KITCHENER MYSTERY.
MEDDLING -WITH WAR GRAVES. NEWSPAPER’S COMMENT. BY CABLE —PEEBB A SSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Aug. 15. The Daily Mail, in a leader on ‘‘Kitchener’s Body,” says: ‘‘lt is a ghoulish .act to exploit the fame, of one of the greatest British soldiers. “The Admiralty’s narrative of August 9 convinced all but the stupidly credulous that the stores of foul play were utterly false and absurd. ‘‘This body-snatehing from Norway verges on a public, scandal. “Whether British laws are at present unable to punish the desecration of the graves of the noble dead remains to be seen. Otherwise they should be strengthened, providing for exemplary punishment for unauthoritative meddling with war graves.” Detectives lengthily interrogated Prank Power (the journalist who alleges that he. recovered Kitchener’s body) and took possession; of the documents referring to the body. Power announces that he is applying to the High Court for an injunction to l restrain the authorities from opening the coffin.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 August 1926, Page 5
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