"Lions Led by Donkeys"

"'Our look is at reconciliation, to have as many former enemies together as possible and to show that we have learned from our mistakes,' said Norman Walter, a spokesman for the German Embassy in London.
"But the nature and tone of some events elsewhere have become hotly contested, especially in Britain."

Henry Chu in the Los Angeles Times reports on Europeans being divided over how to commemorate the upcoming centennial of World War I.