THE BATTLEFIELDS
VISIT BY AUSTRALIAN PILGRIMS INCIDENT AT MENIN (TJnitad Prow Awoolation— By BUotri* Tdtirftph-Ooprrtefctt. , (Australian Press Association) LONDON, Ist August. In connection with the Australian pilgrims' inspection of battlefields, one incident caused annoyance. The pilgrims were detained for 90 minutes in rain by French Customs officials minutely searching individuals while crossing from Belgium to Lille. Workers leaving Menin factories congregated, making insulting references to "Money-making foreigners," who prospered as the result of French sacrifices, whereupon an ex-digger replied in emphatic English: "Then it is a pity we ever fought." Pilgrims toured the battlefields and saw the graves of millions of slaughtered. One delegate remarked: "If the Leag>i3 of Nations saw this sight they would give up petty bickerings." One mother, who saw the graves of two sons at the Somme and Ypres, fervently declared: "Only fiends could favour wars after seeing the cemeteries."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 2 August 1929, Page 2
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144THE BATTLEFIELDS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 2 August 1929, Page 2
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