FRANCE'S HOLY LAND.
Tt is nuw believed that, with the rinse of tho, war the on t ire lino of tranches in France, extending from Alsace to the Belgian border, may ho converted int.o n sort of national sacred forest- as a permanent, tribute, to ihe memory of the French " poilus" who died there defending their nativo soil. A proposition to this effect, has .yust Wen il>ra : parrcl by the genera! council of tho Department of the Mouse, and will toon bo- submitted t<-> not. only France, but the entire world, which would always have the opportunity of visiting Iho line of trenches, over tiOf) kilometres in length, on which ihe French throw back the tide of German invasion af) the. battle of the "Martie.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12064, 20 July 1917, Page 8
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125FRANCE'S HOLY LAND. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12064, 20 July 1917, Page 8
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