Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-05-31
PEOPLE s EPOCH
NOTE Of WILSON
. EUL0CY To DEAD
Nreath Placed on Tomb
scf Lafayette in Mem
4 orial Exercises,
kklGHTS Of COLUMBUS
DECK GRAVES IN BRITAIN

Paris, May 3p-The day OF secret
councils is past because thei people
4re in the saddle, President Wilson
eclared In his memorial day as
Fess in the American cemetery at
sresnes. The private councils of
htesmen, he added, will no longer
sfermine the destinies of nations.
An earnest defense of the league
nations was prominent note of
hs presidents address. He said he
f,aked for the time when a man who
aIled to support the league would
las ashamed as the man who Op-
ted the union of the states after
lHe civil war
vi Ceremonies on Battle Line.
ltt a grave OF any American who fell
HE great war was overlooked in to-
observance Of memorial day. Some
kfe services were held in the vicinity
1.-THE battle line along which the soldi-
Thought and sacrificed their lives: IN
n ttcemeteries where they were laid to
NJ Others took place near the hospital
httrs further back. where those whose
|fthds finally caused their death have
anl buried.
f most notable event of the day
IN at Suresnes. near Paris. and at
Hagne. near the Argonne. President
Hon left the peace conference to gD
[th former place for ali address III
kztmeriean cemetery there, while Cen
EPershing went to Romagne. near the
kRwhere the Americans suffered their
yNest losses in the fighting. The
~ soldiers dead at Romagne were
&ssed by the attendance Of bat
k{sf infantry. battery Of artillery
/ u 3gimental band while detachments
Is pant in the exercises ut other large
ifteries.
lafayette Tomb Remembered.
Fter paying tribute to the memory
their fallen comrades. the members
he American expeditionary forces,
1.-THE Rhine 70 the sea. spent the re-
fiMer of the day in taking part in and
Missing athletic events Of various
b part of the memorial day observ-
rs, Hugh G. Wallace, American am
E1dOr to France, went to the Picpus
etery in the outskirts of Paris, and
fd wreath on the tomb of La
WI French Tributes 0rGered.
h rshal Petain, commander of the
slch army. gave directions to French
Nps near the places where the Ameri-
&dead wesv v;lfied. to pay tribute to
ia fallen comrades in arms from over
II The marshal notified General
$hing of this action in letter which
D have invited French troops sta
3ed near American cemeteries to 60
q salute their brothers in arms, fall
FOR the safety or their land and the
8ty of the world. Later, when you
u left Europe, rest assured that the
te rites will be rendered them, and
the same ferror. The remembrance
these valiant men will endure in
Il hearts,
" the time President Wilson arriv-
Rt the Suresnes cemetery, great
ing had gathered 10 attend the ex-
les. 1t included numerous distin-
bed members of allied officialdom,
had come to hear the presidents
ess and pay tribute to the 1vmer-
dead. &
esident Wilson was accompanied
Mrs. Wilson, Rear Admiral Gray
Brigadier GeD,fal William W.
IS and Miss Ruth Benham, Mrs.
ions secretary.
! YANK GRAVES
4 DECORATED IN BRITAIN |
1pndon, May 3O.-The graves of
United States soldiers and sail |
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