ANZAC DAY
TO ' THE EBITOH OF TEE PRESS.. Sir, —Anzac Day is almost upon ui once more. On April 25, 25 years ag< our brave soldiers faced and forcec and won a footing on those almost unscalable heights r Gallipoli—a tasl that was almost super-human; but eaclr was possessed by that flame of heroisn which silently said, "What matter if ] die . . . that others may live." They and we, who sped them on their way were confident that it was "a war tc end wars"; therefore no sacrifice was Many, of those we sent die not return; but we tried to carry on and to us each Anzac Day was t requiem! Alas! this twenty-fifth. anniversarj finds us in the midst of those same ole chants: "Enlist!! March! Your King anc country need you." Ate we grandmothers expected to cheer our grandsons off? Has motherhood no voice in all this world to cry vengeance on the heads of those who rule and bungled Could I ask that this Anzac Day be kept in silence—no marching through the streets by our present-day soldiers—no lofty high-brow speeches thai mean so little. N Our Anzacs' sacrifices have ■ been in vain. Let us pull down the curtain and bow our heads in shama. —Yours, etc., . GRANNY. April 19, 1940.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23001, 22 April 1940, Page 5
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214ANZAC DAY Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23001, 22 April 1940, Page 5
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