ARMISTICE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 November 1922, Page 5

ARMISTICE DAY.

AMERICAN OBSERVATIONS. ALL INDUSTRY SUSPENDED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. New York, Nov. 11. Armistice Day was celebrated quietly throughout the country. President Harding placed a wreath on the Unknown Soldier’s grave at Washington. There were no speeches, various army and navy officials merely standing silently for two minutes. In Canada the day was observed more generally than hitherto. A two-minute silence was effective all over the country, and trains, telegraphs, factories and shops suspended operations. Washington, Nov. 11. Ex-President Wilson, addressing a crowd of 5000, led by prominent men who made the annual Armistice Day pilgrimage t-o his home, said: “It is a singular circumstance that while we prescribed the conditions of the armistice we will not concur with the establishment of peace.” He said that, of course, was brought about by a group in the United States Senate who preferred personal and partisan motives to the honor of their country and the peace of the world. They did not represent the United States, because the United States was moving forward and they were slipping backwards. “Where their slipping will end only God can determine,” he added. Washington, Nov. 10. President Harding in an Armistice j'Day message declared that while our ’ first duty will be to our own. that duty cannot adequately be discharged jin narrowmess and selfishness. I think we have come to realise as a nation that we cannot hope to avoid obligations and responsibilities often ardous and burdensome, as part of the price we must pay for our fortunate relationship to the confraternity of nations. FRENCH MEMORIAL UNVEILED. Paris, Nov. 12. M. Millerand, French President, unveiled the armistice memorial at Rethonde, in the Forest of Compiegne. on the spot where Marshal Foch’s carriage, in which the armistice was signed, stood at the historic moment. There were present Lord Haig, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Wester Wemyss, Marsha l Foch, the Allied Ambassadors. American, Italian and Belgian military officers, and delegations of wounded soldiers and sailors. M. Millerand decorated Lord Wemyss with the military medal. The celebrations in Paris centred round the tomb of the unknown warrior at the Are de Triomnhe, where long queues waited to lay flowers on the tomb. Soldiers representing 200 disbanded regiments paraded past the tomb, where MM. Millerand. Poincare, and members of Parliament assembled. SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRATIONS. Capetown, Nov. 11. The Armistice pause was observed throughout the Union with the customary solemnity. Admiral Taniguchi. commanding the visiting Japanese squadron, with a detachment of Japanese, participated. General Smuts, speaking at Pretoria, stressed the need of courage to accomplish the task of restoring the world’s peace. He appealed to all who nartu ipated in the war to join the Empire Service League and maintain the spirit of comradeship and partnership.