cute On ''cinpe':tNe
t1ildir. p~oerams because their ca
lerts temporarily disagree.
Plead, for Snip Equality.
The Vice President asserted that
"the conference will only result IN Inc
sfronra.. demand Of the world that the
worf, al interpreting the principle OF
eoualit- in respective ship programs
be continued until a fair agreement IS
reached" and that the foundation OF
r1e nreat paaro structure which we
Iadtcata today rests on the firm bed
rock of the Niagara. and the peace OF
The English SPEAKING peoples IS as
firmly based upon common instincts
ard Ideals
The regret of Ps.sAueni Coolidge at
not being able to attend the dedica-
ton was voiced by Secretary Kellogg,
who informed the l'rIt,sh visitors that
he had been commissioned by the
President 10 welcome them to the soil
of the United States for the first time
during their present tour of Canada.
The royal party had previously passed
into United States territory on cruise
through the Thousands Islands, but
did not stop at the American side.
Ceremony Is Colorful.
From the beginning, the ceremony
was colorful and carried out in ideal
weather The international boundary
line at the center of the bridge was
marked by a white ribbon extending
from side to side, and at a signal from
the Canadian side, the British anG
American parties slowly approached
each other on opposite sides of the
ribbon. Mrs. Dawes and Mrs. w. d.
Ross, wife of the Lieutenant Governor
of Ontario, reached forward to sever
the ribbon, and through the gaps
STROBE the members of the two groups,
greeting each other in an informal
way.
All eyes were upon the heir to the
British throne as he alighted from an
automobile at the speakers stand on
the American side. and he was re-
peatedly cheered. AS he spoke, his
words were picked up by a battery of
.microphones, some of which were to
carry them to radio stations, which
planned to rebroadcast on short wave
lengths so that the princes remarks
might be heard to the farther corners
of the empire of which he is to be
ruler.
The prince, Premier Baldwin and
Vice President Dawes left, after the
dedication for Queenston, Ontario,
where they embarked on a boat across
Lake Ontario for Toronto. Secretary
Kellogg and other American officials
accompanied the party as far as
Brooks Monument, near the boat
landing, and then returned to this
city, departing for Washington and
their homes late last night.