ARMISTICE DAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20392, 22 October 1929, Page 11

ARMISTICE DAY.

BRITISH LEGION MEETING.

PRINCE TO GIVE ADDRESS. VISITS TO BATTLEFIELDS. (Received October 21. 5.45 p.m.) British Wireless. RUGBY, Oct. 20. On f,ho ovening of Armistico Day the Prince of Wales will again address the Festival of Empiro and Remembrance arranged by tho British Legion at tbo Albert Hall. Tho Prince, who is patron of tho legion, addressed a similar gathering last Armistico Day. Field-Marshal Lord Methuen, who prosided yesterday at the conferenco of the British Legion, gave reasons for being strongly in favour of pilgrimages to tho battlefields. He said a knowledge of tho people of other countries would conduce to peace more than anything else. When ho was a military attache in Berlin bo was as fond of the Germans as ho was of the English pcoplo, and in a time of sorrow ho had received from thorn sympathy which ho would never forget. . SIR lAN HAMILTON. VISIT TO AUSTRALIA. AN INVITATION AWAITED. 0 LONDON. Oct. 16. General Sir lan Hamilton, tho first commander of tho army on Gallipoli, when interviewed regarding tho proposed invitation to preside at tho Empiro Service League Conferenco in Australia, said: " Next year I will bo 77. Therefore, although tbo spirit is more liko that of swoet soventeen, I think it would bo wiser to wait until I am invited by responsible persons before making any respofiso to.what is still on tho knees of the gods."