ANZAC DAY IN LONDON

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2756, 27 April 1916, Page 6

ANZAC DAY IN LONDON

KiLMiJM IX BRILLIANT ASSEMBLAGE fe^ ; ;-jvt;the' abbey :>o;; Preview and presentation ; ;5 : ; ; y.;:iOF-MEbALS ~-.■■. j; ";>•'.. ■■')■'?■'-.' ■ . ;:" ',■■[ . .' ... '• - f" : 9j Telegropn^Press ; AKooifttion-Oopyrieht l!.;?;.v(Reo..:April p.m.) ;\ [■■£ • : \\ : K-'' ■■ V''." '• London; April 25.-:; f';Brilliantv sunshine -prevailed for tho j, Anzac' Commemoration. Services. The i .'route' to the.Abbey was crowded,' and iiithe: fine physique of the colonials atjv'tfacted universal attention; The New j^Zealaiiders,.-':headed by.-.-a- S't.-'-'Bernard, i'dog-mascot, ahd'the:Maoris, had an ,es-' Specially ,warm:greeting. !, . : ' .;•-, ..;■;'.;;•."•.- ] : . ;! JThe.King/and Queen travelled from in -'"an open carriage. . His. ! : Majesty was-'in khaki, while the Queen jJvwas: in:.mourning. Enormous crowds f}; thronged- • the streets,' and accorded (" Their Majesties a great ovation. ThbuI .sands .thronged .Westminster. !v!'-;.-;-The'''Roral.-party"!was received at-the j";.west' door by Dean and. Chapter.

j •■;' .;" A Simple.Service, ' >- [',: It -was'a simple service, opening with. i'Walahamhbw-'s hymn; • After Wesley's : j anthem,. "Ascribe. .TJnto the .Lord," the. |, : Dean:;pronounced an eulogiuin' on the'; t.'h.eroic dead. After, singing the Rcces-; |: : siohaland.Benediction;-the "Last Post"-; fifteen'-bugles. ' ; s',-'-' ' !>;#'.The, congregation,. highly ropresenta-'. ly.'tiyo:,.of,/the State and the. Army, : in--, included '.Cabinet Ministers, Earl KitchK:'ehef,'a General ,'and Lady < Birdwood,* > of Battenburg, - Sir j-!i•William -Robertson (Chief o'f the GenE:eral : Staff), Generals Sir. John Maxwell f'.ian'd. ! Sir/lan'Hamilton,' ■■■ Lord Plunket, [,': tbe-'Archbishop --'of-; Canterbury, the KLord Mayor,- Sir. Thos. and Lady Mac-k-kenzie, Mr..and' Mrs. W.' M. Hughes, f.y 'Mr..: and' Mrs. .Andrew Fisher, .- Sir i;/.. George Reid, and many .other overseas .Mr: Asquith and sevy\ eral of the'■ Cabinet Ministers were: un- !■ ahle'to attend, owing to, their absorjv. (;\.tion in' Irish affairs; . . -\ - Kingly Solicitude. :' |~-'-. Many ; •of the wounded, Anzacs, on h . 'stretchers,-, were present, and', the King, j".! /when leaving the; Abbey, stepped aside i:,'in : the transepts, and ; shook .'hands with [j.themj and spoke'cheering words'.'.'-to !.'•: them. ; . 'His: Majesty ■■ noticed. Trooper [-•Geange •, (of-TJpper Hutt), of tho 6th j /Wellington Mounted Rifles/lying on pilv lows in an invalid with a shat-, ?;>..'tered", spine, and' stepped'• aside and r .'warmly, shook-hisV.hand, expressed a i::': few.words- of sympathy, and then' re- ( i" joined the Queen. . ,; -■ [■■ v --.'•.The wreaths' included. Australia's and j.\New Zealand's, and one from the Old r'.Boys,of Wanganui College.;;' [;: '/vLUpEON AT THE CECIL ; t PpPDLAR GENERAL. ; - ir,:-'At the luncheon in.the Hotel Cecil, [-• 'eight hundred men of Anzac were pre- : i sent. : General Bifdwood received an :/.ovation,.: the -men! .jumping. on to .the : | chairs and cheeringhim. The General | .said that' he - was glad to. have been as- ['.'; sociated'.'wiih:Australasians for twenty. ; months.- "Ih&pe,"'ho said, "to com-s-.mand yoii for. tho. rest of ! the-war:" p 'The world, he said, hadlearned of the ; ' \ Australian and ;New Zealand achieve- ■'■ ments at .the landing,, at Lone iPine, j-■ : Hill 60, and the evacuation; . Tho only ■ complaints 'were from the men who were }■] .not' included in the'foremost ranks; ':'.'.:; The General concluded: by. emphasis- !;■:.■ ing .the;importance of.training and disf! oipline'. Their, task was' not yet finj; ished.. ;' .-After the luncheon, there was a pro'i;-.. cession from tho Strand to Trafalgar [■;,_ Square, where;' General Birdwood ,had [; • ! '>a -. particularly warm reception from' the fr : cheering crowds. .. ...!..:' ; {■.-.' A concert dt His Majesty's followed, };:'. the feature being the striking success : ; scored by Madanie Ada Crosslev. ■ A ['■'..number of colonials took part in the i■'.-.- concert, the soldiers joining in tho f:. choruses. .'■'■''•.'■' .

Tr.obps . Reviewed. ('«' Genoral Birdwood, ; accompanied by j. ..Sir Thos. Mackenzie. (High Commis- [-.;. sioner), and Brigadier-General.,' 6: S; [-■' Richardson,, reviewed the New..Zealand-' | - ers at Hornchurch, and •carefully inj spected the line, shaking bands: with i officers and chatting with many of the ; ;■■; 'men whom he .remembered. :'■ | : The troops then marched, past, and ; ; : '. formed a square, when Sir Thos. Mac- ; : kenzie welcomed General Birdwood, : "who dolivered'ai stirring soldierly ad* dross on the. same lines, as at the Hotel ; Cecil. The "men spontaneously and i•.;■/ heartily/ cheered the speech.' At the i>. conclusion, the General pinned Distin- ! > guished Conduct Medals on the breasts i :- of Sergeants-Major Hill, Graham, and ' i,. Boate, Sergeants Abbey, Bennett, Spen- ,'.} cer,- T&vender, : W£tson ;and • .Comrie, '■ i. Corporals Tompany and Skinner, :Pri- | \ vates Fihdlay, .'Stookdill, Crawford,.'and ]'<-. Clarke.:;: ■.■', ;J," '{} A JARRING NOTE. '-./'■' i ,; . London, April 25. \ ,:. There is dissatisfaction among: the :.":; 'Australians because the Light Horse, a ;■'. ) fine body of men, were chosen to head :';: .the processioni'-while : inen-of tlio 3rd;i i 2nd, and,lstl'Brigades', : who'were the ;-!' heroes of the "original landing, were in •: the rear of the procession. f Thero arc ■•j many heart-burnings because tho : emallor men were not selected,' and remained in the camps, while some of tho \ giants who were included in the proces- '_■■> won were never at Gallipoli. ■if- PRESS NOTICES. : ....'■• London, April 25. - - ••The leading morning papers publish :: special articles' giving, prominenco to • 'tnzae Day.

THE DAY IN AUSTRALIA I : SPEECHES BY POLITICAL : ■:-... .'LEADERS ■"■ ''..*•':'■ Melbourne, April 26. Speaking, at the Anzac celebration, '• (Senator Pearce (acting Prime-Minister) '; said he was certain that if tho Austra-; .1 lasians and. New Zealanders had had tho numbers: thoy would not liavo stopped - at Anzac, but would have. gone. right through. AVhen the Russians wero menaced in retreat, only for .pur men the Turks would have turned the retreat into a rout. Sir William Irvine said that tho solo ..' thought of Australians should bo to _ bring to a triumphant; issue tho work ' tho Anzacs had nobly,begun. The British peopte were not putting their whole strength into tho fight. Australia had more rreason to sacrifice everything for victory-than any other part of tho Empire. AVhen they looked at England ,: they saw timid politicians shrinking i>: from the only step to ensure victory. ■ The so-called voluntary enlistment stood for inefficiency, injustice, and wasteful- '; ncss. The honour and safety of Aus- • tralia- called for conscription. Sydney. April 26. '; The Anzac memorial service in the ' Domain was attended by 60,000 people. • The city "collections on Anzac Day approximated £5000. It is expected that the State collec- ' tions will yield £20,000 to £25.000.

MEMORIAL SERVICE AT CAIRO

(Reo. April 26, 8.20 p.m.) Cairo, April 25. .Thousands attended the Anzac servioe. Those present included the Consuls, of the Allies, and representative dejtaohmeuts of the Anzacs. !■ The Bishop of Jerusalem presided, and messages wore read frcirn Mr. W. M. Hughes (Prime Minister' of Australia)) Hon. James Allen (New Zealand Defence Minister), and Mr. Pearco (Federal Defence Minister). The proces. sion marched to the old Cairo cemetery, and thousands of wreaths wore placed on the graves.

GREETINGS FROM ANZAC CORPS. By Telegraph—Press. Association. : Aunkland, April 26. . The Hon. J. Allen has received a cablegram from the Officer Commanding the New Zealand Base Depot at Cairo:—"At a largo attendance of/Aus. trahans .and New Zealanders a most impressive memorial service was held Your inspiring message was much appreciated. ' All join in sympathy with the relatives of those- lost, and in tho determination' to do what, in them lies to hasten a brighter dawn." General God/3y cabled:—"Greetings from the Anzaii ..Corps to New Zealand on Anzac' Day.' We honour the memory'of our gallant comrades." •■/'::■'..'THE MINISTER'S REPLY. '.'.'/-.. Auckland, April 2s. ..;. The message from''the Minister of Defence.' to ..the .Officer Commanding tho New Zealand/Base Depot,' Cairo, was as .follows:—'..~ '. . , ... ',; '"Arizac Day 'will be appropriately celebrated throughout Now Zealand. Willi you please convey, to all attending the. memorial. service at Anzac Hostel and elsewhere in Egypt our faith in the soldiers of the Allied armies; our deter|.mihation to support to' the full the New 1 -Zealanders who:have gone to tho front, j our sympathy "with.' tho relatives of '.-those'who are-lost, and ourihopes that tbe sick and wounded may: soon be completely restored to health.'' Anzac Day - will' never be forgotten, but we, look forward with full confidence to the dawn of another and brighter day, which 'shall ciowh'"with success the work begun upon that day.—J. Allen, Minister of Defence."

:.;;..'.. ..■.-« ANZAC". THE'ORIGIN OP THE WORD, General Birdwood, in tho course of an introduction written , by' > him for the Anzac Book, produced by the men of Anzac in: the closing weeks of 191o| and shortly to be published, says:— .' 'It may be of • interest to' readers to hear the origin of the word 'Anzac' When 1 took-over the command of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps m Egypt a year ago, I was asked to select a telegraphic code address for my army corps, and then adopted the word 'Anzac.'-- Later on, when we had effected our landing here in April last, L was asked by. General Headquarters to suggest a name for the beach where we had made good our first precarious footing, and theri asked that.this night be _ recorded as 'Anzae Cove'—a name which' the bravery of our men has now made historical, while it will remain a geographical landmark for all time.

"Our eight months at .'Anzac' cannot help stamping in. the memory of every: one of us days of trial and anxiety, hopes, and perhaps'occasional fears, rejoicings at success, and sorrow—very deep and sincere—for many a good comrade whom .we can never see-again... I firmly believe, though, it has made better > men of everyone of iis, for we have all had to look death straight in the often that tho greater realities of life must have been impressed on all of '■ us in a way which has never before been possible. Bitter as has been- my experience in losing • many-a good friend, I personally shall always look back on onr days together at 'Anzac' as a time never to be forgotten, for during it I.hope I have made many_ fast friends in all'fahks.. .. ■ "It has indeed helped us all to have been with,strong men at 'Anzac,' and .whatever, the future, may havo'in store, J I- personally shall always regard the time 1 have been privileged to be a comrade of tho brave and strong men from Australia and New Zealand, who have sorved alongside of me, as one of' the greatest -privileges that could be conferred upon any. man, and of which I shall'be prouder to the end of my days than any honour which can be given' me.'

"No words of mine could ever convey to the readers at their firesides in Australia,. New Zealand, and the Old Country one-half of what all their boys have been through, nor is my poor pen capable of telling them of the never-failing courage, determination, arid cheerfulness of those' who have so willingly fought and given their lives for their King and country's sake., Their deeds are kjiown to tlio Empire, and can never be forgotten, while if any copy of this little book should happen to survive to fall into the hands of our children, or pur children's ohpren,.it will serve'to show them to somo extent

what their fathers have done for the Empire,.:and, indeed, for civilisation, 'n days gone by."