The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-02
Frank McEniry
Tells Of Victory
Celebration


Motor Transport offices in France,
writes the following description of the
celebrations in the town in France
where his headquarters are located
the day the armistice was signed:
AT O'Clock this morning it was
rumored that the Entente powers
armistice conditions. as presented to
the German peace delegates. had been
signed at $40 a. M, and that fighting
was to cease promptly at IL o'clock
At first we had little faith in the news,
good as 1t was. because of the fact
that so many ill-founded rumors had
been circulating about in the past few
days. Shortly after a. m, however,
the news was confirmed, and the fol-
lowing bulletins were posted: 'Hosi
tilities will cease on all fronts at IL
o'clock a. m. on November IL, 1918.
The Allied troops win not, until fur
ther orders, pass the line reached at
the present date and hour
THE news spread with the breeze.
and within so minutes every train and
factory whistle. siren and church bell
in the city was pealing out the victory
which. combined with the thunder of
a heavy barage, resulted in a marvel
Gus conglomeration of sounds Pass
ersby sang and cheered their utmost,
all OF them fanactically exclaiming
'yive la France All factories and
workshops shut down in commemora.
tion of the day. people congregated
as il by magic on every corner. hap
PLY discussing the victory, ard by
noon all traffic was at standstill
Practically all the street cars even
enormous crowds.
After dinner we FASTENED to town
to see the excitement. and after our
arrival in town one could almost imag-
inc himself down in Paris. because
OF the gay hilarity and enthusiasm. In
a very short time every building and
private residence in the city was dec
GRATED elaborately in flags of the Al
! lied nations. ard was. indeed. remind
full OF our Fourth of July celebration
in France. While standing near
French military garrison. small
group of German prisoners OF war
/ DIETER known as p. G.'s, nearing
prisoners de guerre) accompanied by
armed French guards. marched past.
which gave vent to a tremendous out
burst OF enthusiasm. Evidently the
Fritzies' were terribly embarrassed.
However. they laughed with the on
lockers and seemed fiattered on hav-
ing attracted so much attention.
"Poular demonstrations drew many
people into the streets. especially
when parade OF Tommies. headed by
a one-piece brass band. made its tri-
umphant march down boulevard de
Strasbourg. every participant waving
flags and cheering loudly. A little
later in the afternoon a huge parade
consisting only OF Yanks. American
nurses and Y. NJ. c. A. workers. made
its debut on Rue de Paris, and ap-
parently. was ore OF the big events
OF the day. The French people them
selves were not at all bashful as was
evidenced by the fact that they eager
1y Joined the paraders, and many OF
them embracing the boys in khaki.
] ION my return to headquarters. I
4 talked over the phone with one of our
officers in Paris.ard was told that the
whole of Paris had turned out to man.
ifest its JOY, and that the barage had
been going already for almost two
hours.
'.Today's Paris edition of the New
York Herald, distributed daily at noon
among other items of interest. an
nounced the exile of the Kaiser to
Holland and the deposition of the
Crown Prince, in addition to general
revolution in Germany. Nothing IN
the way of news Is too good now.
Though horrible It may seem for the
contemplate Huns. and nothing is
more welcomed than the complete
downfall of the German empire.
Though we have for some time real
ized that Germany was practically de-
lfeated and that IL was but matter
of short time until her collapse. we
knew the sooner her defeat was COM
pleted the earlier we could return
home.
Il can just imagine how Colorado.
especially Canon City. liz rejoicing
over the victory. and | regret that I
cannot be there to take part in the
celebration. But surely the good
American people can. In no manner
manifest their happiness over the sue
cessful conclusion OF the war and the
defeat OF the Kaiser as compared with
the French populace which. for the
first time in four and one-half years.
has completely discarded It's austere
impassibility to reunite once more as
In great peace-loving family. despite
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