DAY OF ARMISTICE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 115, 12 November 1934, Page 9

DAY OF ARMISTICE

IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE

EEATUEE IN FRANCE

United Press Association— By Electric ''Tel»i •• ' graph--C«ij)yright.:,.. \ ,';..' v (Received November 12,! ,11 a.m.)

LONDON, November 11

■The sixteenth, anniversary of thesigning of the Armistice which.'eit'ded the Great War was commemorated today. The central features of all ceremonies was the observance of two minutes' silence. This year f as the anniversary fell on Sunday, more pooplsthan usual;,observed the silence iv the uhurchtj.i, but at the local shrines throughout the Empire the occasion was solemnly! kept. "-1 • As usual the principal ceremony was at the Cenotaph" in' Whitobail' attended ■by the .King, who'laid.a'wreath at the base of the memorial, ■•Tho-Prin.ee of Wales, the Duko of York,; and.i Prince Arthur ,of Connaugjit attended,-,; and other members bfthe'Royal/fauiiiy wer« represented. The Queeu aud Duchess of York witnessed ttie ceremony from ttiu windows of .the Home Ouice., V Standing ~;w^th'! bowed head at; tbe Cenotaph, his Majesty- the King embodied the "reverence .6t the peoples of the Empiro at the Armistice. Day commemoration, which was as »oiemo and impressive as iii previous rears. i ;,,.Th<i crowd included,thousands of women in mourning for! sons and husbands. • ; The Kev..J. T..Bhys, "o£ Bermondsey, suggested an impressive, deputation to his Majesty imploring him to launch v world effort .to abolish: war.. ~-,iC;,; ■- The Duke of Kent,;mircaing ,with' the British • Legion, "in ..the.,, procession, wreathed the Stone of Remembrance at Edinburgh -Jon) behalf of '.the, King. .An-' other, wreath was; placed in commemoration of Eavl .Batg, %hojn local Jclejrgy extolled.: - -:'i.;.'.-.-j-";.->"V-'* <s.',-. •:•.,.-■ '■,- :<-^ •*;■■. .! The only spundof adiscordant note in the British Is)eawa9 h*ard. in Dublin, where, youths burned the Union; Jack.' Twelve were attested;^.. Republican exservieemeD marched in protest against imperialistic displays.; »,f; * o •■.--?•::';,.; -The largest undergriduiateV peace: demonstration yet held occurred,at .Oxford where, after an- ex^iervieemen 's prbces-. sion had ended, a thousand etudenU marched. -They; were forbiddeu.. ; to ;bear banners, but ; ,trade : unionists carried flags inseribe'd .'.'Scholarships, ..not Battleships.Vj.'>: ":■/ ,:{'ii-: -y'::i: :' «■;;.)■.-•; ■V-'.;.• '- ■BBSTCrtftED'TO^RANK.!';^-;^:.'. .. Memorial servicea; and; .peace'denioni sttations were held, in many, couhtriei with fitting devotion. President Wbr^n reviewed the garrison ,oi: : Paris. Tension, prevailed,, but, pplicoiand.-.Gafdes Mobiles prevented clashes',! keeping the parties of■ different ■■■:political".;.j-com-plexions in. areas -widely.: apart.; ;Tb» crowd greeted: Ministerial cars'..on-.-tbeir way home with cheers f,or M. Doum«rgu» and jeers for -M. Heriot. C Members>pf the Action Francaise, bearing the .death mask of King." Alexander^ joined * tpe Jeunesse Patriote in ;a' 'huge-demons-tration. : '■■■■■■ :.:^■,■■■.>.;"■?■!■>';jj-y<»>b?\-;K)f- - Colonel Couthard, 4sevcnty-flye^"onl--ce-1 of the' Legion tof. Honour and Croix de -Guerre; 'tearfully "witnessed the Armistice ceremonies fo> the first tiijie in his life, after being reinstated after being disgraced'l in; 1917-for, "desertion at Verdun in ' this face1 of the enemy. The Appeal Court'las't night restored his rank and honours," the only hostile witness among the tnaiiyr:favournble being the. tottering ■ Ofineral;;-.Le .-vBocq'. = who j passed the original :s.ente<iice. [and" still ] questioh"ed^.Cput'Kard'sl''!e.V*roel*K»s:WH^ courage;;! The -'Court iobvioiisly:'dis.Belieyed him;: .Couthardvl*ft;'his- post-to report :t;o headquarter^ the'results" of a jrhastly:' gas' -and ■ liquidl flame', attaefc He was cashiered 'aii.d iimprisoned! for' five years. Vv"-. ;--- /■^■•': "-<",'■■•''■'■■';':\ .-;'■'" ';. Cr6wds gathered in the"evening/arid cheered = M."Doumergue/-who appeared on%.vthe.-j-baleoßy^;of^fiia.:^flafc'v';HJ'.v.?i<i---. 'Twelve Communists were;arrested for interruptiiig cereinonles>'-';at': -/N'arbp&ne^ Scuffles" were suppressed^ at Eill.e.;1: -,; ■ '■. .. ;^ItALT; AiTO;;I!L«B^HliWBv: ■: At Gibraltar, guns thundering salvpe* from the rock, began and 'enSed^ the two minutes'>silence.? >: ;i.-'.^'-vj^ '--,-■,;-'.fy./.-r' Mussolini reviewedianned ; forges ; and Young -Fascists' organisations at Borne. A parade of troops fwas. held; before Marshal Pilsudski; at .Warsaw, in celebration: of ..the anniversary; of. Poland's independence.:,.- : ■-. •:.- '■,■;','.'■:.v',:i'■■.-■■. ■:■ ■; ..High tide, at. yenice, flooding v. St. Mark's Square two feet, deepis corifinod celebrants torthe, churches. ; ; .;f c .[ : ;, The King and - Queen' of Burgomaster Max, and thousands of Allied ex-soldiers joined in th,e ceremonies at Brussels.1 British residents of. .Bel-" gian . towns ''attended. ,special i .:_ser.yiccs. Citizens of Moris■• •ciyicallyi.'.v-e'ceived members of : ..the, Qlcl^.OontemptibJes'As : sociationv '■ ; ' •.."■■"; ""1 *'. ',:.,'"'" '" :,; Serbian papers published; .long eulogies.of 'gratitude for Britishjand American assistance in wartime;1:..1 i ;■;,,: