ARMISTICE DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22418, 13 November 1934, Page 9

ARMISTICE DAY

OBSERVANCE IN LONDON SERVICE AT ALBERT HALL • ■ (Wilted' Press Association.) (By- Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) V LONDON, November 11. A party of Old . Contemptibles, SO strong,- some grey haired, some surpris-ingly-youthful, joined the steady tramp of thousands of members of the British Legion to Albert Hall, where the Prince of Wales stood at attention in the royal, box with Lord Jellicoe and Sir Frederick Maurice, while the ex-soldi»rs gave cheer after cheer. They oore banners emblazoned with the names of Mons, Le Chateau, Annentieres, i<a Basse, the Marne, and Ypres. Behind them came the standards of the Chelsea Pensioners and women's services. .The audience sang the National Anthem and cheered the pictures of Lord Jellicoe, Lord' Ypres, and particularly Earl Haig." After this the Prince of Walts spoke in the darkness, then followed Laurence Binyon's requiem for the fallen. A shower of over 1,000,000 scarlet poppy petals, one in the memory of each of the Empire's dead, fluttered from the roof and rested on the bowi-d heads and- shoulders of the survivors ,ot the war.

The drummers of the Irish Guards and -the trumpeters of the Life Guar.ls sounded the reveille. All day and far into the evening Londoners, filed past the Cenotaph and visited the Unknown Warrior's tomb and the Field of Remembrance. Sir James Parr placed a' wreath on the Cenotaph on behalf of New Zealand. % KJNG NT '; THE CENOTAPH ■•;'- " LONDON, November 11. Standing - with, bowed head at the Cenotaph, • his Majesty embodied the reverence pf the peoples of the Empire at.\ the Armistice. Day commemoration, which,* was solemn and impressi%'e. As in previous years,- the crowd included thousands of women, mourning sons and husbands. .. ,!. '... '.; > I'.' .'CEREMONIES IN. FRANCE ''■";•,:" LONDON, November 11. Armistice Day observances, memorial services, and peace demonstrations were " held in many . countries with fitting devotion." President Le Bran reviewed the garrison at Paris. Tension prevailed, but the police and Gardes Mobile! prevented clashes, keeping the parries,of the different political ■ complexions, in areas . widely apart. The crowd .greeted the . homeward-bound Ministerial cars with cheers for M. Doumergue and jeers for M. Her riot. Members of Action Fran- . caise, bearing a death mask of King Alexander, joined ; the Jeunesse Patriote in a huge demonstration. Colonel Coutharcf, aged • 75, an officer of the •Legion of :• Honour and the Croix _de Vfeuerre, tearfuliy.witnesßed the Armistice ceremonies for the first time in his life, , having been disgraced in IM7 for desertion at Verdun in the face of the enemy. The Appeal Court last night restored liirn-to his rank; and honours. The only hostile witness among the many favour- , able -was the tottering. General Lebocu., who passed the original sentence. He still questioned Couthard's character ,and courage. The court obviously, disbelieved him. Couthard left his post to report to headquarters the results of a ghastly gas and .liquids flame, attack:- -He; was ■cashiered; and imprisoned for five years--Crowds .gathered in the evening and .Cheered M.Doumerguei who appeared on the;- balcony: of his flat Twelve Communists, were arrested for interrupting .the ceremonies at Narbonne.- Scuffles were suppressed. at Lille* V' X .WIDESPREAD OBSERVANCE ! .?v'i'}. ':VLONDON v November.ll. i '. I At Gibraltar guns thundering salvoes froniithe Rock began and ended the two iminutesV-'Mierice:- ~v ; * " ■ • -"'"Signot Mussolini- reviewed" the armed forces and Young Fascist organisations an Rome: ■'...<■■ T.,A parade of troops wass held before Marshal Pilslidski in Warsaw in celebration of the anniversary of Poland's independence'.- ■■'■■'{'f\ \ "'' , *"A a "hign tide at .Venice, flooding St. Maifk*s' iqtiare two feet deep, confined celebrants to the churches. The King and: Queen of Belgium and Burgomaster Max and thousands of Allied .ex-soldiers joined in the ceremonies at Brussels. British residents in Belgian towns attended special services. Citizens at Mons gave a civic reception to members>f the Old Contemptibles Association. Serbian papers published long eulogies of :gratitud_e for Anglo-American assistance in war time. -THE SALE OF POPPIES -•'&■! //(British Official Wireless ) ■?*;/- '•■r' i V RUGBY, Novemberlo. ■Armistice Day is usually set aside as an occasion for the public gale of arti-ficial-poppies made by wounded exserVicemen in aid/of the funds of their organisation. Poppy Day took place today. Many thousands of voluntary workers were in the streets to sell the -emblems, which, were universally worn. DISCORDANT NOTE IN DUBLIN LONDON, November 11. , The Duke of Kent, marching with -the British Legion procession, placed a wreath on the Stone of Remembrance at Edinburgh on behalf of the King. Another- wreath was placed in commemoration of Lord Haig, whom local clergv extolled. The only" place where a discordant note was 'sounded in the British : Isles was Dublin, where youths burned the Union Jack. Twelve were arrested. Republican ex-servicemen marched in protest against imperialistic displays. The largest undergraduate peace demonstration yet held occurred at Oxford, where, after the ex-servicemen s procession ended, thousands of students marched. Thev were forbidden to bear banners, but trade unionists carried flags inscribed "Scholarships, Not Battleships." AMERICAN CEREMONIES ' WASHINGTON, November 11. President Roosevelt made a visit to the National Cemetery at Arlington on the occasion of Armistice Day. He placed a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. As it is Sunday a legal holiday will be observed to-morrow, wffh veterans participating in the customary ceremonies throughout the nation. TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIANS LONDON, November 12. .. (Received Nov. 12, at 11.45 p.m.) "Commenting on the dedication of the Shrine of Remembrance, the Morning Post says: "What a deathless name tlio*e Australians made for valour and grit! Because of them Australia is richer, not' only In sorrow, which chastens'the heart, but also in history and in true cause-for pride,"