ARMISTICE DAY

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 40, 12 November 1923, Page 6

ARMISTICE DAY

CELEBRATION IN LONDON FINANCIAL HELP FOR EXSERVICEMEN By Telegraph—Press Association, —copyright. (Reo. November 12, 0.50 a m.) London, November 11London on Saturday was ablaze with Flanders poppies, bought by people in the streets on behalf of tho Earl Haig fund for ex-service men. All ranks of the Army were permitted to wear the emblem when off duty. Cambridge undergraduates sold fifteen thousand in. four hours, with the aid 'i jazz bands and a burlesque on tho Zev-Papyms raccv The King and Queen, when shopping in Bond Street, were held up by a girl selling poppies, and each purchased, tendering Treasury notes. Everybody wore an emblem, and a large fund tlierefore is expected. Armistice Day falling on a Sunday, it was celebrated in the most solemn manner, with a ceremony at toe Cenotaph and in all the churches.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assn. STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT COOLIDGE • ■ “LAPSE OF TIME MELLOWED RESENTMENTS” (Rec. November 12, 0.20 a.m.) Washington, November 10. President Coolidge, in an Armistice Day statement, said: “The lapse of time has mellowed the resentments which arose out of the war and healed manv wounds that such a struggle was bound to make. It is greatly to be hoped that we are on the threshold of a new era.” The President praised the work of the Washington Conference, and commented on tlie rigid economy in the governmental expenditure of the United States, and concluded with an exhortation to remember servicemen— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ADDRESS BY WOODROW WILSON AMERICA’S POST-WAR ACTS DEPLORED (Roc. November 12, 0.20 a.m.) Washington, November 10. Mr. Woodrow Wilson, addressing the American people for the first time since he left White House, declared that America’s attitude after the world war was “deeply ignoble, cowardly and dishonourable.” ' He said that France and Italy had made waste paper of tho Treaty of Versailles. ,The only way the United States would show appreciation and significance of Armistice Day was bv resolving to put self-interest away and formulate and act upon the highest ideals of international policy. He spoke for five minutes into a radio message broadcasted to all sections of the country. Mr. Wilson said the anniversary of Armistice Day should stir Americans to a great exaltation of spirit, but the happy time of triumph was forever marred and embittered because they had turned their backs upon their associates and refused to bear any responsible part of the administration of peace. America withdrew into sullen and selfish isolation, which was deeply ignoble, because manifestly cowardly and dishonourable. Tho speaker stressed the great wfrong America did civilisation, because the conditions which she might have rectified are now growing worse. He added: “The whole field of international relationship is in perilous confusion.” and concluded with an appeal to the United States to renounce self-interest and again formulate and act upon the highest ideals for the purpose of international policy.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

MR. BRUCE’S CONTRIBUTION AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE’S IDEAL (Rec. November 12, 0.20 a.m.) New York, November 10. Mr. Bruce, contributing an Armistice Dav statement to a “New York World” Symposium, said: “Peace and tho chance of nations to understand each other better is the ideal of the Australian people who gave their utmost toward the victory in the war for freedom, and I am confidennt that all English-speaking countries uphold tho same ideal. I am convinced that the nations are slowlv coming into closer accord, and that it is the duty and responsibility of the stronger and more enlightened Powers to assist this movement to their utmost.”— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the signing of tho Armistice,, and the customary tribute of solemn silence for a brief space was paid to tho memory of those who gave their lives in the Great War. So that this could be done at the usual hour, 11 a.m., tho church services began at At the morning service at St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral His Excellency the Governor-General (Viscount Jellicoe) read the lessons, and in the evening he performed a similar duty at St. Mark’s Church. Special commemoration services were held at all tbc churches in the city. SERVICES IN OTHER CENTRES By Telegraph—Press Association. Wanganui, November 11. At nil the churches this morning a two minutes’ silence was observed in memory of the Great War’s dead. This afternoon, Colonel Melville performed the ceremony of unveiling the war memorial. The service was of a religious nature, representative clergymen officiating, and a large number of the public participating. The memorial takes tho form of a marble column bearing the names of over four hundred dead from the town and district. Lorenzdale Park. presented to the Gonville Town Board by Nicholas Meuli in memory of his son. who died in the war. was also formally handed over this afternoon. Christchurch, November 11. Armistice Day was fittingly observed

throughout the city and province. Services were held morning and evening in all the churches. The Cathedral was filled to overflowing, and other places of worship were very largely attended. At 11 a.m. hundreds of ]X'Ople outside the Cathedral in the Square, congregated and stood in silence. Dunedin, November 11. The fifth anniversary of tho ending of the Great War by armistice was observed in practically all tho city and suburban churches yesterday, and in many 'of the Sunday schools, by appropriate addresses and music. The morning services were begun a quarter of an hour before the usual hour, so that tho two minutes’ of silence might be reverently observed when 11 o’clock struck. CELEBRATION IN SYDNEY (Rec. November 11 5-5 p.m.) Sydney, November 11. Tho Armistice Day celebration opened vesterdav. when there was a big route march by trainees nad returned soldiers through tho city. To-day. though there were no official celebrations. the usual two minutes’ silence was observed in tho streets. It was less noticeable than previous years, owing to the normal Sabbath quiet. In the churches the silence was followed bv tho singing of the National Anthem and special references bv tho preachers.—Press Assn.