SOLDIERS' GRAVES
RETOSAL TO ALLOW PRIVATE - MEMORIALS -CRITICISED. (Eec. December 10, 7.35 p.m.) London, ptcemliiT 17. The War Graves Commission's H'fu.snl to allow rfkilives to civet private memorials in France and blander? is sharply critic'swl. on tho grounds ot soulWsm'ss anil the appallini; monotony o. 500,0011 uniform <rrnvestones. SiieiikiiiK in tho House of Commous, Lord Uob'ert Cecil declared that, (he decision was inilict'nj imjiistih'aWo sulier'"Sfr. Churchill uphe-M t!m scheme for n uniform memorial for soldisrs. Iho feeling was that prince anil pea-wit, pr> vatc and officer, should rist together in common dignity and honour. , The "Times," in a leader, say? it 19 reimijiiaiit lo British feeling th.it family rigliis should be surrendered to tho btntu. —'"The Time?."
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 74, 20 December 1919, Page 9
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117SOLDIERS' GRAVES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 74, 20 December 1919, Page 9
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