SALUTES FROM THE HUNS.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 August 1919, Page 2

SALUTES FROM THE HUNS.

“Do Germans in the occupied territories have to take off their 1141.3 and step off the sidewalk on meeting British officers, «and is this practice to be discontinued on the signature of pe.aee‘.?” asked 'Co<l'onel Wedg. wood in the House of Commons. “Germans speaking to British om(Sers are required to take off their hats,” answered Mr Churchill, cheers supporting him. He saw no reason to suppose that the practice would be discontinued on the signing of pea“, He took it to be one 01' the nli‘li'CEll';.' regulations deemed .appropriate to th.;\_ period of occupation. These rQgu];l_ tions were much less seveve than those which the Germans were ac. custonied to impose -on conquered areas. . “Are Germans compelled to take loll? their hats when passiiig 81-itish fofllCol‘S‘3” persistecl {Calorie}; Wtedgw wood. Mr Churchill replied that is was not our wish to take harsh advantage of our position, -but an army of occupa~ ti-on wos entitled to certain definite marks of respect from the enemy. (Oln‘ecl'S.) Ours ~l‘egu(‘.~z>.-f‘=l'on..~‘. wduld bear comparison with the regulations of any of the Great. Powers, and he certainly was not prepared to do anything to deprive the Arniy of what it was entitled to. ('Cheers.)