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Show I Kipling Makes Appeal V- Heroes Graves Sacred LONDON, Dec. 5. -Bndyard Kiplinp; on behalf of the imperial war gravel com mission has written ui earnest appeal t those visiting rr intending to visit the French and Flanders' fronts to observe reverence for ft' dead. In p.irt he writea "It should be remembered this is holy ground consecrated in ev-;ry ev-;ry part by the lives of men and for that reason not t turn into !r-ity. !r-ity. It is inevitable that the handling of such multitudes of Bright-seers Bright-seers as are expected next year must be managed along ordini I tourist lines, so it rests with the individual tourist to have respect for the spirit that lies upon that land of desolation and to walk through it with reverence. I 'It is s.-ixl there is i tendency on the part of some visitors to forgel (this obligation. Nothing would be gained by giving specific in stances of what; after all, is more in the nature of unthinking carelessness care-lessness than intentional disrespect, but the imperial war graves commission com-mission has ;isk'd me to express fnr earnest hope that all who visil the battle areas will bear in mind lliat at every step thej are Jl tbl presence of those dead through the merit of whose sacrifice they eii-Pv eii-Pv their present life and whatever measure of freeddm is theirs t -day" ' |