The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-29
NOVEMBER HOUR
 GREAT PEACE DAY
Day Set Apart for Solemn Services Turnout Country-Locai, State and . Federal Ceremonies to Mark the
 wars End.
Trom me Kansas civ star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Washington, Sept. 20.-The nation will be expected to lay aside it's work and devote November II, Armistice Day, to doing homage to the unknown American dead in the great war, and to giving vent to American longings for disarmament as a symbol of what the world hopes from the international conference on armaments that opens in Washington that day.
 A holiday nationwide will be pro- claimed by the government, it was made known at the White House to- day--not for merrymaking or sports, but for the solemn commemoration of the day when the war ended and the day which, the administration hopes, will open the way to reduced armament and bring better relations turnout the world.
 Details Left to Localities.
 There will be no direction from munity shall do. There is only the desire that the demonstrations shall be truly national in character. Kan sas City, Emporia, Rantoul, the coun. try school house if there is no vii. lage handy--St. Louis, Jefferson City ; Platte City and the country cross. roads store all will be expected equal ly to observe the day in some fitting
 manner
 In many cities the American Fed eration of Labor already has taker the lead and plans to stage parades and big demonstrations for peace. 1T
 other cities and towns the churches have called for hours of prayer fol success of the new move to limit tho worlds burden for military prepara- tiofis. Fine and good as far as they go, is the government view. But reach everybody and get everybody to thinking what the day means and what the purpose is behind the inter- national gathering here. Show what is in the American heart, that's the idea behind it.
 Peace Delegates Will Take Part. The demonstrations and ceremonies the country over will head up with g solemn but grand setting here. Long before the armament conference was called, it had been. planned to honoi the body of an unknown American soldier that was to be buried with full military and national honors ir the Arlington cemetery here. Int government is going right ahead with those plans even tho the inter
 national conference opens the same
 day. It believes the two fit well to.
 gether-the memorial and the dedi- cation of the conference to it's higF purpose. So the diplomats will meet
 and adjourn at once to the graveside
 of the unknown American doughboy
 There President Harding will make
 the principal address.
 Peace Parade at Capitol. Then Washington will stage big
 armament and peace parade. There
 will be church meetings as we'll fol prayers for success of the conference
 A fund of $25, ,000 to defrav the ex.
 pense of handling the days ceremon.
 ies already has been subscribed. Only last night Samuel Gompers
 president of the American Federation of Labor, had a conference witF Washington newspaper men. He was all disturbed that the people hadn'i risen to the disarmament call. H.
 didn't think the people had got the significance at all of what the Wash. | ington conference meant. lie wa. afraid the real purpose of the con. ference of armament
 might be lost sight of in the squabble. over the Pacific problems. And ht outlined labor's intention of stagine big demonstrations on Armistice Day later to assemble big armament
 demonstration here of national lead
 CTS to keep before the conference al
 ways that its chief purpose is to re.
 duce armaments.
 Harding Plan to sns!ude Everybody i The attitude of the White House
 was sought today on the Gomper'!
 view. Then it was discovered the ad
 ministration already had plans foI observing the day or bigger scop: than those of labor. It approves ths labor plan, the peace societies plan 1 the church plans, all the myriad suQ gestions that have poured into ths White House for getting the confer ence started in bang up style. Blu l it wants the whole nation, farm ane city, wealth and labor, to joiu in. 1 But the White House very obvious. | ly takes a different view of what the people are thinking from the Com. per's opinion. The President be lieves the people already are enthusi asticaily interested in the armamcn, conference. He believes no awaken. ing is needed to give proper vent tt the feelings he believes exists every. where turnout the land.