Foreign News: Ribald

"The French hate the United States so much that they do not hesitate to desecrate the graves of 30,000 brave doughboys fought and died to defend French soil!"

Thus, to many a newsgatherer, thundered U. S. Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway (Dem.) of Jonesboro, Ark., last week in Washington, after returning from Europe.

"Go to visit our cemeteries, as I did!" cried the Senator. "There you will find ribald and insulting remarks penciled on the little white crosses that mark the graves of American soldiers. For instance: 'To hell with America,' and other insulting inscriptions....

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