The Archive · 1937

Vegetarians Amuse England

Lonfion, Apr. 18.

Amusement has been aroused at the protest made by the London Vegetaagainst the decision of the town of Leicester to have (we oxen roosted Publicly on the day of the King's Coronation,—there'"y honouring a tradition the origin of which is shrouded in the mists of tion, declaring that cultured peop! fof the 20th century would find the ceremony revolting, To strength their appeal, the vegetarians pointed out that the Indian subjects of His Majesty to whom the cow is a sacred animal, would find this public display offensive—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,

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