CANADA'S GOLGOTHA.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 July 1919, Page 2

CANADA'S GOLGOTHA.

The Gm'ln:m Foreign Ottico I'ocontl_V <:0m1.~1:1in0(1 of B. I:>iCtlll'«> :Ippo:ll‘ing In tho Cz111:1di:1n war paintings Ci\'hibitiOll depicting the crucifixation of Canadian s<:l-tic-.v;-' ‘a>_\' (‘xosr:n:m.-, and entitled, “C2m:ld:l'.< (V£c}g‘u‘tha." Tho Gt-1-man ":'~'()z'oi::;'n ()r'h’cu t-I-:i.:;zt"d that the Canadian Govel'n.ment had lent its sanction to “an invented outx'alg'o.” Although the Czmadizm has not _\'(.‘l’ Sig'llifiod its acct-pt.:nlcr of this wcrk for any 11:1ti0n:11 pul'po:‘(?, curtain itxw-stigzttiolts ltavc been made con<'.cl'ning* the truth of th:‘ incident wltich the picture pul'port.x' to illustrate, and 3. collsi(h-mble amount of evidence has -.111-cacly been collectod. Thol'(‘,{‘.l‘(‘ s\\"C~l‘ll statements by sn]r.liol'.<s of this host char-:u:to1' snrving in the Canadians" ‘ilnél’*’lllx;)e2'i:ll armies who \\'cl'o unknowtl to each other, and b(?t\\'cen thorn tl‘.-(‘"0 \\'‘ls :10 ;:n.<sibi}it_\~ of collusimt. the L-t'Fu«:'t Ct’ '.vhir*ll i(]"‘.‘ tical that on or about Alsl-i1 13, 1915. it passizagc along: :1 road non‘ St, Juiinn_ Belgium. they Sn)’ -.1. soh‘.i<‘l‘ pitmox‘. to :1 barn door by bayoncts through tho hmtds and ‘wrists. nnfl. that this So]djel- \\'l_’_ll'(‘. fiontion badges which ‘tori t-.l:~sm to bu--I,:pvo that he \'.':l"~ 21 Cztnadizm soldier.