“THE GLORIOUS DEAD”

Taranaki Daily News, 21 May 1921, Page 5

“THE GLORIOUS DEAD”

PROPOSED WORLD-WIDE TRIBUTE. A MEMORIAL DAY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received May 20, 825 p.m. London, May 19. The Daily Express gives prominence to the question of an inter-Allied memorial day,.by which a simultaneous tribute would be paid throughout the world to the glorious dead. May 30 is proposed as the day, hallowed in America by the memory of those who fell for the Old Glory, and it is suggested graves should be- decorated and kept green.

Ex-service men in all countries approve the scheme, and a conference of inter-Allied ex-service men will be held in Paris next week. The federation proposed that every city, town and village shall plant an avenue of trees, in which a tablet with the names of the fallen will be placed, and a pilgrimage made thereto on every May 30. Lord Haig, as president of the British delegation, approves a memorial day, but suggests June 15, Magna Charta Day, which is already kept as a holiday in some Dominions. General Sir lan Hamilton says: “To bring our battle-worn colors into line with Old Glory would be gratifying to the hearts of all Britons, but we cannot take the laurels from one grave to decorate another. Anzac Day struck down at the roots too deeply to bear transplanting. April 25 is kept sacred by multitudes in France, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Britain, and it has come to stay.”

General Sir Frederick Maurice favors May 30.