"Among the one thousand (girls) for whom it is our duty to care, there are more than nine hundred, all under fifteen years of age, who are mothers, or who are on the eve of becoming mothers. And all-yes, all-are infected with syphilis. About four hundred girls, at the highest estimate ten years old, have been violated by the Boche, and there is not one among them who has not been infected in this awful manner."

These are but a small proportion of those who have been carried off. It is estimated that eighteen thousand of these women slaves were taken from two towns alone.

Are the women of this country and of America to sit secure by their inviolate hearths and see the torturers and violators of thousands of other far away unknown women received in their countries as they were before the war? No, they shall, they must be punished; and as it is abundantly clear that the whole nation has been systematically corrupted by their leaders, and that they were out for plunder of the whole world, so the whole nation must suffer; and if men are so craven that they think more of the investment of capital than they do of the protection of women from such crimes, then women

must help themselves, and must appeal to both men and women of the American nation not to enter into relationship with the German nation until the German people have rid themselves of the monsters who rule them, and have repented of and expiated their crimes.

It may be said that these reports are unfit for any one to read. Who dare say this when these things have happened to our martyred sisters, and might have happened any day that an invasion had taken place to British women and children? And the "unprintable" things, what of them? Every woman in the country ought to have been made acquainted with the reports relating to these erimes. Only by the mercy of God has this country been saved from the horrors that have fallen upon France, Belgium, Serbia, Russia, and Italy.

Hardly a day passes that some fresh diabolical outrage is not launched upon the world. The torpedoing of the Lusitania and the sweeping away of eleven hundred persons, of whom ferty were babies, was only the beginning of the murders upon the sea. That horror caused the Italians to rush through the streets crying "Out with the barbarians." Over and over again has that tragedy been repeated and under more frightful cireumstances-hospital ships laden with defenceless wounded men and nurses, and the sinking of numberless ships of which no trace will ever be found. No book could be large enough to detail the crimes committed by

these people-the murders of Nurse Cavell and of Captain Fryatt; but it is useless to labour the subject. Wherever these people have gone they have behaved like devils, and like devils they are able to put on the cloak of deception and to pose as kindly, efficient, and harmless people when they come to this country seeking to ingratiate themselves and to penetrate into every fibre of the nation.

The men who propose to admit Germans to this country without restriction after the war must be told that such a policy will not be endured. It is no matter of emotion, but one of common-sense. We must refuse to associate or to allow our people to associate with a nation that has shown itself rotten with moral leprosy. Among the unspeakable erimes committed by the Germans, nothing perhaps, if the whole truth were known, is more appalling than the treatment of British prisoners of war. The shameful brutalities practised on wounded and defenceless captives should be more widely known in this country. The authorities here have considered it advisable to keep these sufferings from the knowledge of the public as far as possible. Sometimes a corner of the veil has been lifted, as in the case of Wittenberg, with most excellent results in stimulating recruiting. But why have not these sufferings been made public all along? Would they not have roused the nation to greater efforts, and have had the effect

of preventing strikes, which are largely the result of ignorance? Foreign correspondents have sometimes enlightened their own people as to the treatment of the British prisoners, as for instance L. Mokveld, Dutch War Correspondent, in his paper 'De Tijd.' He makes the following statement:

"We arrived at Landen, a place between Tirlemont and Waremme, where we had a stop of forty minutes in order to feed the wounded. Soup was served from large washing-tubs, and I and my small companion were also offered some of this soldier's food. When I had finished my meal and walked up and down the platform in order to stretch my legs, my attention was drawn to an uproar in front of one of the last waggons. I went there, and shall not forget what I saw as long as I live; I wish that I had

never seen it.

British soldiers, seriously wounded, "Amongst some Frenchmen three were lying on some straw. They looked distressed, and I thought that their condition was critical. I was told that these men had not had any in front of the open waggon doors food for five days, and now there stood two to three hundred German soldiers partly slightly wounded, who were well able to walk, partly German soldiers of the Landen garrison, who had been told off for distributing the soup. These two or three hundred men raged and jeered at those three unfortunate, heavily wounded British soldiers, who had not eaten for five days, and lay groaning helplessly on some dirty straw in a cattletruck. The steaming tubs with hot soup were shown them, and these Germans shouted at them: 'You want to eat, swine, swine; you ought to be killed! Beat them to death!

Beat them to death! Here, that's what you ought to get!'

"As they spoke these last words they aimed their rifles at the unfortunate, bleeding, helpless, and hungry creatures. Others spat on their clothes and in their faces, and the

a young girl of about fourteen

years.

"She was half-mad when we found her. Her mother was there, and told us that seven German Red Cross men had violated her, one after the other. It had been done quite recently, just

before the Germans had been driven out."

An American lady, working with the Red Cross in France, writes:

Among the one thousand (girls) for whom it is our duty to care, there are more than nine hundred, all under fifteen years of age, who are mothers, or who are on the eve of becoming mothers. And all-yes, all-are infected with syphilis. About four hundred girls, at the highest estimate ten years old, have been violated by the Boche, and there is not one among them who has not been infected in this awful manner."

These are but a small proportion of those who have been carried off. It is estimated that eighteen thousand of these women slaves were taken from two towns alone.

Are the women of this country and of America to sit secure by their inviolate hearths and see the torturers and violators of thousands of other far away unknown women received in their countries as they were before the war? No, they shall, they must be punished; and as it is abundantly clear that the whole nation has been systematically corrupted by their leaders, and that they were out for plunder of the whole world, so the whole nation must suffer; and if men are so craven that they think more of the investment of capital than they do

of

the protection of women from such crimes, then women

must help themselves, and must appeal to both men and women of the American nation not to enter into relationship with the German nation until the German people have rid themselves of the monsters who rule them, and have repented of and expiated their crimes.

It may be said that these reports are unfit for any one to read. Who dare say this when these things have happened to our martyred sisters, and might have happened any day that British women and children? an invasion had taken place to And the "unprintable" things, what of them? Every woman in the country ought to have been made acquainted with the reports relating to these crimes. Only by the mercy of God has this country been saved from the horrors that have fallen upon France, Belgium, Serbia, Russia, and Italy.

Hardly a day passes that some fresh diabolical outrage is not launched upon the world. The torpedoing of the Lusitania and the sweeping away of eleven hundred persons, of whom ferty were babies, was only the beginning of the murders upon the sea. That horror caused the Italians to rush through the streets crying "Out with the barbarians." Over and over again has that tragedy been repeated and under more frightful cireumstances-hospital ships laden with defenceless wounded men and nurses, and the sinking of numberless ships of which no trace will ever be found. No book could be large enough to detail the crimes committed by

these people-the murders of Nurse Cavell and of Captain Fryatt; but it is useless to labour the subject. Wherever these people have gone they have behaved like devils, and like devils they are able to put on the cloak of deception and to pose as kindly, efficient, and harmless people when they come to this country seeking to ingratiate themselves and to penetrate into every fibre of the nation.

The men who propose to admit Germans to this country without restriction after the war must be told that such a policy will not be endured. It is no matter of emotion, but one of common-sense. We must refuse to associate or to allow our people to associate with a nation that has shown itself rotten with moral leprosy. Among the unspeakable erimes committed by the Germans, nothing perhaps, if the whole truth were known, is more appalling than the treatment of British prisoners of war. The shameful brutalities practised on wounded and defenceless captives should be more widely known in this country. The authorities here have considered it advisable to keep these sufferings from the knowledge of the public as far as possible. Sometimes a corner of the veil has been lifted, as in the case of Wit. tenberg, with most excellent results in stimulating recruiting. But why have not these sufferings been made public all along? Would they not have roused the nation to greater efforts, and have had the effect

of preventing strikes, which are largely the result of ignorance? Foreign correspondents have sometimes enlightened their own people as to the treatment of the British prisoners, as for instance L. Mokveld, Dutch War Correspondent, in his paper 'De Tijd.' He makes the following statement:

"We arrived at Landen, a place between Tirlemont and Waremme, where we had a stop of forty minutes in order to feed the wounded. Soup was served from large washing-tubs, and I and my small companion were When I had finished my meal and walked up and down the platform in order to stretch my legs, my attention was drawn to an uproar in front of one of the last waggons. I went there, and shall not forget what I saw as long as I live; I wish that I had

also offered some of this soldier's food.

never seen it.

British soldiers, seriously wounded, Amongst some Frenchmen three were lying on some straw. They looked distressed, and I thought that their condition was critical. I was told that these men had not had any food for five days, and now there stood in front of the open waggon doors two to three hundred German soldiers partly slightly wounded, who were well able to walk, partly German soldiers of the Landen garrison, who had been told off for distributing the soup. These two or three hundred men raged and jeered at those three unfortunate, heavily wounded British soldiers, who had not eaten for five days, and lay groaning helplessly on some dirty straw in a cattletruck. The steaming tubs with hot soup were shown them, and these Germans shouted at them: 'You to be killed! Beat them to death! want to eat, swine, swine; you ought Beat them to death! Here, that's what you ought to get!'

"As they spoke these last words they aimed their rifles at the unforcreatures. tunate, bleeding, helpless, and hungry Others spat on their clothes and in their faces, and the

An American lady, working with the Red Cross in France, writes:

Among the one thousand (girls) for whom it is our duty to care, there are more than nine hundred, all under fifteen years of age, who are mothers, or who are on the eve of becoming mothers. And all-yes, all—are in

fected with syphilis. About four hundred girls, at the highest estimate ten years old, have been violated by the Boche, and there is not one among them who has not been infected in this awful manner."

These are but a small proportion of those who have been carried off. It is estimated that eighteen thousand of these women slaves were taken from two towns alone.

Are the women of this country and of America to sit secure by their inviolate hearths and see the torturers and violators of thousands of other far away unknown women received in their countries as they were before the war? No, they shall, they must be punished; and as it is abundantly clear that the whole nation has been systematically corrupted by their leaders, and that they were out for plunder of the whole world, so the whole nation must suffer; and if men are so craven that they think more of the investment of capital than they do of the protection of women from such crimes, then women

must help themselves, and must appeal to both men and women of the American nation not to enter into relationship with the German nation until the German people have rid themselves of the monsters who rule them, and have repented of and expiated their crimes.

It may be said that these reports are unfit for any one to read. Who dare say this when these things have happened to our martyred sisters, and might have happened any day that an invasion had taken place to British women and children? And the "unprintable" things, what of them? Every woman in the country ought to have been made acquainted with the reports relating to these crimes. Only by the mercy of God has this country been saved from the horrors that have fallen upon France, Belgium, Serbia, Russia, and Italy.

Hardly a day passes that some fresh diabolical outrage is not launched upon the world. The torpedoing of the Lusitania and the sweeping away of eleven hundred persons, of whom ferty were babies, was only the beginning of the murders upon the sea. That horror caused the Italians to rush through the streets crying "Out with the barbarians.' Over and over again has that tragedy been repeated and under more frightful oireumstances-hospital ships laden with defenceless wounded men and nurses, and the sinking of numberless ships of which no trace will ever be found. No book could be large enough to detail the orimes committed by