Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
AMERICAN HEROES
HONORED ABROAD
Memorial Services Are Con-
Quoted in France, England
and Belgium.

0y the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 30.-From the imposing
cemetery Of Romagne- Sous Montfau-
con, where sleep nearly $4,000 former
wearers of the olive drab and forest
green, to the humble and isolated
tombs of the blue denimed Stevedores
near Bordeaux and Marseille, the
graves Of the war dead of the American
expeditionary force throughout France
today were decked with flowers and
flags.
At the same time the last resting
places Of four veterans Of the Civil
war Uncle Abe's" bluejackets of
U. S. s. Kearsage, killed in action off
the French coast in June Of 1854.
after a contest with the Confederate
raider Alabama, we're similarly dec
GRATED near Cherbourg Consul Sam
uel H Wiley of North Carolina per-
formed the act of homage on behalf CT
the Nation.
Flag Raised at Cemeteries.
At the five war-front cemeteries
Aisne- Marine, Meuse- Argonne. Disc
Aisne, St. Mihiel and Somme-Old
Glory was run up on the flagstaff at
daybreak Then followed decoration
60 each individual plot with palm
wreath and bouquet of peoples. At
IL o'clock in the forenoon, correspond
ing to the signing OF the armistice on
November II, 1918, the memorial serv-
ices began
After prayers and brief speeches re-
calling the role of the fallen Taps was
sounded by the bugler and three
volley salute fired. French troops and
associations of former wearers OF the
horizon blue joined in the Americans
commemoration
Suresnes Cemetery, on the heights
to the southwest of Paris, was the
scene of an imposing ceremony. Under
the Craftsmanship of Ambassador Wal
ter E. Edge of New Jersey, representa-
tives of the American Legion, the VET
Grams of Foreign Wars. the Legion
Auxiliary and other patriotic socletles
met. Survivors of the Lafayette Es-
cadrille held their own commemora-
ton before the monument at Vile
newell Etang.
Services in Churches.
Memorial services were held In the
American Pro-Cathedral Church OF the
Holy Trinity. land at st. Joseph's Roman
Catholic Church in Paris. At the Tor
ner the identical ecclesiastical pro-
gram observed on Memorial day OF
Ipl8. when German shells were still
raining on the city, was re-enacted.
At the latter a solemn requiem hlgh
mass was sung.
Later the Protestant and Catholic
conversations united before the TOMB
of the French Unknown Soldier, unoer
the imposing Arch OF Triumph. Ihere
wreaths were laid on behalf OF all the
American patriotic organizations nav
ing branches in the French capital.
Edge Speech widely Printed.
An address by Ambassador Edge at
the Suresnes Monument was Wloely re
printed, particularly passages In whlcn
he dwelt upon the historic friendship
between France and the United States:
The mothers and mayors participated
IN ceremonies at several cemeteries
where American soldiers are buried. AT
most of these ceremonies there were
also French participants.
The Ambassador expressed the sentl-
ments OF his countrymen in france
when he said, Americans everywhere
are deeply moved by evidences that
their first and proven friends share with
them the inspiring emotions which this
Memorial day evokes.'
"Attuned to the spirit exemplifled In
the ancient friendship between our
two Republics" he said, the nations
of the world must obey the imperative
command to advance on the path to
peace.
Rivalries Are Scored.
jealous, short sighted rivalry be-
tween nations is fundamentally irrec-
oncilable with the practical construc-
tive spirit of our age. 1t must go. In
our relations with other peoples we
must not overlook the fact that we can
learn as much as we can teach and
that the value of our contribution to
civilization will be measured largely
by our ability to withstand the onrush
Of alien principles and other world
ideals
I'VE should be discriminating in adj
tusting ourselves to political, social and
economic changes, but none of us can
insist that his order is the first revela-
ton and the final disposition"