ANGRY COMMENT
AT LABOUR M.P’s DECRIPTION
OF CEREMONY AT CENOTAPH.
LONDON, November 16
The description by Dr. Salter. Labour M.P. for Bermondsey, of tlie Cenotaph ceremony as “a mockery attended chiefly by sensation-seekers.” is arousicr angry coimnont. Dr. Salter said: “The sooner the humbug at tbo Cenotaph is stopped, the better. The service would have been abandoned years ago only the War Office does not want it abolished. They are flooded with.‘recruits during the week following Armistice Day.’' Recruiting (headquarters deny fllint the Armistice Day celebrations stimulate recruiting.
“Once the people become fed up with remembrance of the last war, they will get an anpetite for a fresh one/’ s-'id Sir lan Hamilton to the “Star.” “No greater deterrent to war , can be, imagined than the exhibition of wounded ex-servicemen. Scotland where T am president o" the British Legion, strikes me as clinging desoeratoly to Armistice Day observance in order to impress the youth of the country with the horrors of war. ’ ’
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1932, Page 6
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162ANGRY COMMENT Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1932, Page 6
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