[ [17] Cf. Le Matin, May 31, 1919. A noteworthy example of the negligence of the authorities was narrated by this journal on the same day. To a wooden cross with an inscription recording that the grave was tenanted by "an unknown Frenchman" was hung a disk containing his name and regiment! And here and there the skulls of heroes protruded from the grass, but the German tombs were piously looked after by Boche prisoners.
[ [18] The Daily Mail (Continental edition), March 12, 1919.
[ [19] Ibid., April 23, 1919.
[ [20] Cf. The New York Herald (Paris edition), June 8, 1919.
[ [21] Cf. The New York Herald, June 2, 1919.
[ [22] Cf. The New York Herald (Paris edition), April 20, 1919.
[ [23] Le Figaro, June 8, 1919.
[ [24] L'Humanité, July 10, 1919.
[ [25] La Democratie Nouvelle, June 14, 1919.
[ [26] Le Figaro, March 6, 1919.