THE GREAT WAR.
TENTH ANNIVERSARY
(Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, August 4,
In connection with the tenth anniversary of the war the newspapers publish pages of reminiscences an J tributes to the soldiery, army and navy, the leading articles in many cases referring to Britain's debt to the overseas dominions.—A. and N.Z.
THE SOLDIER SLIGHTED
PROMISES UNFULFILLED
(Received 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, August 4.
In a tenth war anniversary appeal on behalf of the British Legion Fund for ex-servicemen Earl Haig say?: "A decade ago we were lavish from the pulpit, the stage and thousands of platforms with promises to those who stemmed the tide of German militarism. Have we fulfilled these obligations? The answer is that thousands of these men and their families are in great want.'' —Sun.
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Northern Advocate, 5 August 1924, Page 5
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