ARMISTICE DAY

Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1928, Page 5

ARMISTICE DAY

MR KELLOGG ON PEACE,

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

NEW YORK, Nov. 11

'.Addressing the World .Alliance of International Friendship hero tonight, Mr Keliog declared arbitration' and conciliation the best means to abolish war, adding that all nations should establish the illegality of war as a principle of international law. Referring to the recent treaty bv fifty-eight nations for the renunciation of war Mr Kellogg said there was no more fitting time for the peace movement than the tenth anniversary of the Armistice, concluding, that if the people were minded there shall be no war, there will not be. S YDNEY 0 B SERVANCF.. (Received this dnv at 2.0 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 13. Armistice Day was officially observed this morning. There were large crowds in Martin Place, where the Cenotaph is situated and upon which wreaths were placed by the Returned Soldiers organisation and the Government, Army, Navy and Air horec were represented at a subsequent commemoration, wreaths being placed on the Cenotaph by Lieut.-Governor Cullen and State Premier Bevan and representatives of the services. Two minutes silence was observed at eleven o’clock throughout the city when there was a sudden cessation of all activities producing an impressive calm. The great bell at the University tolled for fifteen minutes from 10.30. The weather was fino.