The Signing of the Armistice
November 11Th will be always remembered in the history of the world, as the day when an armistice was signed to put an end to the most fearful war the world had ever known.
When the maroons sounded at 11 a.m., the whole empire seemed to go delirious with joy. But amid the rejoicings of millions there was an undercurrent of sadness. “The Daily Express” speaks of a woman in her cottage garden to whom one spoke of the general happiness. Her reply was: “Yes, she had heard the, news, and she was glad the killing was over, that Peace had come at last. Bat.... it had came too late for her. My man is sleeping at Ypres, and my only boy at Bullecourt―so what have I to rejoice for?”
Yes, they will be coming back, thousands, and tens of thousands of them to their kindred and their homes―but alas! many will be left behind. In many a home sad-faced wives and parents will weep over the memory of those who lie in foreign graves. Many, like the two in our picture, may look at the earthly honors won by their dear ones, but the awful sorrow of the world, what can alleviate that?