Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-11-16
TRYING DAYS FOR ENGLAND.
Sorrow Over Land Following Losses
Of World War.

christian Observer. Depression has
taken the place OF good cheer. ,rhe>
majestic Parliament buildings beside
the Thames seem stern, and of course
the rover or London is as grim as
ever. England is merry no more.
Britain has a great sorrow in her
heart and perplexing problems in her
lie that America knows only in part
SaddeL ed and burdened by the losses
OF the great war, she faces serious la
Dor problems at home and critical DO
litical issues overseas. India. Egypt
and Ireland are either simmering or
else seething in revolt. In addition
to all this she bears heavy RESPONSE
bilfty touching the reestablishment
of right relations between the CONT
mental nations, whose differences
seem utterly irreconcilable.
Germany has been floating on pa
per currency, but now is floundering.
France is intoxicated by her visions
and her dreams, but soon will be sad
ly sobered. England. with her Gus
tomary common sense and with her
appreciation Of the value OF sound
credit, is "cashing in" the costs of
the war. She is bearing today an
almost overwhelming financial bur-
den. because she is dealing honestly
with herself and with her neighbors.
Her taxes are higher than in any
ether nation of Europe. Great es-
tates are for sale. The people looked
pinched
AS our vessel was approaching the
Irish coast, weary hawk lit on the
mast, and, utterly exhausted, rested
there until we neared the shore.
Blown out to sea by storm. this
bird was symbolic Of the island
whence 1t came. Just then Sir Henry
Wilson lay dead, shot down in the
very heart of London by Irish assas-
sins, and a few weeks later, Michael
Collins fell beneath the bullets OF his
fellow countrymen. '-E %
We witnessed the funeral process
sion as the body of Sir Henry was
borne with military honors to ST.
PauPs. A drizZle was falling, and
with their great coats covering their
brilliant uniforms, marched Britain's
mighty captains and picked soldiers
The procession was silent and on the
faces OF the soldiers and OF the crowd
there was a look OF sorrow and OF
grim determination.
The World war has made Westmin-
ster abbey democratic. The common
soldier has entered into his own
Yesterday only kings and the mighty
slept in this shrine; now and un-
known soldier rests there. Inscribed
upon the slab beneath which he
sleeps are these. words Z.
Beneath this stone rests the body
. OF British Warrior
Unknown by name or rank
EIOught from France to lie among
The most illustrious of the land
And buried here on Armistice Day
IL Nov. 1920, in the presence Of
His Majesty King GeorgeV
His Ministers OF State
AndSa vast concourse of the Nation
Thus are commemorated the many
Multitudes who during the great
War OF 1914-191S gave the most that
Man can give Life itself
For God
# For. King and Country
For loved ones, Home and Empire
For the sacred cause OF Justice and
The Freedom Of the World
They buried him among the Kings
because he
Had done good toward God and toward
His House
, On the slab are also these. sentences:
In Christ shall all be made alive.
Unkown and yet well known. Dying
and behold we live.
. The Lord knoweth them that are
His.
Greater love hath no man than this.
II this crave of the Unknown Sol
dier marks new day In democracy.
there Is an unused balcony in the abb
hey that evidences the coming Of
children into their own. In Eye olde.i
days" the royal children sat in this
remote and unduly elevated baicony
while their parents passed down the
long nave of the cathedral to ID
crowned before the altar. All the
had was a peep as their
parents passed. Now the box is un'
used. Royal children today go witt.
their parents to the. chancel. Thi
gloomy, unused balcony close up to
the ceiling is eloquent.
Not far from the abbey is another
memorial to the soldiers great and
small. The cenotaph, a large AMI
rather inartistic block Of marble,
stands in the center Of Whitehall
street. On each end may be read by