"HOLY GROUND."

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 27, 31 January 1920, Page 19

"HOLY GROUND."

Itndynra Kipling, on behalf of the Imperial War Graves Commission, has written an earnest appeal to -tbose visiting or Intending to visit the French and Flanders front to observe reverence for the dead. He writes In part:— "It should be remembered this is holy I ground —consecrated In every part by the lives of men, and for that reason not to ■be run over with levity. "It Is inevitable that the handling of such multitudes of sightseers as are ordinary tourist lines, so it rests with the Individual tourist to have respect for the spirit that lies upon that land of desolation, and to walk through it with rever"lt is said there is a tendency on the part of some visitors to forget this obligation. Nothing would be gained by giving specific instances of what, after ell. is more in the nature of unthinking careImperial War Graves Commission has asked mc to express our earnest hope that all who visit the battle areas will bear In mind that at every step they are in the presence of those dead through the merit of whose sacrifice they enjoy their present life and whatever measure ot freedom is ■theirs to-day."