Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1920 — FRANCE ROILED OVER PICNICS ON BATTLEFIELDS [ARTICLE]

FRANCE ROILED OVER PICNICS ON BATTLEFIELDS

The behavior of tourists of all nationalities, French as well as others, who are visiting the battlefields, is arousing considerable comment and displeasure in France. The memory of those who fought and died there is too recent to permit picnics and larking among tourists who come to see the crumbling trenches. It appears that some tourists recently indulged in dancing on the summit of the famous MH Hart-manns-Willerkopff, which was through five years the scene of repeated and bloody fighting. Their behavior was brought, to the notice of Gen. Tabouis, who has issued a protest to the press. It is that spirit of pilgrhnmage and not pleasure that France wishes to see tourists visit the battlefields.