FROM WAR TO PEACE.
FRENCH WARSHIPS FLOATING PALACES. TO SPREAD CULTURE IN DOMINIONS. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received. Friday, 7 p.m.) PARIS, October 13. Two magnificent bronze palms to be placed on behalf of the French Government on the grave of the unknown soldier and in Australia and New Zealand respectively, have been shipped aboard the dismantled French cruisers .'Jules Michelet and Victor Hugo, which sail from Brest upon a world’s propaganda tour to spread French culture. The warships have been transformed. Instead of guns and turrets the vessels throughout are furnished with rich velvets, silks and laces, and the bulkheads are hung with the works of the best French painters.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2474, 14 October 1922, Page 5
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