FRENCH BATTLEFIELDS
: “-PILGRIMS IMPRESSED CEMETERIES AND TRENCHES' INSPECTED. LONDON, Aug. 1. In eonnecton with the Australian Pilgrims inspection of the battlefields, one incident caused annoyance. The pilgrims were detained for ninety minutes in the rain by French Customs officials, who minutely searched the individuals, while they were crossing from Belgium at Lille. • "Workers leaving the'factories of MeniiV congregated and . made'dii suiting references to “money-making foreigners!-’ who have prospered as a result of French sacrifices.
An ex-Digger replied in emphatic English : “Then it is a pity we ever fought.” r • Tlie scene which followed was unprecedented.
Tlie pilgrims,- wjio toured the battlefields saw. the graves of many, of tliofee who were killed, One delegate remarked: “If the League of, Nations saw this sight,, .they would give-up petty bickerings.” . ■ . -• . One mother who saw the graves? of twdj of her sons,, one at the Somme and the, other at'-Yprcs, fervently declared: “Only fiends could favour wars after seeing these cemeteries.' .
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1929, Page 6
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