[svandamme]

Subject to review still means they could not do anything without approval.
granted there was a good understanding, they were not ruled with a hard hand.
But they were under British rule nevertheless.

Canada did not have a Minister of Foreign affairs in those days, that was handled in London.
There had only just been a new secretary for external affairs just before the war..

Not been to Arras yet. There is a German cemetary just 3 miles from my door.
They are quite different from British cemetaries.

The other one is St Symphorien wich is a CWWC managed cemetary built by the Germans.