New Britain herald., 1925-11-10
ARNiISTlCE DAY THOU GIFTS

siderable dimensions. Which Is well i and good, considering that the day | is the anniversary of the establish ment Of peace after the most de- vastating war in history and likewise commcmorates the victory of the Allied powers over the foe which during four terrible years threaten ed to exact It's imperlalistic and despotic designs upon mankind.
 The world has progressed much since the first Armistice day in 1918; it also has learned much. At no time since that day has the world had cause to look forward to an abiding peace among the great na- tions with so much confidence as at the present time. There is warfare in Morocco and Syria, and an in- cipient war was just recently pre- vented between Greece and Bull garia but these things are small fry compared with tilts between the larger powers The relations be- tween the large group in Europe have never been satisfactory since the great war, but the Locarno treaties, scarcely q month old, can not help making for a solidity of interest and stabilization in Europe. 1 Some of these things have been ] delayed. For half a dozen or so i years after the first armiGtice some important things in statccraft had yet to be learned, and the cost of gaining experience was by no ! means small. When the first armis-
 tice vas signed it was generally
 concluded that the war was over;
 but the facts were it led only to an
 other kind of warfare that for
 several years plunged Europe into
 miagilinrs and hrartburnin@s, in-
 tonsiii"1 halrcds and nearly prooipi-
 tatcd a new conflict. But all Of this
 uas been rcctihcd, and after several
 false starts the world now looks
 forward with confidence 10 future
 of genuine rehabilitation.
 Armisticc day continues 10 hindle
 a great memory, of time when
 victory ended actual conflict to a
 time when all douehboys overseas
 eagerly looked forward to the time
 when the return trip would b. made
 and they could sec their loved ones
 once again. TO those who actually
 fought the day sets forth the anni-
 yorsary of a great milestone in their cyontful lives; 10 those who kept
 the home fires burning, maintained
 the morale behind the lines, and
 otherwise fell in line with the re-
 qurcments of the times, the day it
 one Of vivid memories. The first
 Armistice day celebration in New
 Britain was one of wild enthusi.
 asm, Of suddenly released rejoicing;
 such as never occurred in the his
 tory Of inc city and probably meyer
 will again,
 All future Armisticc day rejoic
 inps must be rrcdicatod primarily
 upon a mental picture of what the r c,l bration of inc annual annivor - sary really means. A great outponr S ,rs of riri2rnt eurh as is ">poctc' . in this city tomorrow, must hav' s a purpose aside from the suggos , lions Of panorlv pomp and circum
 stance.
 - Thc var was one for the Iibcra , ljou Of liberalism in the nations F perhaps inc liberation did not g - as r5r as the idcalism Of Woodrow h Wilson su@rr~',l; some of th
 fruits Of victory may have failed | r he entirely realized after the victor h was won upon the fpld of battle - Im' those are more or less acadcmi at questions hat time perhaps wi F prov" or d.spro'"
 n We live in a better world toda fl hcrausr oG th,. first Aruistiro; pr I laps mol as p,rf"ct d world as som o wartime iIyaI!-ts had hopoI fo h but still better in a marked decrc' II To he sure. il looked for awhile l. for several years, in fact - as IT some of the nations involved wnr intent upon mugnG inc fruits ( ,f yIrtory for humanity and fixing n ,f stage scenery for another uphcava Il but ii wasn't written in the sta' q for this 10 happen, any more tha .c it was written there that the ccntu
 powers should succeed during q ir war As time passes there is a be st for mutual understanding betwc' l- inc major natione and peoples, ..- mrro ronsricutious cHdogyor is b ar Ing mado to practice the gold .n rule between nations as between il d. divlduals and the world since il