The Washington herald., 1921-09-21
Nation Will Pay Tribute
ToUnknown Hero Dur
ing Ceremony.
ARMS DELEGATES
WILL BE INVITED
Many Thousands of Wis.,
itors Are Expected
To Attend.

Armistice Day, November H.
which will mark the opening Of the
conference on Limitation Of srma-
ments, and the ceremony At Ariing-
ton for the burial Of an unknown
soldier who died in France, mary
bring TO Washington a crowd a.
great, IL not greater, than any
which has attended a PresidenJial
| Inauguration
This was the opinion IN oHciai
circles yesterday when Il va
learned at the white House that
national holiday will be proclA;uned
and a program arranged that vii b
international in fits scope. with this
information before q the Citizena
Committee on Arms Conferepce. ~
a meeting yesterday afternoon. de-
cided that the sz5.o00 originally m
tended as a reception and entertain
ment fund. would prove inadequate,
and raised the total 70 $4,000 with
every indication thai even this sum
would have to be increased. prob
ably to the size Of that subscribed
for the last Inauguration
Ceremony to BE Insptrtrs-
The ceremony At Arlington Gene
tery when the body OF one Of The
American soldiers taken from N
unmarked grave Will be paced IN It's
last resting place, is 10 be one of
the most inspiring in the capitar's
history, according to tentative plans.
On the morning OF Eovembe- II.
when delegates Of the principal
powers meet in Washington to haE-E
discussion of the limitst ton Of arm
aments and prevention of vars.
President Harding will ask fcr 81
adjournment of the meetirE ano
with the Representatives OF Jle rlr-
eign governments In attendauce-
WIFI repair to Arlington % -pAg
tribute to all American soldiers a.
symbolized in the unknown hcro-
/, Grouped about the Presidert arf
the delegates TO the arms con are1cs
will be members OF the dip, Jruat,c
corps, high ranking officers q the
, army and navy. while banEot
every available space will be soldiers
and former service men. gathered
, from every section OF the Uni.'a
States TO pay final homage - their
dead buddy"
Harding TO sound Keynote
, Harding will deliver his eu,oEv 20
an unknown hero. but marking. as
IL does, the opening Of the q s
armament conference, those close
to him expect him to take adra1-
tage Of the occasion 70 pronounce
a definite and epoch-malxing policy
for the prevention Of a similar
, sacrifice.
Apart from the fitness Of the ma
tionwide ceremonies. the PTesl-
, dents plan has another interesting
aspect. II is the first time since
taking office that he has sought TO
bring into play the emotions = tn"
public on a measure advocated by
the administration. Distinctive in
their differences from the i"ealtsm
and appealing utterances of for
I mer President Wilson, the spokes-
men of the government IN setting
forth their proposals. whether in
phrased their language along
strictly non-idealistic lines.
Entire Nation 60 Join.
At some point during the mill
, tary funeral ceremony very
likely at the moment taps are be-
ing sounded over the grave
Throughout the United States
churchgoers will bow their heads
in prayer for the success OF the
aims Of the conference on limits-
ton of armaments. Heads Of va
rtous denominations already have
taken up with the White House
the matter of holding services on
the day Of the opening of the con
> ference to pray for its success. and
it is likely the services Will be
held simultaneously.
The American Federation of
Labor and various women's and
! welfare organizations also have
suggested holding meetings on the
morning Of the opening OF the
conference. Most OF these sugges-
tions were made before IL was DE-
cided TO adjourn the arms confer
ence for the ceremony for the in
terment Of the unknown soldier.
but with the announcement Of the
1 real significance Of the ceremony
and the decision TO declare a nh-
tional holiday. more elaborate
plans will be formulated. Prob
ably at the same hour in every
city and hamlet. citizens Will pause
at a given signal. the sound OF a
bugle, or a whistle. and bow their
heads in silent prayer.
District Increases Subscription.
With every assurance that the
American Legion and other veter-
ans organizations will send dele
cations to take part in the cere-
monies. as well as the large crowd
that will be here TO witness the
opening Of the conference. the Dig
trict Citizens Committee will ma
terially alter its plans. Commis-
sioner Cuno Rudolph Is 10 confer
with Secretary of State Hughes and
III other officials this morning, TO get
an idea Of the scope OF the situa-
tIon and the size Of the crowds to
be expected.
So far as the size OF the deleEs-
tions to attend the conference Is
concerned they will be compare
lively small. probably not over
5000. But the number Of unofficial
delegations and missions. as wei
as curious visitors and thronc
Of social celebrities, will swell the
total to a number variouslN csti-
mated at from 10000 90 10000
The big day will, OF course. he
Armistice Day. when it will I've ncc-
essary for the railroads 10 put on
special trains, and the hotels Niii
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