WAR GRAVES.
EQUALITY ■■AND. PERMANENCE. Australian and N;2. Cable Assii. By Mectrio Tel egra.2j!}~-Copyright. LONDON, April 27. . . Mr; Rudyard Kipling; • in "a speech delivered in London -with reference to the Imperial "War Graves Commission, emphasised' that the basic principle ■on which the was • working was absolute equality and permanence. Ho stated that no point was more insisted upon by the Imperial representatives, from the viewpoint of both sentiment ;md justice. He pointed outthe impossibility <)f acceding to the requests for private expenditure. The Commission aimed at making the, graves "uniform, and identical for every man, whether a field ■ marshal or camp follower. Mr, Church ill,, in a. speech, similarly emphasised the Dominions contribution and their quota of .expenditure oil the basis, that the graves should 'doequal and uniform, and mentioned that 500.000 headstones would be required for' graves in Francs ■ and Belgium alone.
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Timaru Herald, Volume 170, Issue 170205, 1 May 1920, Page 9
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