ARMISTICE DAY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4771, 12 November 1935, Page 4

ARMISTICE DAY.

Yesterday's two-minute silence once again served to commemorate the end of the greatest conflict ever waged in the history of the human race. After four long years of war, death and destruction, a world weary and worn with the terrible stress and strain, and sickened with the awfulness of modern methods of slaughter, heaved a deep sigh of relief when 17 years ago an armistice was granted to the Central Powers, thus terminating* what at that time was fondly hoped would be the end of all war. How futile were such hopes is exemplified by the present-day hostilities in Abyssinia, where an unprovoked attack is being made on a practically uncivilised and unarmed native race by one of the so-called Christian countries of Europe. Notwithstanding the unfortunate happenings of the present day, it would be well to recall the colossal sacrifice and human suffering endured during the Great War in order that liberty should not perish from the earth. The noble, self-sacrificing spirit shown by all who took part in that terrible conflict should ever be remembered, and in recalling afresh what war really means, should serve to stimulate to further effort the endeavours at present being made by the nations of the world to banish its menace for all time. The work of the League of Nations in this direction, while having been unable io entirely prevent hostilities of a minor nature in different parts of the globe, has prevented such outbreaks from assuming the great dimensions of the World War of 1914-18. That the efforts of the League will bear fruit in the near future is the fervent hope of all right-thinking people at the present time, and it is but right and fitting that we should mark a great event in our history by a brief halt in our everyday activities to ponder on the service and sacrifice which alone made possible our present-day liberty and freedom.