BATTLE FLAGS BURNED BY BERLIN MOB.
JgMJLgASr. NOT RETURN THEM COBLENZ, Jnne 24.— Fifteen flairs captured from the French, which were to be returned after signing of the peace treaty, were taken from a. museum m Berlin by a crowd of German officers aiul soldiers and publicly btirned near the statue of Prefer jck' the Or|at,' v Berlin despatch imported to-day. / As the flags burned a, great crowd ssvilit "Deutschland über A}]<a^ PAfyLS, June 24.— Word of t>he burn mg of cei-fain. French battle flags? by the German* Jias been receive^ heiv. Peace Conference opinion is apparently unanimous that thig i« a distinct vlqlh* tioai of the peace treaty, inasmuch «.« that document stipulated that the flags should be returned to Franc© by Germany. It is probable that a commission will be appointed to consider taking action m the matter. '[Presumably the foregoing refers to Frepch battle flags taken by -phe Ge)njaijs m th e war of 1870-71.1 ''
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14984, 11 August 1919, Page 3
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