“Their Name Liveth For Evermore”

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 281, 12 November 1929, Page 5

“Their Name Liveth For Evermore”

ELEVEN YEARS AFTER

ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATIONS

SCENES AT LONDON CENOTAPH

WORLD-WIDE SERVICES OF REMEMBRANCE

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(Received 12, io.£ a.m.) London, November 11

A typical grey November morning accompanied by a drizzle during the silence was the setting of the Armistice ceremony at the Cenotaph. Whitehall was densely thronged. It was a touching service. The Prince of Wales, in his uniform as a colonel of the Welsh Guards, represented His Majesty. The most notable incident was a procession of holders of the Victoria Cross to deposit a huge wreath of "■poppies in the form of a V.C.

(British Official Wireless.) (Received 12, 10.38 a.m.) Rugby, Nov. 11. The anniversary of the signing of • the armistice was commemorated today by in the churches of all denominations throughout the country. The rallying point of the national observance was the cenotaph ceremony. Shortly before 11 o ’elock the Prince of Wales placed the King’s wreath on the cenotaph and tributes were also laid by the Duke of York and other members of the Royal family, who then took up their positions round the memorial. Other wreaths were then deposited on behalf of the British Government and of \ the Dominions, India, the colonies and protectorates. The Prime Minister and members of the Cabinet, ex-ministers and other distinguished servants of State occupied places near the cenotaph. THE CEREMONY. The ceremony opened with an impressive two minutes’ silence, for which t.he signal was given by the firing of guns on the Horse Guards’ Parade. As the silence ended the notes of the “Last Post” were sounded, and then the crowds, led by choirs and the massed bands of the Guards, sang “O God Our Help in Ages Past.” Tho Bishop of London led tho service, which consisted of the Lord’s Layer and the Blessing. The reveille was sounded by buglors, and one verso of the National Anthem was sung. The long pilgrimage to the cenotaph began immediately afterwards, and will continue throughout the day. POPPIES EVERYWHERE. In the London streets this morning it was impossible to find anyone, of whatever age, sex, or station, who was not wearing a Flander’s poppy. Throughout the country, the Empire and the British colonies the sales of these flowers, the manufacture of which keeps hundreds of disabled exservicefnen in permanent occupation, have each year produced a great sum for the Earl Haig Fund on behalf of necessitous ex-servicemen and the widows and dependents of of the war dead. THE CASUALTIES. In the British forces, 1,069,825 men la .d down their lives, and there are 148,000 war-widows and 204,000 orphans, also 35,000 who lost limbs, and 35,000 who contracted consumption during their war services. It is notable that each year since the war the sum raised by tho sale of poppies has steadily increased until last year £579,000 was obtained. SERVICE BROADCAST. The British Broadcasting Corporation’s broadcast of this morning’s armistice service at tho cenotaph was successfully relayed by beam telephony t.o Canada, and re-broadcasted by a chain of stations throughout the Dominions. H.M. THE KING. On tho advice of his doctors, King George this morning, in Buckingham Palace, observed the two minutes’ silence in his own rooms. It was his wish that his observance should bo exactly tho same as that, of the ordinary man in his bwn home, consequently no official statement was issued from the Palace. Queen Mary, . accompanied by Princess Mary and the Duchess of York, was at a window ' in the Home Office in 'Whitehall looking down on the cenotaph joining • in the armistice serviee, and viewing I the march of Victoria Cross soldiers 1 past the cenotaph. i A TOUCHING INCIDENT. ’ After tho service tho most impresr sivo feature was when Captain Sir 1 Buchcroft Towse, a blinded hero of . tho South African war, was led to tho cenotaph, at tho foot of which I he placed a cross of red poppies. He then bowed in reverence, and was led I back to the ranks of heroes. I Admiral Jollicoe led the march . past amid tho cheers of tho multitude. A band of V.C.’s was in tho middle. I An army of men in silk hats and frock i coats marched beside men in rough ■ clothes bought in the mining villages, f Men shattered by wounds were ( wheeled by tall, bronzed mon from > overseas, and blind men linked arms with 'their neighbours. AN ALL-NIGHT PILGRIMAGE. i . (United Pre-s Association—By CableCopyright.I London, Nov. 11. ; The pilgrimage of remembrance to i the Cenotaph was gathering strength i all night long, many bringing sheafs of autumn flowers, syae ffi£ a fftther.

others for a son or dead sweetheart. Some remained in order to secure a vantage place at to-day’s ceremonial at Whitehall. Others departed, leaving flowers and cards “For my boy” or “In memory of Arthur, killed at Arras, from his wife.” Two thousand three hundred disabled ex-servicemen attended divine service at St. Martins-in-the-Fields, at which the Archbishop of Canterbury preached, the lessons being read by Mr. Henry Ainley. The sale of Flander’s poppies was conducted in the liveliest manner all night long, sellers invading the offices, factories and workshops of night workers, including Fleet Street. A record collection is anticipated. THE DEATH ROLL. (United Press Association—By CableCopyright.) (Received 12, 9.15 a.m.) Sydney, November 12. The Commonwealth War Historian, Captain C. E. Bean, addressing the Constitutional Association, said that from statistical information available more than 10 million men were killed in the war, while since the war 10 million had died from war effects. The capital cost was well over 40,000 million sterling, apart from losses due to disturbance of trade in industries. Australia lost over 60,000 killed and an additional 20,000 had since died from war effects. Great Britain lost 750,000 men killed at the war, and other’parts of the British Empire 950,000. The Allies, as a whole, lost about six millions killed and the enemy forces approximately four millions. NAVVIES’ UNDERGROUND SERVICE. (Received 12, 10.50 a.m.) (Unitea Presi Association—By Cable— Copyright.! London, November 11. Perhaps the most novel Armistice serivice was that which took place in tho middle of the tunnel which is now being made beneath the Mersey, when 400 navvies gathered at the deepest point. The service was conducted by the Rev. Anerg, the navvies’ missioner. 1 A wreath was placed on the cenotaph by Dr. Mary Booth on behalf of the Anzac Fellowship of Women. NEW ZEALAND’S PART. (United Press Association—By CableCopyright.) (Received 12, 10.5 a.m.) London, November 11. Sir James Parr deposited a wreath on behalf of New Zealand. The Uiv.n Jack, for the first time for ten years, flew over the Rotherhithe Town Hall, displacing the Red Flag. It is believed that some young men, traversing the roof tups last night, climbed the pole, tore down the Reel Flag, hoisted the Union Jack and then cut the halyards and greased the pole. The Union Jack was still fluttering during the two minutes’ silence. . Wearing two Victoria Crosses won by her dead sons, Mrs A. M. Bradford was among tho scores placing wreaths at the Folkestone War Memorial. A third son won the Military Cross, but died of wounds/and a fourth won the D.S.O. SERVICES IN AUSTRALIA. ~ (United Press Association—By CableCopyrig) 11 Sydney, Nov. 11. To-day, in commemoration of the armistice, Australia paid a tribute to the gallant dead and the gallant living in a simple and brief service bold at the Cenotaph in Sydney. The crowd, which was so great that it was difficult to move, sang, ‘ ‘ Oh, God, Our Help in Ages Past,” led by a massed chtir of public schoolboys.” There was two minutes silence at 11 a.tn., when the entire city stopped work and heads were bared and trumpeters sounded “Tho Last Post.” Among those on tho platform wore the Governor (Admiral de Chair). Lord and Lady Uraigavon, and Sir Murchison Fletcher (Governor-design-ate of Fiji). The Cenotaph was completely obscured by wreaths.

Tho Australian Navy's respects, as in tho past, were expressed by ringing the ship’s bell of the first 11.M.S Australia, which is now in tho war memorial museum, 'the bell being toiled eleven times at eleven o’clock. A small company of fourteen holders of tho Victoria Cross had luncheon with the Governor and his wife. There were similar observance' in other States, the Governor-General, Lord Stonehaven, attending tho Vic-, torinn ceremony, which was held in front of Parliament Buildings, while tho Primo Minister attended a gathering at Canberra. An announcement was made to-day that Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Chauvel and Lieutenant-General -John Monash had each been promoted to the full (auk. of general iiiga til - iaj>,

U.S. PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

“AN ARMED PEACE.’! (United Press Association—By CableCopyright.) (Received 12, 8.0 a.m.) Washington, Nov. 11. President Hoover delivered his Armistice Day address. He declared: “The world to-day is comparatively at peace. The outlook for a peaceable future is more bright than for a half-century past yet, after all, it is an armed peace. The men under arms, including the active reserves in the world, are almost 30 millions in number or nearly 10 millions more than before the Great War. Moreover, due to the Washington Arms Conference the destruction of German navy combatant ships shows some decrease since the war, but aircraft and other instruments of destruction are far more potent than ever they were in the Great War.

“There are fears, distrust and smouldering injuries among the nations, which are the tinder of war, nor does a single quarteroentury during all the ages of human experience warrant the assumption that war will not occur again.” SIGNS OF GOODWILL. The President then made optimistic relerences to the Kellogg Pact and other evidences ot goodwill, then dwelt upon the necessity of protecting citizens in various quarters of the globe, alter which he continued: “We must realise that there are many unsolved problems, such as those concerning the boundaries between nations. ’lbero are peoples aspiring to a greater measure ol sell-govern-ment, there are the fears of invasion and domination bequeathed to all humanity from former wars, and there are a host of age-old controversies whose spectres haunt the world and which at any time may touch the springs gif iear gad illwill. “We must frankly accept the fact, therefore, that we and all the nations of the world will be involved for all future time in small or great controversies arising out of all these multiple causes.’ FURTHER TREATIES NEEDED. The President later said: “We need further to extend our treaties with other countries, providing methods for the reference of controversies to a conference which will inquire into the facts or refer the matter for arbitration or judicial determination. We have need to define the rules for the conduct of the nations and to formulate an authoritative system of international law. We have need, under proper reservations, to support the World Court in order that we may secure the judicial determination of certain types of controversies and build up precedents which add to the body of international law,” THE TWO WAYS. Referring to the United States interest in means for assuring settlement of international controversies, the President said: “There are to-day two roads to that end. The European nations have, by the covenant of rhe League or Nations, agreed that if the nations fail to settle their differences peaceably, then force should be applied by the other nations to compel them to be reasonable. We refused to travel this road; we were confident that, at least in the western hemisphere, public opinion will suffice to check violence. This is the road we propose to travel.” He later declared: “We must, where opportunity offers, work steadfastly to remove those deeper causes and frictions which lead to disputes and illwill One of those causes is competition in armaments.” DANGER OF ARMAMENTS. After outlining the evils of armaments, the President continued: “It is first and foremost to rid ourselves of this danger that I again initiated the naval negotiations. I am full of confidence in the success of the conference which will assemble next January In setting up this conference we have already agreed with Britain that there should be parity in naval strength between us. I am in hopes that .■here will be a serions reduction in navies as a relief to the economic, burdens of all peoples, and I believe that men and women throughout the world demand such a reduction. We must reduce and limit warships bv agreement, only I have no faith in reduction of armaments by example alone. Until such time as the nations can build up agencies for pacific settlement on stronger foundations —until fear, the most dangerous of all national emotions, has been proved groundless by long proof of international honesty—until the power of world public opinion as a restraint on aggression has had many years’ test—there will not be established that confidence which warrants the abandonment of preparedness for defence among nations. To do so may invite war. “We will reduce our naval strength In proportion to any other nation. Having said that it only remains for others to say how low they will go. It cannot be too low for us." FREEDOM OF THE SEAS. He then referred to “another of these age-old controversies which stir men’s minds with fear. That is the so-called Freedom of the Seas. In reality, in our day, it is simply the rights oi private citizens to trade in time of war, for there is to-day complete freedom of the seas in times of peace. I am going to have the temerity to put forward an idea which might break through involved legal questions and age-old interpretations of right and wrong b v a practical step which would solve a large part of the intrinsic problem. It would act us a preventative ns well as a limitation of war. I offer it only for the consideration of the world. I have not made it a Governmental proposition to any nation and do not now. I know that any wide departure from accented ideas requires t lo£g and Agatohiiig ssamiaatiai. Ws

is not a proposition for the forthcoming naval conference, as that session is for a definite purpose and this proposal will not be injected into it. “For many years, bom of poignant personal experience, I have held that food ships should be made free of any interference In war time. I would place all vessels laden solely with food supplies on the same footing as hospital ships. The time has come when we should remove the starvations of women and children from the weapons of warfare.” Continuing, the President said: “The feai of interruption of seaborne food supplies has powerfully tended naval development in both the importing and the exporting nations.” NECESSITY FOR GOODWILL. Emphasizing the necessity beyond all things of building a spirit of goodwill and friendliness and creating respect and confidence as a guarantee of peace, the President concluded: “It was in this endeavour that I visited the Presidents of the South American republics, and that is why I welcomed the Prime Minister of Great Britain to the United States. All these men have talked of their problems in a spirit charged with the gravest responsibility, not only for our own relations but for the peace and safety of the world. We thought out things together as men cannot think in diplomatic notes. We made no commitments; we drove no discussion to final conclusion; we explored areas of possible constructive action and possible controversy; we examined the pitfalls of international relations frankly and openly, and with this wider understanding of mutual difficulties and aspirations we can each in our own sphere better contribute to broaden goodwill, to assist those forces which make for peace in the world, and to curb those forces which make for distrust.