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THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 11; 1920. THE THIRD TO-DAY IN LONDON. POILU SELECTS FRENCH A GREAT MANCHESTER GAS MR. C.

MALONE. M.P.. GENERAL AND A POT If TO-DAY'S SOLEMN OPENING OF YEAR OF PEACE. GREAT NATIONAL CEREMONIES IN LONDON. THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR BROUGHT HOME FOR ABBEY BURIAL.

FOCH'S FAREWELL SALUTE AT BOULOGNE. "UNKNOWN SOLDIER." SIMPLE BEAUTY OF VERDUN CEREMONY. ATTLEFI ELI FLOW EKS Pni3. Wednfsday Tn in l. i i -in tno lomr.

low casemate of tho l.itad'd of Verdun an infantrv private was to-dav desiff- nated as France's Unknown Soldier." All throuah the night endless files passed before the eight coffins from which tho choice was to be made. A number of men disabled in the war and bereaved women were admitted to the final ceremony. M. Maginot, Minister of Pensions, hajided to a private soldier who wore a war-battered helmet and looked the veritable tyre or Poilu. a bmipli of wilrl flnwrs; crnt.TiATAri mi the battlefield of Verdun, bidding him olaoe it on one of the coffins.

At the same time the General Commanding the Forlress gave the command: "In honour of the unknown soldier wno died lor trar.ee sound tne drums! Holding a rifl.i in one hand and the flowers in tho other, the "Poilu" walked once right round the eight coffins, which were ranged two and two, seeming to hesitate. He then laid the flowers on the fifth coffin. Eight men stepped forward, slowly removed it from among its companions, and placed it on a gun carriage Then through the silent crowd-! the Unknown Soldier was driven to tlie station on the first stage of bis journey to tho Arc lu Triomphe, Keuter. A ROYAL MESSAGE TO FRANCE. TO-DAY'S SIMULTANEOUS CEREMONIES.

On the occasion of Armistice Dav the Kinr has sent the following message to the Presi dent of the French Republic Monsieur ie Piesident. On the occasion of the second anniversary of the glorious day upon which the arms of the Allil in Kht struggle against the common enemy were crowned with success, I desire to offer to you, fSrf iUe- great KePubMc Ally, an expression of sincere goodwill and unshaken confidence in the future. The ceremonies which are to Tw. Tip.Trl in Pane and London simultaneously of paying honour victory afford a fitting opportunity for me to assure the French people once more of the unalterable affection and admiration in which they are held tliroughout the British Empire. i-ufl mis Detweun our oeomcs iorireti in tn face of common danger will.

I am confident. I remain unbroken, and will stand the test of i time as triumphantly in peace as in war. Only by drawing closer the bonds which already unite us can the difficulties by which we may be confronted in the future be overcome and. the common ideals of our two peoples realised. To you, personally.

Monsieur le President and to Mme. Millerand I desire on this occasion I to offer on behalf of myself and- of her Maiestv the Queen an expression of the highest esteem. (-signed) ueorge, a. and I. The King has further addressed the fol- lowing menage to the Kine of Italy, the Portuguese Republic, the King of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes the Emperor of the President of the United States, the King I of Rumania, and the Regent of Greece.

On the occasion of the second anmversarv of tlie day on which the arms of the Allied and Associated Powers in their struggle acainst the common enemy were crowned with success, I desire to offer you on behalf of the British people an expression ot unalterable regard and esteem. PREMIER'S THANKS TO FOCH. The Prime Minister sent yesterday the following telegram to Marshal Foch Your action in coins to Boulogne to 6alute the body of an unknown British soldier on its way to England has touched the hearts LSth iVWWSSS and respect for their French comrades which they gained when fighting side by side in the greatest war of history. Nor will they ever forget what they owe to your brilliant leadership of the Allied armies in the final LOYDBGE. Sained COmplete victory-- Marshal Foch on Tuesday telegraphed to Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, expressing the NOTICE.

ACTION AT ATHLONE, WORK RESUMED IN TRALEE. KERRY MURDER REPRISALS. Brigadier General Lambert, the officer com-manding the Athlone area, in notices announcing a parade of troops to-dav. repudiates the order issued by the Black-and-Tans ordering a public holidav, the closing of shons A-n i 1 in mo luviu, ttliu "'V Wiat' was issued authoritv. without such action was taken in Tralee.

where suops were permitted bv the police to resume work yesterday, after' a week's (losing. Quj. specif correspondent points out the maccuracv of Sir H. Greenwood's statement that work had been resumed two "ays previously. A constable was shot dead and his comrade wounded at Ballvbrack railway station in tlie CasthMsland district of county Kerry, fur special correspondent reports reprisals, and has himself seen a number of farmhouses on lire.

POLICE XOTICE PROCLAIMED. G.O.C. ASSERTS HIMSELF IN ATHLONE. (From our Special Correspondent.) Dublin, Wednesday Night. At last we have a soldier who does not quake before a mutinous crowd of Black-aud- Tans.

If tho Brigadier General in command of tho area which includes Tralee had shown something of the spirit exhibited at Athkma to-day by ilrigadier General Lambert, that unhappy Kerry town would have been t-ave 1 a week of terror. One brushes aside Sir Ha mar Greenwood's implication that the. town has been enjoying during these avs the unrestrained freedom of any English town. For at least two days one saw it oneself completely shuttered down, and betraying hardlv anV sign of life. Nothing more than an" order from the military was required to break the blockade.

Instead, in a country where law has so little sanction for either side, they appealed to the legal argument that the military could not usurp the civil arm. What happens at Athlone? Yesterday notices were posted about the town signed Black-and-Tans ordering all business houses and factories to close on Armistice Day, and threatening destruction to all premises which should remain open. Sir Hamar Greenwood miVb't. Imro garded that notice as another instance of the tortuous workings of Sinn Fein. Brigadier General Lambert, who commands the 13th Brigade at Athlone, accepts the notice at its face value.

Having ordered a parade of troops to-morrow in commemoration tof Armistice Day. he adds:" I give notice that all other orders or notices wEich have been posted ordering a public holiday or the dosing of shops on November 11 in Athlone were issued without authority, and are hereby repudiated." If Brigadier General Lambert is acting with the consent of the civil authorities, that consent could presumably have been obtained by the military in Tralee. If he is acting without that consent, he is establishing the precedent which will be welcomed" by a good many small towns which have such good cause to fear the tyranny of the auxiliarie. From the Police Journal. The current issue of the "Weekly Surn-mary," the journal issued to the police, contains a paragraph on recrnifcing which might have been written by Mr.

Lloyd George himself: Only a few weeks ago (it states) resignations rrom the force yrppHpf1 mlitfmsnti few weeks ago young Irishmen dare' not offer themselves for service. Only a few weeks ago pessimists declared the form omill -nnf nn. the summer. To-day the position is changed. Xhe force is stronger than it has been for years The resignations have stopped.

Recruits are pouring from the four ends of the earth." But the most significant fact of all is' the fact that recruits are onenng themselves from all parts of Ireland. The terror is breaking. The force is winning. Tlie military court of inquiry into the death of Frofessor Carolan, who was killed at the same time as Major Smyth and Captain White during a raid at Drumcondra, found that he was killed by an unknown person not belonging to the forces of the Crown. TRALEE AT WORK BY PERMISSION OP THE POLICE.

(From our Special Correspondent.) Tbalee, Wednesday. To-day, after a week's suspension of trade and business enforced by the police, the town of Tralee has received permission to resume its wonted activities, and most of the shops are open The permission is conveyed by typewritten notices, which were posted in the town at eight o'clock last night. I have corded one of them. It reads Business may be resumed in Tralee te morrow (Wednesday) in view of the hardships imposed on loyal subjects! Other means' wfil be resorted to for the recovery of the.twb'gelice in Sinn Fein custody. Public-houses will remain open up to the usual hour: The last sentence, one learns, is a Diuet an eaicii issueu tnreo weeiu aao nj the local Volunteers ordering -pubHc-hoasee to be closed it ten instead of eleven on nights and all day on except' bona-fide travellers.

Policemen in uniform have to-day visited business in the town and inquired whether all the work people hire' returned to their But gpito Qf what aippears to be a'eenuine if 4' O- belated desire to start the" machinery again two days after Sir Hamar Greenwood announced that it had already been done a great many shops have not yet been opened, whether from fear or because the Wkecpeia' have cleared out of the town iintu quieter times arrive. Attempts have begun to relieve the congestion created at the railway station by the suspension of business, but this, too, will need time? On my way here this afternoon I sair froni the tram something of the reprisals whicJi i lub eiiuocinK oi DnllCPtlMn' at: Rlll. wviKvuiKfi oieu Jaujr, ana the Mother oodsTis ymiim bourbood of the BinmgM M.1 i i SiwLtf SJWifWI hruLSht had eritfentpDfcJlrT Kiuic, ARRESTED. TAKEN TO DUBLIN BRIDEWELL. AX UNDELIVERED ADDRESS ON BOLSHEVISM.

(From cur Special Correspondent.) Dublin-, Wednesday Xiht. Colonel C. Malone, M.P. for Leyton, was arrested here to-night. Ho was" to haxe joined in a debate on Bolshevism at the opening meeting of the Trinity College Historical Society, over which Mr.

Justice Samuels was to Mr. Malone was taking tea in tne college tea-room with a number of people before the meeting. A military and eight plain-clothes men arrived at the college and asked for the Provost, Dr When tho Provost met them the ex- plained that they had come to arrest Colonel Malone. At that moment tho college libra-lian joined the Provost. The officer turned to the librarian and asked him if Colonel Malone was in the college.

"Yes, he's up in the tea-room," said the librarian. I shall have to arrest him," said the otFiccr, and led his men upstairs. The officer's entry into the caused not a little consternation. The officer walked up to Mr. Malone and said he was there to arrest him.

"All right," said Mr. Malone, and left the college in custody. Hf was taken to Brunswick Street police station, and later removed to the Bride.vell, where he remains. Whatever the charge agaiist lum, it has not so far been formulated. Mr.

Malono had spent the last two days at a Dublin hotel. LMr. Malone's flat in Chalk Farm searched by the police on Tuesday. was BRITISH STEAMER'S PERIL IN THE BALTIC. ASH ORIS WITH 352 PASSENGERS.

NO LIFESAVING APPLIANCES AT HAND. Lloyd's Libau agent reports that the British steamer Bultabor. bound from London for Danzig with 152 passengers, has gone ashore near there. Her position is dangerous. A later telegram says that the Bultabor has been turned parallel with the coast by the waves.

The wind and sea are increasing, and all attempts to establish communication with the steamer for the purpose of taking oS the passengers have been fruitless. No rocket apparatus or other life-saving- contrivance is at hand on the shore. EXPLOSION IN STEAMER'S FUEL TANK. 3 MEN MISSING AND 8 INJURED. New York, Wednesday.

An explosion occurred this afternoon in the fuel tank of the freighter 131 Mundo. Three men are missing and eight were injured. The explosion set fire to the ship, whereupon she was towed to midstream, and was soon a mass of flan es. Keuter. The El Mundo is a steel screw steamer of 6,000 tons gros register, built in 1910 for the Southern Pacific Company, of New York.

BERLIN ELECTRIC STRIKE CRISIS. GERMAN PRESIDENT'S DECREE. UNEMPLOYED FORCE STOPPAGE IN GASWORKS. Bkelin, Wednesday. The situation brought about by the strike at the Berlin electricity works has suddenly be' come more critical as the result of the refusal of the men to abide by the result of the bailot that was taken amongst them, which, failed to yield -the two-thirds majority required for a strike.

Moreover, the Communist Labour party has issued proclamations calling for a general strike on the ground that a big political struggle is here in question. Both wings of the Independent Socialists, as well ad the Right Socialists, are opposed to a general strike. Meanwhile the imperial President ha- issued a decree setting forth that in works which furnish the' public with water, or electricity "lock-outs" and strikes are onlv admissible after the competent arbi tration committee has given its award. Imprisonment, or a fine not exceeding 15,000 marks, is provided for case of contravention of this order. Some 1,000 unemployed this morning forced their way into the gasworks in North.

Berlin where work was continuing, forcibly deposed the factory council, arid proclaimed a strike. Similar incidents have also occurred at industrial and other concerns in various parts of the city. Keuter. HAPPY RESPITE FOR "WETS." U.S. BIG RELEASE OF LIQUOR.

New York, Tuesdat. The Supreme Court's decision to authorise retention by the owners of liquors lawfully acquired and stored for their own use in places other than their homes has brought unbounded joy to innumerable Americans. It is estimated that ten million gallons of liquor now lying in waerhouses since the enactment of the Volstead I sm I V. VOOn mill lu leased, wbi'ie the large quantities seized by the Government agents will be returned to their owners. plnTt men and lawyers assert that ther axe specially favoured' by the new ruling, as men WhP Have nut uw uviura mu yivunuiy oc allowed' to keep supplies of drink in clubs.

Keuter. ANOTHER COMPLAINT ABOUT IMPORTS. LEGISLATION PROMISED. Iu the House of Commons yesterday, Sir J. D.

EBB5 CM. Nottingham) asked whether anv action would hA takoV. the unrestricted importation of German litch-1 IU1U needles, which was ruining the British indxy built up during the war to provide the navy I I CQBswewijf iuwci uun inose quoted by Bfiiish manufacturers, and thai- tuZ. Jif quantities -imported have not been-lsree. development.

of the manufacture iu open- SCHEME. SUPER-WORKS OUTSIDE THE CITY. A flreat change in the gas production in Manchester is foreshadowed in the new Parlia- mentary bill of the Corporation. Anion" other things, tlie bill seeks powers to acquire about 150 acres of land near the Partington coal basin, Jt llld to orecfc on tlus land a suoer-stahon for Sas-nianufaoturiug purposes. It is estimated llat this station will be able to produce cubic feet of gas every twenty-four hours, and an elaborate system of mains will connect it with the city.

The bill also seeks to acquire the Stretford Gusworks. which produces some 2,000.000 cubic feet every twenty-four hours. When the scheme is in operation the Gay- thorn 5 fYTO fWl niiT-iip fpfL and the Rochdale Road Gasworks, oroducins 6,000,000 cubic feet, will be closed for manu- facturing purposes, leaving the Bradford Koad Gasworks the only one producing gas in the! cuy. ine two works arteeted are in the most congested parts of Manchester, and the stoppage of this part of their operations will effect a much-needed improvement in the atmosphere of the city. The of the seheme is estimated at 1,500,000.

RUMOURED BIG ORDER FOR GAS SHELLS. NOT GIVEN BY WAR OFFICE. In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Myers (Lab. Spen Valley) asked whether attention had been drawn to a report that a Renfrew firm were in course of executing an oider for gas shells to the number of three millions, and what was the destination of these I shells.

Sir A. Williamson (Financial Secretary to the War OtHce) stated that the War Office had no knowledse of the order. ramanueri nworiny given and executed without the War Office 7 knowing of it? sir A. Williamson replied that the order had not been given by the War Office, and after spcaking to Mr. Bonar Law he added: It could not De done at a11- Mr.

Lvle-Samuel asked whether there was anv department capable of giving such an order without members of the Government knowing 01 Sir A- Williamson was understood to reply in the negative OUTPUT OF COAL. THE EFFECT OF THE STRIKE. The "Board of Trade Journal" gives the following provisional figures for the weekly tonnage output of coal during the four weeks ended October 30: 4 eeK enaca uct- ,2 lous 30......... 4,100 Duri the last.named week there was no 0nri j- figmes was Northumberland, where the output reached 1 500 tons. The following statistics for the first three quarters of the current year are also given Output in Arge.

No. Persons xons. junpioyea. March 31, 1920 62,103,000 1,188,600 June 30, 1920 58.166,000 1,200,300 Sept 30, 1920. 59,467,000 1,207,800 EXPORT OF BULLION.

EFFECT OF NEW BILL ON TRADE Turtrnxr tjttcjcst a Wilrl rvUfehlA. Mr. Baldwin (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) moved in the House of Commons the second reading of the Gold and Silver (Export, Control, Bill. The export of gold and silver hnllioxit he XDlained, was to-day regulated by ftr ConnpiL The visions exnired at tQe conclusion of the lasfc of tne treaties, They were imposing no restriction on Bussian gold that was nofc equally common to gold from every other country, and no difficulties were being put in the Way of this trade other than were put in the way of similar trade with other principal countries of the world, except the U.S.A., whose financial position was different fr0m curs- Nothing proposed in the bill could P-iice any agreement that might be arrived at between this country and Russia. In individual coses tnere mignt be hardships.

but a any traders telt themselves aggrieved any complaint would be examined with due care. Mr. S. Samuel (C.U. Putney) urged the neces-fritv ut Dostnoninjr the second reading until the commercial community had an opportunity of considerins what its effect would be.

It was not possiole fur the commercial community to make any protest as the bill was being- smug- glei througn tne tiouse nours alter it naa been nrinted. debate was adjourned. He was speaking at eleven ouiocic, wneu the iiullTlV TMf'iT nDHrrw LULAb Ut? 11UA POLL. THREE PARISHES GO DRY. Kesu'ts of the polling on local option iu fall to be added, as the outcome of the polling.

Avondale, Cambuslang, and the Burnside and Farme wards of Kutherglen. Stonehouse car- ied the limitation resolution, being 40 vote fchurt of the necessary 55 per cent of the poll which would have enabled ibeni to cancel all licences. As the veto voting must syn chrouise in future with county council elections, the decisions will stand for five years. TWO YEARS' STRIKE ENDING. LOSS AT BROKEN HILL MINES.

Bbokn Hiix N.S.W.), Wezwjbsdax. It is probable that the Broken Hill mines will jn luii swing in a fortnight The Broken Hill strike has now lasted just on two years, and it was recently estimated that the loss arising from the prolonged vf operatiyus amounted to over 12.000.000. Keuter. is AT ABBEY AND CENOTAPH. London, Wednesday.

Even-thing is ready now for the twin ceremonies to-morrow the unveiling of the Cenotaph that commemorates all who fell in the war, and the symbolic burial in West minster Abbey of the Unknown Warrior. X-v curing tlie past week or so there has been an extraordinary quickening of interest in tho event, Avliich is now surrounded by the same aura of excitement as the Coronation or the great victory March It. WnmA one of the major historic celebrations of the time a solemn record of the country's remembrance of the sacrifice of our hosts in mi ine runeral is an idea of a nobilitv and oeauty beyond any idea embodied' in- the great London pageants of the past. It seems to have originated in France, where it has just been decided to lay an unknown Poilu alone in his glory under the Arc de Triomphe. It was tho Dean of Westminster who first suggested burying a nameless warrior in the Abbey amonc the sssphiMt nf fb errAat named, and this plan has been adhered to against the competitive plan of burying him under the Cenotaph, which is more imposing at znc nrst glance but really less significant.

From the thousands of craves of unknown men in the western battlefields one body has been exhumed. Whether soldier, sailor (the -Naval uivjsion was out there), or airman, whether Brit in or froit the Dominions, is not and never will be known. Every relative in the crowd to-morrow ma.v think, if he or she will, that the honour is laid through the person of his or her own dead. To-morrow's events fall into three oarcs ATI i nere nrst tno procession throucn tne streets from Victoria Station to Whitehall, hv wav of Constitution Hill and the Mall. This is the opportunity for the ticketless multitud to pay its tribute.

Secondly, the proccssi.m halt for a short time at the Cenotaph while the King unveils it, and thirdlv the bodv is carried to the grave in the Abbey, the walking as the mourner for the nation. the original intention was that the Abbe? ceremonv and the Cenotaph unveiling also should bo almost exclusively military. This was wisely abandoned, and the unique thing annus tne arrangements as tinally fixed is th it with the exception of the representative Tier-sons, and military, every available placo ip tne neighbourhood ot the Cenotaph and in tho church has been given to relatives of the dead, about 6,000 of whom have been selected by ballot from the 16,000 applications sent in. The Day's Programme. The following is a rough outline of the day's programme: About ten o'clock the funeral procession starts from the station.

A thou sand men drawn from all ranks of the fighting forces on sea, land, or in the air will maroh in front of tho coffin. The twelve pall-bearers are famous admirals, generals, and the Air Marshal among them Beattv, Wilson, French, Haig, and Bvng. It would have been a fine thing if a private had been allowed to walk with them. Afterwards come hundreds of delegates from the ex-service organisations. the procession wil be headed by the massed bands of the Foot Guards and the pipes of the Scots Guards.

The Kins, surrounded bv the Princes of his House, will await the arrival of the coffin at the Cenotaph, where the ceremony is timed for eleven o'clock, the hour of the signing of the Armistice. With the King will be the national representatives about forty Cabinet Ministers of the war period, headed by the and ex-l'remier, religious, Parliamentary, municipal, and legal leaders, Dominions representatives, six Indian princes, and so on. In the more distant places inside the barriers which isolate the neighbourhood of Whitehall and the Abbey will be a selection of the crowd, and, as already explained, all the Government windows overlooking the place, the stands and pavement space on tho spot, will be filled with bereaved persons. Wealth and importance will go for nothins in the competition for seats. There will be a short religious service, and then the King will pull tho covering off the Cenotaph as Big Ben strikes the last stroke of eleven.

Two minutes' silence, to be observed throughout the country and as far as possible throughout the Empire, will follow. Bugles play the Last Post then the coffin resumes its way to the Abbey, the King walking behind, together with the Cabinet Ministers and other notabilities. Immediately afterwards the pilgrimage past tho Cenotaph begins, and will go on for two or three das. Thousands of bereaved people will lay wreaths at the foot, as will deputations from a legion of bodies, and after them the crowd will pour past until midnight. Four soldieis one of them the Oldham V.C will stand round the Cenotaph with arms reversed.

The Abbey Service. The Abbey service will begin about 11 15 and last about three-quarters of an hour. Tho coffin will bo met at the north transept by the Dean and Chapter in purple robes, and the procession will go down into the nave. The way will be lined by sixty V.C.'s of all ranks, forming a guard of honour for the Unknown Warrior. The grave is in the middle of the nave, close to the west door.

When all is ready, the King will stand at the foot of the coffin, facing east; the pallbearers, will stand on either side, and ranged all round will be the Cabinet Ministers, The Queen will be present. The rest of the nave will be filled those who have lost brother, sister, son, husband. The north transept will be allotted to ex-service men, the wounded, the blind, and nurses. Only those M.P.'s who have lost relatives have places given to them. The extreme refinement and beauty of morning ritual in the Abbey the fine flower of of cultivation will mark the service- for the dead.

It will be a shortened form of the ordinary service. There will be some elegiac music, some hymns; the choir will sing 1 am the Resurrection and the Life" as the body is borne in and as the earth from France is thrown upon the coffin in the grave. The Dean will recite the sentences of com-mital. Kipling's Recessional," emphasising the true key-note of the day, "Lest we forget," comes towards the end then buglers sound the Reveille. As soon as the King and the dignitaries have gone the pilgrimage of mourning men and women begins to file past the grave, where the unknown man lies in state.

A field marshal's salute of nineteen iuns will be fired on the Horse Guards Parade. For tho rest of the day the populace will possets the place. There will be amaz ing scenes until tlie emotion ebbs away. There will be a more secular side to the celebration. Tho Victory Ball at night will he a big affair.

There will be many reunions nt regimental outliers. -or will criticism be forgotten. The Union of Democratic Control is holding a meeting, to be addressed by men who fought, to demand revision of the Peace Treaties. This meeting has the support of General Gough. The forecast of the Meteorological Office for to-day weather in London is as follows Heavy rain not anticipated, but occasional light rain or Mkely; mild, with light westerly winds." 0 Speaking yesterday at the annual meeting of the Rowland Hill Memorial aci Benevolent Fund at the.

Mansion House, the Postmaster General expressed a hope that some dav it would be possible to restore the nt'iinv He pointed ont that the present twopenny uuawiic Tirtsuure was, reiaAJtrriv c2 Limn (- ni. 1- The secocd anniversarv of the Armistice will be marked by great national ceremonies in 1 uonuon. As the third year of peace dawns with the striking of eleven this morning the King unveils the Cenotaph, the memorial "To the Glorious Dead," and two minutes' silence will be observed not alone in London but throughout the Empire. There will follow the symbolic burial in west- m.nr A hhnv of tho TTnknown Warrior, whose body was brought from Boulogne to Dover and" from Dover to London yesterday with signal honours. France paid moving tribute to the Hntish dead as the bodv or the ununowu nnuviu- man, Droucnc rrom some uawicuciu France or Flanders, left her shores from Boulogne.

On the last journey through the port Marshal Foch saluted tho bodyj and again as the remains were taken on board H.5I.S. Verdun tho Manila! of France gave a farewell salute. The cross-Channel journey, the arrival on English soil, and the arrangements for to-day are described in the messages which follow. In tho Citadel of Verdun a typical French poilu selected France's "Unknown Soldier." To the sound of drums ho plated a bunch of wild flowers gathered from the battlefield on one of the eight coffins which had lieen brought from the various French war M-ciors. Tho body was then placed on a gun-carriage and began the first stage of its journey to Paris, where to-day.

it will be buried lielow the Arc de Triomphe. A NOBLE GESTURE. FOCH'S FAR IS WELL SALUTE AT THE WATER'S EDGE. Boulogne, Wednesday. Shortly after ten tho trumpets of the cavalry and the bugles of the infantry blew the Aux Champs," and along the narrow route was seen approaching an Army Service Corps waggon drawn by French military horses and driven by French artilleryman.

Tt contained the coffin of the Unknown Warrior. It was covered by a worn old Union Jack, and underneath the flag tho outline of the sword uhichhad been sent by the Kincand placed on the coffin was visible. There was a short pause nnd then a motor-car drove up and all the troops sprang to attention and presented arms. was Lioute'innt General Sir GVorce Mac- Donagh, tho King's representative who tmp over in the Verdun to convev the bodv tack to England and to Westminster. There was another pause, and then the trumpets and bugles again blew Aux Champs and it was been that Marshal Foch was approaching.

Tho Marshal descended from his car and, after saluting various officers who were awaiting him, walked all alone to the coffin and raised his hand to his kep keeping it there for what appeared to be a very long moment. Meanwhile wreaths had been brought and laid around the coffin Speeches on the Jetty. Tho massed drums thundered out the opening, burs of Chopin's Funeral March, which was taken up by the bands and played along tho entire route. The harbour was reached and the Verdun, which had arrived somewhat late owing to the fog. was seen lying alongside the iutty.

On her after-gun platform gleamed the proud motto of the ship, "On ne pjso pas." 1 he crew of the ship were drawn up facing the jetty and presented arms on the arrival of the waggon containing the body. There was a short pause before the coffin "was carried on board. Marshal Foch and General Mac-Donaidi both delivered short speeches extolling the work of the British and Allied armies and underliniim' the deathless significance cf to-day's ceremony. liun the Uidy was taken up by its escort or British soidFors, representing all parts of tie Empire, and carried on board. As it" passed over the gangway the bu.itMain'b mate piped the body on" board Kith the honours generally accorded to admirals and captains.

General MacDonagh and lits aide-de-camp followed and the many wreaths wore taken on board and laid around Use coffin, which had been put on the quarter-ieik with lour soldiers standing with reversed arm around it. Another general salute was given bv the Hoops and Marshal Foch. advancing almost to the water's edge, stood alone saluting his do id conirade. I ho Verdun unmoored and slowlv glided ay from the pier. As she disappeared into 'He Carrvillcr linr lmr.lnn T' 1 1 near the guns of her escortintr French nre the field miii-Klinl's c-ilnto in U1' 1J5 Association Foreign Special.

THE MEETING IX MID-CHAXX1SL. Ox Board H.M.S. Vendetta, Wednesday. A pin point of light flashing across a leaden w-u-e signal of H-MS. AVitheringtou, the wader ut the escort was the first indication were drawing near the flotilla of vneh and Untisll wanJiip wenj h6 Verdun- eight miles iuoT qUkklv COVBId' iu response to a HgntllM endeiui commander through the hn.

to aate When abreast tiuguiihed by a the order wat, "Inch uas dif- i response to the ill command i On the quarterlies hvudh-iront of the ai the ed the coffin XI- 1 arnor nknown I side stood a solium- I Ihe white ensign on tl-e the vessels ras flown as hl jV -aU the impressive moment which Ln found was heard save th6 wm ao si.ip' engines and the wash biaS of the the cssels' prows. sea against Station bl Vm took astern and was led bv IJ A Rtoa (divisional leader underomrnMnJ command of ttb.M vessels in At of the Third Atlantic Flotilla were the Wanderer, Whitehed, "WyverB, Wolverine, and CL-CU OU, ON ENGLISH SOIL AGAIN. THE SOLEMN RECEPTION AT DOVER. Dover, Wednesday Afternoon-. In the grey light of a November afternoon, on an unruffled sea, the Verdun came to rest by the Admiralty Pier at Dover.

She was heralded by the thunderous field marshal's salute of nineteen euns fired bv the "arnson Artillery trom the Castle, and nui uieu av um band of the Royal Irish Fusiliers played lira-'. Jl -rr -J. AjUJla 01 -nope and lilorv. One by one the great wreaths were reverently removed from the coffin, and on the shoulders of six stalwart hearers warrant officers representing the Naw, the Marines, the Army, and the Air Force the remains of the Unknown Warrior were brought to shore. The pall-bearers were six officers of tho four services.

Tno coffin was taken from the Verdun to the landing-stage and brought up the steps, at the top of which there was a guard of honour of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. On behalf of the army they fired a general salute as the coffin reached the quayside. Tho officers of the garrison of Dover then formed up behind thte pall-hearers and followed the coffin to the Marine Station, the coach, lined with purple draperv and laurel leaves intertwined, had at each end a huge bunch of white chrysanthemums, lwo tiny electric lights shed a purple glow over the coffin. The bodies of Captain Fryatt and Nurse Cavcll were conveyed to London in this coach. As the train left the Marine Station the troops paid the final compliment of a general salute.

The coffin reposed within a pile of beautiful wreatlis, which included one from th British army, In memory of the unknown warrior," composed of chrysanthemums, mimosa, and red leaves. THE ARRIVAL IN LONDON. London, Wednesday Night. Vic toria Station with all its lights burning outside a dismal soft rain and the familiar London in November. The people had gathered in many thousands to see the arrival of the dead warrior from the battlefields who is to bo buried to-mnrrmr in U0 They were the same crowds, probablv nearly all women, who gathered there in the war waiting for their men.

In tho part of Victoria wliero, th fnnnmi oac arrived the men who used to arriv. there' were from training camps of the south uot warriors Irom the field. The trench men arrived on the other side fresh from the war. Crowds used to gather to meet the men, sometimes in furrv coats and strange gear, often so unfamiliar with London that they were headed by a woman in khaki striding bravely and explaining to them how they had to go after tiey left the intermediate shelter. Round the station is a very soldiers quarter, where many a soldier had his last drink in England.

The Dominions' quarters were close by. It was a hectic centre in the war. Men had gone out with their last memories of England from Victoria Station. The last buftet to be dissolved was in Victoria Station and the ladies in the buffet used to tell 'the men that Victoria was victory, and so thcy shouldered their heavy pack and went to their train and went out to France. The dead man who came home to-dav arrived very quietly in an ordinarv plank-faced white-topped guard's van, No.

132. The van was padlocked, with the key in charge of the officer of the King's Company of the Grenadier Guards. The van had been consecrated and was a temporary chapel. There were purple hangings round it, and the coffin with its Crusader's sword and Union Jack was hidden from all the eager eyes. In the next coach were the guard who had brought Lira from the the picked men of the Connaught Hangers, and a beautiful assembly of flowers wreaths given by the French Army, by tho British troops in France and Flanders, by the First French Army Corps, and by many other British and French military bodies.

The tricolour of Franco attached to a great wreath first struck one's eye as the train glided into the station. The Obeisance of England. The ceremony was very simple. General tiir John MacDonagh aud two other senior officers were present, but the gathering on the platform was a very small, professional one. The King's Company of the Grenadier Guards were drawn up at the end of the platform.

The train came in slowly reverently slowly, as no train before had come into Victoria Station and when the motion ceased the dead man iu Ins coach rested at the end of tho Number 8 platform the central line with empty lines on either side. The guard of the Connaught Hangers detrained on the rails and formed up again on the platform. At the command they siieathed their bayonets and marched on, and the Grenadiers tooK tneir place, lwo tall aoldieis then took their ceremonial stand, one at each end of the-carriage with arms reversed aud bowed Heads as the sentinel Grenadiers had stood round King Edward as he lay uu uia catafalque in Westminster Hall. These tall lads differed from most of the soldiers one saw to-day in that they had no medals. They had been lads of 17 at the end cf the war.

of these sentinels came from Liverpool and the other from Nottingham. History in the form of the kinemu and photograph men sought for the possibility of picture, out it was no more possible to ujioto than the uar was; and so tne company de- and the simiile cocsh with its drawn enigmatic as the man it held, to siknd there thrmicdi tlie nisrht with the two tall sentinels before it making the obeisance of England to tVo TTnlrnnirTt Soldier The unknown warrior who is he All men in arms would wish to bet J. The platforms of the stations from Dover to London where the train halted were crowded with people who stood in reverent silence. Faversnam ex-service men completely filled the platform, carrying at their head a Union Jack surmounted by a wreath of bay leaves. TtiiiplacVets formed a guard ot nonour at Gillihglham, resting with bowed heads on their arms reversea.

mi hfinr j.ihnt. i hitnam miiitarv iriruiu was paid by the Warwickshire. sentiments he telt on tne occasion oi me and the bill gave the Government power to con-laying to rest of the Unknown British Warrior tol tne Xp6rt Dy ijcence. among the glories of the British Empire." 0ne or tWQ newspapers particularly interested The Marshal recalled how English, Scottish, in 8ettlement of the commercial agreement Welsh, Irish, Australians, Canadians, New between tbis COUntry and Kussia had expressed Zealanders, South Africans, Indians, Egyptians, some alarm lest ifc be more difficult to and Newfoundlanders had come to French make this agreement if these regulations were battlefields regardless of sacrifice to shed their made The Government, however, were merely blood and make sure of victory. With the pj.0posimj, for the time being, the continuation tne undying memory ot tneir magiuncem, owvery Qf what exist(1 befors any question of the com-and of the splendid results obtained it was agreement with Kussia was thought of.

with profound emotion, saia juarsnai rocn, that he saluted tne soiaier wnom tne oriusa Empire was honouring ail its heroes. 1 Sir Henry Wilson, in reply, said: "To your telegram, which will make the heart of every soldier throb, there is but one answer, which comes from every corner of the world north, south, east, and west. We soldiers of the SrJE" Marshal of France and Field Marshal of IN MANCHESTER TO-DAY. THE ALBERT SQUARE ASSEMBLY. The chief ceremony in Manchester to-day takes place in Albert Square.

Ihe municipali-: ties of the city and of Salford, together with the military authorities, are joining in the celebration. The troops will have assembled by a quarter to eleven in the forenoon. At eleven o'clock a bugler will sound one for two minutes' silence, and at the end of the two minutes the Last Post will be i sounded by buglers. The hymn "Kock of Lanarkshire were declared yesterday in Glas-Ages will then be sung, and followed by an gow. Out of 39 parishes in the county 21 address from the Dean of Manchester.

As lodged requisitions for a poll. There are representing the Free Churches, tho Kev. J. E. already 13 dry parishes, and to these now Roberts will also speak.

After the hymn God. our help in ages past," the Lord's Prayer will be said, and the National Anthem will be sung. The proceedings will end with a march nast bv the troons before Mafor General fihmi. (bridge, commanding the 42nd East Lancashire Division and area. i licences.

The remaining xi meats nave aeciaed iU make no change. Ine parish areas of Lan- Revised reflations for the troops on parade arksnire wiu 1(Joe 43 01 meir existing 41 have been issued, modifying in a tew parti-. culars the arrangements already announced. It is to be noted that the wearing of uniform by ex-service men is not permissible. Part of the pavement in Albert Square is being allotted as an enclosure fox the widows and de pendents of men who died in the war.

At Manchester Cathedral there will be Holy Communion at half-past seven. At eleven o'clock the two minutes' silence will be observed, followed by a choral celebration and a sermon by Canon Dsrbj shire. At a quarter. past one there will be a short service of inter-. cession for peace in Ireland, conducted by Dean McLormuk.

Xn tne evening tne wean will preach at a seivice ot remembrance aud thanksgiving. I being adversely affected. 7'lt' posfiible date lejis'latfou dcalu''i aud key industries. "iT.