ADVENT OF PEACE.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 155, 1 July 1919, Page 5

ADVENT OF PEACE.

REJOICINGS IN LONDON ' DANCING IN THE STREETS. SHADOW IN THE BACKGROU-TD. IASTING PEACE NOT CERTAIN. [By Caole. —Press Association.—Copyright.l D _OXDOX, June .10.

The peace demonstrations were kept lip yesterday until long past midnight. OThe'masses freed from business at midday converged at historic points of the city in anticipation of the signing. The crowds sang outside Buckingham Palace, and remained for five hours after the guns had signalled that the treaty Jiad been signed. The King and Queen and family appeared twice. The King and the Prince of Wales addre-sed the crowds. There were scenes of lively enthusiasm when Sir Douglas Haig appeared on the balcony with the Royal family. The audience at the Coliseum sent a congratulatory message to the King. The reply was received amid cheers. The celebrations in the streets were liardly as feverish as at the signing of the armistice. There was incessant dancing in Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, and Trafalgai Square. The last-named was illuminated in unique fashion by electric lights up the Nelson Monument, crowned with a bright light over Nelson's head. This was in connection with the war loan, which was momentarily forgotten. The scan blight.-, at the former anti-air raid stations flashed across the sky. The crowds amused themselves throwing fireworks and coloured lights. The utmost good humour preJyailed. There were equally joyous demonstra-. lions throughout the kingdom. Behind the celebrations there is a feeling that the signing has no; brought the certainty of an immediate world peace. THE VITAL POINT. Lord Roschery, interviewed, gives expression to the popular fear. He said: ''The vital point is what are the guarantiees for its execution?"

The King expressed in a message to tbe Allies his heartiest congratulaticns that the day of triumph had arrived. He added: "The wounds of war will now be healed." Cheering and singing crowds paraded tbe streets of Dublin. Fog signals were exploded on the tramlines, and added to the excitement. Some collisions occurred between civilians and the police. Mr. Wilson, interviewed in Paris, said the Peace Treaty provided the greatest measure of compensation to those whose lives and homes had been wrecked by the storm of war, and gave security tha* the war should not be repeated. But We stood at the crossroads, and must now consecrate our lives to .realise that the world shall be made secure for man. kind. The real work began that day. The speech of 19 words, delivered by the King from the balcony of Buckingham Palace to the rejoicing crowds, was Bs follows: '"Peace has been signed, and thus ends the greatest war in his-1 £ory. I join with you in thanking God. - ' I Reference to the signing of the I treaty were made from all pulpits to- j iday. St. Paul's Cathedral and West-1 Jninster Abbey were crowded. The ser- j vices included the National Anthem. Solemn Te Deums were sung in the Russian and Greek churches in London. EEACE CHARGED WITH HOPE. The King, the Prince of Wales, Prince 'Albert, and a vast crowd welcomed Mr. Lloyd George and the British delegates, including Mr. Hughes, at Victoria Station. Five hundred Australians formed the guard of honour.

ln response to an ovation, Mr. Lloyd George appeared at an upper window of his residence in Downing Street. He said a just peace had been concluded by the labours and sacrifices of men of all classes and races. A peace charged with hope bad been won for tho world. He trusted that'-the unity and the spirit of concord and co-operation which had won the great peace would continue to help to_ establish the new world won by the sacrifice of millions of valiant men. The hideous slaughter of brave men had ended in a righteous peace. Let us thank God for it, and rejoice in the great victory, not in the Bpirit of boastfulness which brought Germany's downfall, but in a spirit of reverence, worthy of the noble'sacrifices. The signature of the treaty caused little excitement in Germany. The "Deutsche Zeitung"' has been suppressed for publishing a wild article headed "The German People's Revenge." The German newspapers make very brief comments on the signing of the terms. The "Vorwaerts" says: It is not a final peace. We shall not carry on the fight with lethal weapons, but with an energetic spiritual fight only. The most pathetic incident of the signing of the treaty was the presence of a number of French soldiers fearfully disfigured facially. They were placed in an alcove immediately in front of the table. Oeneral Manoury, the bling table. General Manoury. the blind French ceneral, was also present—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)