Evening star., 1933-11-05

ticaDy concluded on September 2, when its
army defeated and captured at Sedan. 50
generals. 5000 other officers and $4,000
privates. Among the captured also was the
Emperor Napoleon III himself, and Incl.
dentally, France has been republic ever
since.
The terms of peace at that time provided
that France should cede 70 Germany one-fifth
part of Lorraine including Metz together with
the whole of Alsace except Belfort and the sur
rounding district An indemnity to Germany
of amount equal to f2Oo. .cOo,0 900. which as
that time would have been about 81 ,000, 900 900,
was demanded, and in order that the money
might be paid. it stipulated that certain
departments Of France should remain in the
occupation Of the Germans until that time.
France paid her debt in a gear and a half.
IN ROME the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier
! STANDS in front of the memorial to Victor
Emmanuel II. in somewhat the same gen.
eral way that our own tribute at Arlington Is
placed in connection Amphitheater.
1t is OF pure white marble, ard the architec.
tire is elaborate and SNOWY, though beautiful.
III Milan there is also marble building erected
to the memory Of the soldiers who died in the
great four-year war.
Throughout Belgium there no doubt,
many World War memorials for this little
country not SO large as the State of Maryland,
vas surely nalO pressed curing tne 1Our years
of the bitterest kind of warfare. In Brussels
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is associated
with the monument to King Leopold I, being
placed between two lions Of heroic size. And
here We also find the everlasting flame and the
freshly cut flowers symbols of reverence to
the dead.
The unknown body was placed in the tomb,
November IL, 1922, and the fame of remem-
brance lighted for the first time November 2.
1924 The monument 10 the King Is formid-
able, and Is surmounted with statue of the
Belgian monarch on horseback. Brussels did
not forget its friends, and elsewhere in the
city is to be found a memorial to the one
million British soldiers killed in the war with
Germany and another to its own troops and
its French allies
In this city is also the shooting gallery, just
outside of which is marked the spot where fen,
for love Of country, Edith Cavell, the English
who met nr e6a at the s a5ss Of
Snt was not the only one murdered o. thly
rinoed mere 1h11e the Germans held 9russe1s ss1
England has placed prominently in London .
memorial to this beloved nurse, upon which IS
inscribed, toward the top, For King and
below the immaculate white figure of the
famous patriot:
Edith Caven
Brussels,
Dawn
October 12 1915.
In Westminster Abbey, London, the thought
expressed Is somewhat along the lines Of the
memorial beneath the Arc de Triomphe, In
Paris. and the one at the base Of the monu-
ment to King Leopold I in Brussels, though
there Is no everlasting flame 1t is flush with
the surrounding floor and the crypt is covered
with large black slab, upon which is lettered
in gold: Beneath this stone rests the body Of
a British warrior unknown by name OF rank.
Brought from France to be among the most
illustrious Of the land and buried here On
armistice day, IL November, 1920, In the
presence Of Ills Majesty King George "" etc.
Scotland has probably outdone the rest