LOUVAIN LIBRARY
MEMORIAL BALUSTRADE DESTROYED. TROUBLE OVER INSCRIPTION. (Rec 7.5 p.m.) . Brussels, June 27. Over 1000 workmen and students stormed Louvain Library and destroyed the new memorial balustrade upon which the University authorities refused to allow the inscription: “Destroyed by a German jury; restored by American generosity.” The demonstrators shouted: “Long live Warren!’’ (American architect in charge of restoration , and stoned the men working on the building who fled.
Mr Warren says that Cardinal Mercier desired the inscription. Monsignor Ladenze, rector of the University, declares that it is contrary to the spirit of Locarno.—Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20525, 29 June 1928, Page 7
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