NO BELLS FOR PEACE.
■ 1 Church bells arc being commandeered ruthlessly all over Germany to bo melted down for munitions. Only one boll is to be left to each community. Solemn , services,-of, farewell’ for longcherished' 'bells areTiow Hie rule in countless,churches, especially in the Roman, Gath olio- regions. A Swiss’ newspaper published near the Batten frontier remarks: ‘‘The spirits, of German towns and villages which must part with . the . hdctory’ bells of three years ago’are sorely depressed. The bolls.are not even to bo spared ; Hr ring in the ‘glorious peace’ for which, the .people have been waiting so long and so' vainly.” , I ' ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1017, 9 November 1917, Page 6
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103NO BELLS FOR PEACE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1017, 9 November 1917, Page 6
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