Evening star., 1935-04-29
PRAISES
CANADIAN PEACE
Tablet Marking 118 Years
of Good Neighborship
Unveiled.

Commemorating the signing Of an
in ll8 years of uninterrupted peace
between Canada and the United
States, a bronze tablet was unveiled
today at Columbia Hospital. Twenty
fifth and L streets. by Kiwanis Inter-
national. in the presence of several
Canadian and United States officials.
1t is a monument to the Rush
Bagot agreement, signed at the Brit
ish Legation, then located on the site
Of the hospital. on April % and 90,
1917, which brought about the re-
moval Of armed naval vessels from the
Great Lakes.
Undersecretary of State Phillips.
who delivered the dedicatory address,
paid high tribute to the more than
century of good neighborship" be-
tween the two great North American
countries
Counselor Responds.
Hume Wrong. counselor of the
Canadian Legation. responded and ex-
tended greetings from the Dominion
government.
DR.. William j. Darlington Of At.
lantic City. president of Kiwanis In
ternational, presented the tablet,
which was accepted by Capt. Chester
Wells. U. S. NJ, retired. president Of
the Board of Directors of Columbia
Hospital.
The tablet was unveiled by Miss
Nancy Jorss, daughter of Karl F.
Jorss, Washington Kiwanian. rep
resenting Canada. and Miss Margaret
Maxfield, daughter of DR.. George w.
Maxfield. also a Washington Kiwan-
ian. representing Columbia.
Rev. DIR. John C. Palmer. pastor
of the Columbia Heights Presbyterian
Church, said the invocation. Appro-
pirate music was furnished by the
United States Navy Band Edwin F.
Hill of Washington. a trustee of XII
wants International. acted as master
of ceremonies.
Among the guests introduced. In
addition to the speakers. were Rear
Admiral Joseph r. Defrees. COM
mandant of the Washington Navy
Yard; Col. P. NJ Mashburn, super
intendent of Columbia Hospital:
Lynch Luquer, honorary secretary Of
the English Speaking Union; C.
Walter Cole of Towson. Md, Kiwanis
governor for the Capital district; Capt.
Dudley w. Knox. U. S. NJ, retired,
librarian of the Navy Department;
Charles w. Pimper. Washington,
lieutenant governor Of the Capital
Kiwanis district; Allen c. Clark
president of the Columbia Historical
Society; Walter L. Fowler. assistant
corporation counsel. representing the
District Commissioners: Maj. Ernest
W. Brown. superintendent of police;
Merle E. Towner. former governor of
the Capital district: Harry G. Kim
ball, also former governor. and
Harold N. Marsh. president of the
Washington Kivanis Club.
Inscription on Tablet.
The agreement was negotiated by
Richard Rush. then Attorney General
of the United States and Acting Sec.
retary of State during the absence Of
Secretary John Quincy Adams. and
Sir Charles Bagot, Minister of Great
Britain and afterward governor gen.
eral of Canada The inscription on
the tablet follows:
Peace through limitation of naval
armament was promoted between the
Dominion of Canada and the United
States of America by the signing Of
the Rush -Bagot agreement, April 28
and 20. 1917. providing for the re-
striction of naval forces on the Great
Lakes. This notable agreement was
negotiated on behalf of Canada In
the British Legation. which stood on
this site. Placed April 20, 1885, by
Kiwanis International"