WAR MEMORIAL SITE

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 189, 12 May 1928, Page 11

WAR MEMORIAL SITE

, Sir, — I feel sure that a great many citizens of Wellington will regard the remarks of “C.M.T.” in his letter concerning the war memorial site, as an expression of mere sentimentality rather than of true sentiment. Having served in the ranks of the New Zealand Division throughout the whole period of their activities in France, Belgium, and Germany, I may claim to, understand in some measure the temper and sentiments of my fellow "diggers.” That a battle should be ended in the

manner suggested by your correspondent does not savour of the methods by which battles were won and sacrifices were made by those whose memories we are striving to perpetuate. Sentimentality, established by a few years of ceremonies, would, it seems, be willing to run the risk of compelling future generations to remove what, according to many accepted experts, must eventually become an obstruction. True sentiment, upon the other hand, even at the expense of grieving a memorial committee, would prefer that every effort be made to find a site which will fittingly accommodate the memorial, and will yet be allowed to remain undisturbed down the years.— I am, etc. N.C.O. Wellingtori, May 11.