WHEN PEACE CAMP

Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1918, Page 5

WHEN PEACE CAMP

BONFIRE IN PICCADILLY. Ltadon, Nov. 20. Another great popular demonstration of loyalty was manifested on the occasion of their Majesties' visit to St. Paul's. Crowds lined the streets and pressed close to the carriage, waving flags and cheering. Their Majesties were accompanied by Princess Mary, the Duke of Connaught, and other members of the Royal Family. They cordially acknowledged the salutations. A big party of Australians built an enormous bonfire in Trafalgar Square. Seats out of the park were thrown on the fire, also a German gun from the Mall, while the wooden blocks were torn from the roadways. Pandemonium reigned for two hours. Finally three fire engines put out the fire. Another great bonfire was lighted in Piccadilly Circus. Owing to the fuel economy there were no illuminations in London, but the permission to remove blinds and light-shades produced an equally striking effect. Some centres wove a pre-war appearance. The Pall Mall Gazette's Edinburgh correspondent describes the Navy's celebration of the signing of the armistice. "It was a marvellous scene," he writes, "when at 8 o'clock on Tuesday night ships extending for thirty miles burst into a blaze of light, with sirens blowing from the dreadnoughts, cruisers, torpedo boats, mine-sweepers, mine-layers, raptor patrols, trawlers, coalers, and pickets—a tremendous volume of sound of awesome intensity. Hundreds of searchlights criss-crossed about the sky, momentarily lost in the light from flares and star shells. "At nine o'clock the lights disappeared and from the masthead of the flagship , twinkling ' signals gave orders tor the resumption of