SIR IAN HAMILTON
United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyrightl.
LONDON, April 2o
Continuing his .address, Sir lan Hamilton said: “ 'j’lic date 24th of April and the Twenty-ninth Division not only defy’, hut thrive upon, the passage of time. Yet, even while I speak of war as an adventure, I may bo singing the swan song of that sido of its existence. Static wars of trenches, with barbed wire, flame throwers, and poison gas will never poison civilisation. Fx-servicemen - won’t have it. Remarque’s work, “ All Quiet on the Western Front,” has definitely killed it. The author deserves the Nobel Peace Prj"e for ton years in succession. "When.’all this immense war literature has been shaken down sufficiently in the -siege of time, there will remain one big, soft, shining,’ ruby caught in its meshes, namely, the landings nt Gallipoli.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1929, Page 4
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