Evening star., 1936-11-08
iWashington's First Observance One of Most
Impressive Ceremonies of Historic Sig
nifcance, in Which Citizens Have
Participated.

Following are accounts Of unknown
soldier memorials in London, Paris,
Rome, Brussels and Berlin.
THE British unknown warrior was
buried among the kings in West
minister Abbey on November IL. 1920.
He represents the unidentified dead
not only of England, but of the whole
British Empire
The body was returned from
Boulogne, France, to Dover, England.
on November 10, and thence taken
directly to London. On the night OF
the 10th the unknown warrior lay
in a railroad car at Victoria Station.
London, under guard.
The following morning funeral
procession formed at the station and
went to the Cenotaph, where the King
met the cortege and where. at IL
O'Clock, he unveiled the permanent
memorial to the war dead. After q
2-minute silence the cortege pro-
ceeded to Westminster Abbey. There
brief funeral services we're held in the
presence of the King. the Queen, heads
of the government, wearers of medals
for valor and relatives of some of the
World War dead. The unknown war
rior was buried in soil brought from
France. His pallbearers were four ad-
mirals, four field marshals, three gen.
erals and one air marshal.
No foreign government participated
in the ceremonies honoring the
British unknown warrior. Several
such suggestions from former World
War allies we're turned down by the
British government; the government
desired that the event be exclusively
national.
THERE is no Unknown Soldier rest
ing in the Ehrenmal, in Germany's
capital. To be sure, the monument
now honors the memory Of fallen sol-
.diers, but its builders did not choose
mortal dust to represent these brave
men. Even in death the German
worships life. And thus the Ehrenmal
does honor to the undying stream Of
life, to those of the German nation
who contributed to this stream and
then passed into the sea of eternity.
This description Is from "Des Deut-
schen Soldaten Ehrenmal," an article
by Helmut Rumpf in Der Kyffhauser,
reprinted with permission:
As straight and as stern as the
simple Doric columns In front Of Its
square interior, two soldiers stand
guard at the Ehrenmal on Berlin's
most famous street, Unter den Lin
den.
The building is like q small Greek
temple on the outside; the walls in
the interior are of shell limestone, the
floor is mosaic Of small basalt stones,
in the center stands mighty block Of
black marble, on the top of which rests
a gold-and-silver wreath with q tablet
in front bearing the inscription, 1914
-1918," and directly above a circular
opening let's in q glimpse of the
heavens. from which descend un-
hampered the sunlight and rains of
Summer and the snow Of Winter;
nothing separates this shrine from
Gods armament. The sky watched
over the battling soldier, and now
watches over this monument.
A major contest for the best design
preceded the erection Of the monu-
ment. Prof. Teltow won, and executed
the project, which was indeed worthy
Of the shrine. The wreath was cast
from old coins and Prussian medals.
The structure was erected by Schinkel
early in the nineteenth century, after
the wars of liberation, to serve as q
guard house. One hundred years later
it was to fulfill q loftier, more noble
mission. 1t was not dedicated to the
Unknown Soldier, as in many other
countries, but was to be the embodi-
ment Of all that the German soldier
stands for, the spirit Of seh-sacrifice.
Both known and unknown soldiers
served and suffered equally. The
Ehrenmal now stands In grateful
memory of them all.
TTALY'S Unknown Soldier is en-
tombed in the monument to Victor
Emmanuel In Rome.
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