"THE BRAVE THAT ARE NO MORE."
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—After reading the letter from Mrs. Hewetson in your issue of the 14th inst., I feel I must endeavour to remove a mistaken idea to which she gives expression, and which appears to be prevalent among some people. The decision of the War Graves Commission to erect headstones on the battlegrounds was in no way influenced by any action or suggestion on the part of the Jews who had lost sons in the war. As Senior Jewish Chaplain in France, I was consulted in January or February last upon the subject, but the definite form of the memorial had already been settled by the Commission, and neither I nor any other representative of the Jewish community sought to advise with reference to the general design to be adopted. No English Jew would dream of intervening in any discussion upon the best form of expressing the religious sentiments of his fellow-citizens of other faiths. Jew and Christian seek the same object in erecting memorials to their sacred dead—to give adequate expression to their common sorrow In a manner most in consonance with their own religious views—in loving memory of the deathless heroes of whom all alike are so proud.—I am, Sir, &c., MICHAEL ADLER, Senior Jewish Chaplain.
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