REMEMBRANCE DAY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1939, Page 5

REMEMBRANCE DAY

EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES KING & PRESIDENT OF FRANCE GREAT WAR COMRADESHIP RECALLED. STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. November 11. An exchange of Remembrance Day telegrams has been made between the King and the President of the French Republic, M. Lebrun. After expressing the feelings of comradeship and confidence of the French for the British people. M Le Brun said: “Side by side with many veterans of the Great War. the young men of France and the British Empire are mice more fight in defence of the inalienable rights of mankind. The same idea] inspires and guides them. It gives them the strength necessary to pursue to its ends this sacred struggle, on which depends the. establishment of order in Europe on the foundation of liberty, justice and security.” His Majesty replied recalling the fine collaboration of the French and the British in the last war and said: “The bonds which unite the peoples of the British Commonwealth and France in confidence and collaboration are hallowed and strengthened by these memories and by the common sacrifices now being so freely offered in the cause to which they are unshakeably committed. We have good reason to be assured that their united endeavour will be crowned with success and that Europe will be secured from brutal violence and from the constant threat of force and that peace will be established on a sure foundation of liberty and justice.” PAST & PRESENT LINKED IN WAR TIME

OBSERVANCE. SERVICES THROUGHOUT BRITAIN By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON, November 11. Past and present were linked with deepest significance in Britain's first wartime observance ol Remembrance Day. The first wreaths and posies were placed at the sand-bagged base of the Cenotaph long before the late autumn dawn relieved the black-out. The ceremony of two minutes' silence at the Cenotaph was abandoned, but. there were numerous church services throughout Britain. Thcf King's equarry. Commander Campbell, drove to the Cenotaph at 9.30 a.m. and placed a wreath on behalf of their Majesties. The High Commissioner, Mr W. .1. Jordan, deposited a wreath on behalf of New Zealand. The traffic which swept up and down Whitehall during the day carried a constant stream of flower bearers. They and the hundreds of sellers of Flanders poppies throughout London for war charities were among the few signs of the day of remembrance. The crowds at the Cenotaph were startled by a woman rushing into the road shouting. "Hypocrites 20 years after"—whereupon a constable led tier away. Somewhere in France the participation of New Zealanders and Australians among the British Expeditionary Force and Air Force gave Empire significance to the 'Simple ceremonies of laying poppies on the graves of the war dead in the 200 British cemetei ies in France. The New Zealand and Australian cemeteries were places of pilgrimage during the day. The Commander-in-Chief of the British field forces, Lord Gort, in the presence of the Duke of Gloucester, a company of troops in battledress, 16 buglers' and four French civilians in deep mourning, placed a wreath on the ossuary of a famous cemetery where lie 40,000 French killed in a great battle in the last war. Anti-aircraft guns were mounted round the cemetery in order to prevent a surprise aerial attack. The French troops observed no Remembrance Day ceremonies in the Maginot Line. A wreath was laid on the Cenotap.i today on behalf of his Highness the Sultan of Johore. His Highness is at present residing in England. A BETTER PEACE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright, WASHINGTON. November 11. In a Remembrance Day message President Roosevelt declared: “We work, pray and arm for peace, seeking a peace better than that which ended the Great War.” The message was delivered by telephone in connection with the centenary celebrations of the Virginia Military Institute. He said there was nothing inconsistent in talking peace at a school of arms. Americans never had the illusion that peace and freedom could be based on weakness. However, the only legitimate aim of an armed force was the restoration of civil rights. Referring to the armistice of 1918 he said: "Now we need a better peace, a peace which will cause men at length to lay down their .weapons and their hatred and forgo the purposeless ambitions which have created lear. We seek a language in which a neighbour can talk to a neighbour, whereby the common, homely instincts found everywhere may reach expression through the elimination of fear. “I have sought and 1 still seek the road toward this peace. It must be the goal of all of us whose dearest desire is a quiet peace under liberty. DAY OF SORROW FLAGS FLOWN AT HALF-MAST IN GERMANY. i FUNERAL Ol'’ MUNICH VICTIMS, fl y Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON. November 11. A Berlin message states that (lags were flown at half-mast throughout Germany for Remembrance Day. which was officially designated the Day of

Sorrow, and was also the day of funeral of the Munich beer hall victims. Herr Hitler attended the burial, at which the deputy-leader of the Nazi Party. Herr Hoss, who made the oration. said the instigators of this deed had finally taught the German people how to hate. SYDNEY. November 12. Remembrance Day ceremonies in Australia took the customary forms. The main gathering in Sydney was at the Cenotaph, where 10,000 took part in’ a simple, dignified service at which all arms of defence were represented. The. official wreaths placed on the Cenotaph included one from (lie New Zealand Government