CEREMONY IN FRANCE
ADDRESS BY MACDONALD
"NEW UNDERSTANDING"
United Press Association—By Electric Tele- * graph—Copyright. (Received October 2, 10 a.m.) PARIS, October 1.
The- 8101 ceremony at Allonne was marked with great simplicity. Mr. MaeDonald's first act was to place at the foot of the memorial his Cabinet's wreaths of laurel and autumn ilowers, symbolising that tho memory of the victims would remain green. A band played the French' and British anthems. Dr. Eckener sent a wreath. A French service aeroplane flew over the memorial, dropping 48 wreaths. The assemblage of ten thousand included the six survivors. Mr. Mac Donald, in a brief speech, said:—"l thank you simply and humbly. On this wayside road we have found a new union and a new understanding. This memorial means more to our peoples than a dozen diplomatic i3igned and sealed documents. Our hearts are united in this granite. M. Daladier paid a tribute to the crusading spirit of British youth.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 80, 2 October 1933, Page 9
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