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Show Mil " KIPLipGESj Appeals to War Front Visitors Visi-tors to Keep Holy Ground Unprofaned. LOXDOX, Dec. 5.Iiud.yar,.l KivliuR, on behalf of the imjrial Avar Knives i-umiiiuoion, has Avritton an earnest appeal ap-peal to tiiose visiting or intenilintr to vUit the French anl i'lan.Ier.-; fronts tu u,sei-c re'L'rciico for the deu-1. In part I.-.' vrites: "It. si.nukl be lemeinbcrcd this is holv i:rr,un,.l consecrated in every part by the lives of men, ami for that reason rea-son not to be run over ivrth levity. It is inevitable that the handling of .inch multituik'H of sightseers as are expected ex-pected nest year must be managed alone; ordinary tourist lines, so it rests uith the individual tourist to have respect re-spect for the spirit that lies upon that land of desolation and to v. alk throuKh i'l with reverence. "It is said th.TO is a tendency on tlie part of some visitors to forget 'his obligation. Nothing ivould be gained bv K'vino specific instances of what, after all, is more in the nature of un-thinkintt un-thinkintt carelessness than intentional disrespect, but the imperial ivar graves commission has asked me to express our earnest liope that all who visit the battle areas will bear in mind that at every step they aro in the presence of those dead, through the merit of whose sacrifice they enjoy their present life and whatever measuro of freedom is their 's today. ' ' |