WAR GRAVES.
PRIVATE MEMORIALS REFUSED, j A COMMON DIGNITY AND HONOB. |j By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Heceived Dec. 19, 7.40 p.m. | London, Deo. 17. The War Graves Commission's refusal to allow relatives to erect private memorials in France and Flanders is sharply criticised on the grotuids- of the sonllessness and appalling monotony of 500,000 uniform gravestones. Speaking in the House of Commons, u>rd Robert Cecil declared that the de« cision was inflicting unjustifiable »uf« fering. Mr. Churchill upheld uniforjn memorials for soldiers. The feeing mi that prince and peasant, private aid officer, should rest together in common dignity and honor. The Times, in a leader, says it it repugnant to British feeling that family righte should bo surrendered to the State.—Times Service.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1919, Page 4
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