Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-11
j. 8. KEEPS
Anniversary
Of ARM|ST|CE
President Leads Nation In Pay
ing Tribute To Memory OF
World War Veterans.
EUROPE HIGHLY NERVOUS
Countries More Warlike Than
At Time Since Height OF
Great Conflict Ended.
By RALPH HEINZEN
United Press Staff Correspondent

w WAoI1lN1 yin, NON. IL WIZ
President Roosevelt led the nation
today in its observance of the 18th
anniversary of the close of the
World war
Mr.. Roosevelt journeyed over the
hills Of Virginia to the tomb of the
Unknown Soldier in Arlington ma
tional cemetery He placed a
wreath upon the tomb, and at II
a. M, the hour when the armistice
was signed in 1918, barred his head
while a bugler sounded taps"
The Presidents visit to Arlington
was only one of many made during
the day by high government Off
cials, patriotic organizations and
war mothers.
Edward A. Hayes, national COM
mander of the American Legion,
issued a plea to forget personal
prejudices, political affiliations and
individual grudges and Danish criti'
cism of the government for its ac-
ton in reduction of compensation
for disabled veterans.
"If he could speak, would the
Unknown Soldier approve OF the
sacrifices that have been placed ON
the service connected disabled vet
eran? We say he would not,
Hayes asserted.
PARIS. Nov. 1.-THE tramp OF
army boots and the rumble OF heavy
guns past the Unknown Soldiers
tomb expressed with poignant elo-
ouence today the state of Europe S
mind on the 18th anniversary OF
Armistice day.
More men under arms, more ana
better guns. more and terrible aux
i]iary weapons than at any peace
time period in history and more
hatred and suspicion than since the
World war, marked the day
Europe's elderly statesmen, on.
whose word the younger men would
90 to battle, expressed determlna-
tion on platform and in parliament
to have peace even if there had to
be a war to get it.
France and Belgium were more
apprehensive than since the Ger
man armies approached Paris more
than 10 years ago.
Germany was angrily defensive
against alleged Allied unfairness.
United Press dispatches from Ber-
lin forecast a heavy, and per1orce
unanimous vote in tomorrow's Ger
man general election and pleblsclte
in support of Chancellor Adolf Hit
lers withdrawal from the League
of Nations and disarmament con-
ference. oo nm
II was indicated that 42,O0OO0o
voters would go to the polls. Hlth-
erto never more than 39'ooo'ooo
voted in any election.
Germany's attitude was expressed
bv Hitler in a speech yesterday:
Germans are not bootblacks for
other nations"
DISPATCHES from $various capitals
gave the number of men under
arms The total in Europe was
more than 3,5OO000 including Rus
sia. They were backed up by 49,
100000 trained reserves in Belgium
France, Great Britain ana l1aiy
alone. and 100000 in Russia.
For two days, nervous deputies
in the French parliament had
charged Germany with evading the
restrictive clauses of the Versailles
treaty by secretly arming herself
for war.
TIE newspaper lie Temps here
gave its Armistice day readers one
of a series OF articles revealing pur-
ported figures to show extent 10
which Germany was indulging IN
military training and gathering
rifles tanks, artillery and airplanes,
The disarmament steering COM
mission, it's work at halt, was
scheduled to observe Armistice day
with a meeting at Genen.
Todsy's military parade was up
the Champs Elysees past the French
Unknown Soldiers tomb which
honors 100000 Frenchmen who
died in the World war.