7 FEBRUARY 1914, Page 2

On Wednesday the Lord Mayor presided at a very repro.

sentative and influential meeting held at the Mansion House in support of the appeal that is being made on behalf of the fund raised to celebrate the Hundred Veers' Peace among Engliah.speaking peoples. The Archbishop of Canterbury made an excellent point by quoting that amazing piece of precocity, the verses written by Frederic Myers when a schoolboy on the theme "The Prince of Wales by the Grave'

of Washington." The spirit of Washington addresses the

boy Prince as follows :—

"I crave no pardon, Prince, that led by me,

This land revolted from your father's rod; ft was not I who set the people free, It was not I, but God.

Neither ran one consent for ever bind Parent and offspring, but they shall at length A closer union in disunion find; In separation, strength."