ARMISTICE DAY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19446, 4 November 1925, Page 7

ARMISTICE DAY

MANNER OF OBSERVANCE JOINT APPEAL BY BRITISH CHURCHES WEIGHTY PRONOUNCEMENTS. By Telecr.nh—Per Pre™ Aasn.—Copyright. Received November 3, 8.45 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 3. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Moderator of the Federal Council of Free Churches, have issued a joint appeal regarding the observance of Armistice Day. They say: The Locarno agreement means the opening up of a new and brighter chapter in the tangled story of European relationships. The thought of it should stir us to united effort to grapple with problems at home. Our supremo need is a clearer atmosphere, in which men will hate to bo at variance, and try to understand how acute is the existing distress and what suffering there is in homes where unemployment is working havoc in heart and mind. Callousness to the anxieties of others is a menace to our peace. Nevertheless, there is also a spirit of mistrust, tempting some to seek less than the common good. Vivid recollection of Armistice Day which ended bloodshed for the preservation of England, will inflame fresh resolves. Armistice Day should be the preface to an effort, lasting the rest of the month, in which wo should try to translate our hopes into definite thought, prayer and action, and thus consecrate the new beginning to our national life.”