1934-12-11 — Page 3

England

Remembers

The Fallen

CROWD WEEPS IN ·

ALBERT HALL

ROYAL FAMILY PLAYS PART

London Nov. 13.

H.M. the King was present at the Cenotaph Celebrations hold on Sunday. Behind him and about him, to show that 10 years lind not brought forgetfulness, stood the nation In epitome. Gathered round the white stone, monument

DANCERS DRINK

"THE KING!!

WATERLO0. TOAST RECALLED

London, Nov. 13./

For what is believed to be the first time since the famous ball on the eve of Waterloo in 1815 a toast to the King was given in a ball- room this week.

The ocension was the United Services Hall at Grosvenor House Parklano, W. At midnight the lights were lowered and, as the last note of Big Bon, which-was relayed to the ballroom, dled away, a fan- fare of trumpets Blown by mem- bera of the band of the Welsh Guarda, heralded the toast to his Majesty, which was proposed by

were Princes and Miniaters; youngAdmiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt. soldiers, senmen, and nirmen; and veterans who knew in those black years the daily fear of death.

In Whitehall, as in most centrés outside the City, the crowds, were larger than usual because the an- niversary fell on a Sunday. Yet when the sound of Big Ben striking

11 o'clock died Into silence one could hear the rustle of the leaves while a gentle breeze stirred the still green plane trees. It was a grey morning, with sunshine.filter. ing through the mist and gilding here a weathervane and there a window that reflected its pale beams. Flags hung lifeless on the

Not quite the thing in London, but

the Sunda land belles wear this

hand gear with pride on what corres-, ponds to a "Bank Holiday."

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Men and women sprang to atten- tion and, at the last bar of "God Save the King" drank to his Majesty's health in Empire wine.

The ball which was held in afd of the Ex-Services Welfare Society was attended by more than 1,000 people representing the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Towards one o'clock a telegram was read from the Prince of Wales wlebing the bhil success and expressing his pleasure at the fact that a tonat to the King was being drunk.

service itself, at which the King was present, many had waited [since dawn. Streets in the vicinity were thronged and transport of Acials experienced conditiona far worse than those of week-day rush hours.

TO THE FALLEN

Thousands of ex-Service men and women who packed into Albert Hall at night stood and cheered the Prince of Wales, who himself aaw active service in France and Flanders. Many of the audience were in tears as the Prince recited Laurenco Binyon's poem, "To the Fallen."

As the years pass, the reverence, If possible, increases. This year there was not one case of a person refusing reverence during the Silence and all stood at attention. No man had to be reprimanded for refusing to remove his hat.

On the previous day-Poppy Day —and undaunted by the incessant rain which foll in London and

Government buildings, and the Nelson column was almost in many other centres, the Army of visible until, as the hour approach-Haly Fund poppy-sellers turned ed, light whid sprang up that out, and reaped a bigger harvest chased away the fog and turned

the golden light to silver.

Crowds began to gather at an early hour behind the lines of police and ambulance men around the Cenotaph. The Queen, dressed in black, and wearing a bunch of scarlet popples, watched the cere mony from a first-floor window of the Home Office overlooking the Cenotaph. With her

the Duchess of York and other indies of the Royal Family.

were

this ever. They went into action for the most part in mackintoshes and Wellington boots. The ad- vance guard was out after mid- night, for the sake of the home- going theatre crowds and the all- night workers, Misa Victorin Lloyd, daughter of Colonel Wilford Lloyd, standard bearer to the Gentlemen-at-Arme, sold poppies to the King and Queen at Bucking- ham Palaco. Railway stations, the London markets, and suburban golf courses wore picketed-and the rain relented. The people of London, wet and in a hurry to get out of the rain, all had a minute to buy their poppy. So great has been this year's demand that 40,-

A few minute before. the hour the King walked without ceremony from the main entrance of the building to his place, followed by his two eldest sons. The two younger were attending similar000,000 poppies and 41,000 poppy wreaths have been despatched to as Melbourne and Edinburgh. The 4,000 committees. King wore the service dress of a field-marshal—the game khaki

celebrations in cities as far apart

as he was wont to wear when among his troops in the fleld. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York wore both in naval uniform, and Prince Arthur, of Connaught, who stood beside them, in the service kit of the Scots Greys.

An odo, specially written for the occasion by Mr. Rudyard Kipling, was made public at the hour of the dedication. One verse reads: Because of cortain mon who

strove to reach

Through the rod surf the creat

no man might hold,

And gave their name for over to

a beach

Which shall outlive Troy's tale'

when time is old.

King Michael

Kwick

of the

The servico was as impressive as usual, and the solemnity of the proceedings wus extremely moving. Till, nearly midnight there was n queue of Cenotaph pilgrims along Whitehall on this, the first Sunday Gipales, wants to establish a dipsy Armistico anniversary since 1928. Throughout the day more than Kingdom on the Ganges, and has

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200,000 people had deposited approached the British Government mountain of wreaths as they filed'

by the Nation's Shrine. For the

with this plan in mind.

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