LATE Dr. WILSON.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2693, 9 February 1924, Page 3

LATE Dr. WILSON.

THE LAST RITES. Washington. February 6. Without pomp, yet with the highest honours a nation could bestow on a private citizen, Dr. Wilson was laid to rest this afternoon n a quiet little chapel of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. Sixty of his closest friends attended the simple service at Dr. Wilson’s home, while 4,500 attended at the cathedral, while the Episcopal services were conducted. There were twenty carriages in the funeral cortege which moved through streets thronged with people standing in silent tribute. The entombment- was witnessed only by the actual members of the family. The casket was placed in the vault pending the building of a fitting memorial to mark his last resting place. GERMAN HOSTILITY. Someone to-day planted a flag on the lawn of the German Embassy, i which failed, until this afternoon, to half mast its colours for Dr. Wilson. Later, the flag, was removed by some unknown person. The Embassy announcement that it would not half mast like the other Embassies created such a sensation here that the Germans changed their minds. -- Berlin, February 6. It is officially announced that the German Ambassador in Washington .. asked the German Government whether he should officially express the sympathy of the Government on the death of Dr. Wilson. The Government replied that there was no occasion to express sympathy in the name of the Government, and the Ambassador must himself decide the form wherein lie personally wished to participate in the national mourning.