THE ANZACS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20542, 10 May 1932, Page 9

THE ANZACS.

MORAL IN EULOGIES. VIEWS OP DISTINGUISHED SOLDIERS. LONDON, April 26. The self-sacrifice and patriotism of the Anzacs wero the keynote of addresses made to-day in celebration of the Gallipoli landing, several speakers drawing a moral from their valour and steadfastness for the solution of Australia's present difficulties. General Sir lan Hamilton, speaking at a reunion of the London branch of the Anzac Fellowship of Women* at Australia House, said that ho seemed to hear the tramp of thousands of Diggers murching through the fair Australian cities. There was at present more said, thought, and written about the Anzacs than at any previous date. Their achievement was waxing, not waning. The current of feeling flowing to the Commonwealth and the Dominion of New Zealand from London would to-day bo unbroken by monetary or political snags. Every Anzac soldier, at one mighty stroke, had raised tho prestige and stature of every woman claiming relationship with him and. strengthening tho hands of the Anzao Fellowship of Women forever in tho work for disarmament and peace. Menace from Far East Deferred. Moreover, the tremendous slaughter which the Anzacs had inflicted on the Asiatic army which was striving to drive them into the sea had deferred any armed menace to Australia and New Zealand from tho Far East for a generation, perhaps forever. Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood emphasised the Australian soldier's genius of comradeship and the value of tho continuation of that spirit in time of peace. The Australian High Commissioner (Sir Granville Ryrie) presided at the British Empire Service League's Anzac Day luncheon. Sir William Birdwood, responding to the toast of those who served on Gallipoli, said that the world provided no better examples of real democracies than Australia and New Zealand. They would never fight unless they believed the cause was righteous. Their men gave their lives willingly at Anzac, knowing that they fought in a righteous cause. Ho did not desire to overlook the amazing bravery of tho 29th Division, but the Anzacs fought with almost reckless bravery. Many Tributes. Canon W. P. Besley, formerly of New Zealand, preached at the Anzac Day memorial service at St. Clement Danes. The Hon. J. G. Latham (Australian Attorney-General) and the New Zealand High Commissioner (Sir T. Wilford) read tho lessons. The latter wixa suddenly overcome with faintness during the reading, and had to allow a churchwarden to complete the lesson. Afterwards Sir Archibald Mout-gomery-Mnasingberd placed a wreath on the Cenotaph on behalf of the British Army, Generals Gouraud and Voruz, for the French Army and Navy, and Sir Beauvoir de Lisle for the 29th Division. Many others wero also laid there. "The Incomparable 29th."

Tho Dominions Minister (Mr J. H. Thomas), responding, said that no British Government in tho history of politics was faced with such responsibilities at at. present, but the national characteristics of courage, determination, and self-ciacrifice shown at Gallipoli would see it through. A memorable day culminated in tho annual dinner of the 29th Division, at which Sir lan Hamilton compared Gallipoli with tho famous exploits of history. "I am not speaking aftar-dihner nonsense," he snid> "But the sober; serious opinion, of one who has beeri a soldier since his youth, when I declare- that tho siego of Troy, the battle of Thernioplyae, and Alexander the Great's crossing of the Jheluirt did not compare with the effort ivhich the incomparable 39th wefd required id make at Helles." —"Sydney Suh" Cable.