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The proposal to mark the front line of the war by a great tree r bordered road, which should stretch from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier, appears to have been abandoned, at least nothing has been heard of it for ’ a long time. In its place there is now a scheme prepared by the “Touring Club de Belgique,” ,in co-operation with the French organisation of the same character, by which the line where the invasion of Belgium and France was finally stayed, will be indicated by commemorative boundary stones, erected on all roads which cross the battle-line. Each stone will bear the inscription: “Here the invader was stopped,” in English, French and Flemish on the Belgian portion of the line and in English and French on the French portion. They will show not only the high-water mark of invasion, but the nationality of the troops which held that particular part of the line.

Thus the nine stones to be placed in the Ypres sector will bear British regimental badges, for it was there that a quarter of a million British fell in barring the road to the Channel ports. Each of the 240 stones to be erected will consist of a forn’

ed pyramidal shaft of red granite, surmounted by a laurel wreath and a j trench helmet, while on each, of the four sides will be carved an article, of military equipment carried by the troops engaged. On each stone will also be carved the name of some place in the sector in which a vietorj was won. The scheme, which has the 1 warm approval of the French and | Belgian Governments and people, will i be financed by public subscription, [ and there will, no doubt, be many in I all parts of the world who will be *. willing to support it.