15 NOVEMBER 1930, Page 2

Armistice Day

The very impressive observance of Armistice Day proved that whatever may be said about the desir-

ability of allowing the ceremonies to lapse popular feeling would be absolutely against such a change. This feeling is the governing fact. Surely the only possible answer to the abolitionists is that when the ceremonies cease to have significance for ordinary men and women they will lapse of their own accord. When insincerity or perfunctoriness creeps in, as it may—though we do not think that it will—it will be only too evident. Till that time arrives the suggestion of the Bishop of Durham and others that the Silence has already served its purpose will seem to be beside the mark.

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