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Show TEUT0N WOMEN ASK . MRS. WILSON TO INTERCEDE Wife of President ind Jane - Addams Told Germany Is Starving. By Aaaeclated Prase. WASHINOTON, Not. IS. Appeals to Mrs. Wood row WllMn and Ml" Jan Adda mi of Chicago on behalf of the women-' of Germany. aklnMhaf the - armistice term le modified to prevent "unspeakable dtMaater, hava been sent from the Oermen wireless nlat Ion at Nauen. They were picked up by the military intelligence, radio at Haulton. Me., and were made pub-He pub-He last night by the war department. ' CHILDREN STARVE, CLAIM. Tha appeal to Mra. Wllenn aaid the JTfcomen and children of Germany have been- "atarving for yearn," and that . they will die from hunger by the mlllimia" unlearn the terma of the r- mlatlca are changed so that sufficient rolling atock will be made available for moving food from the farm a. It win dated at Berlin and aigned by Oertrud Raeumer and Alice Saloman for tha ".vMtonal Council of Women nt fWinlnv j -AMERICAN SISTERS." I . Tha appeal to Mlwa Addama vu. rrorh'nita AujoJiuig at T'n. under data of Wedneeday. It aaid that the Herman women, "foreseeing entire famfahment and mutiny for their coun- try." urged -their American alntera. to Intercede to hava tha arm tat Ice terma modified. "Wi axe all free votera of a free republic mm. greeting you heartily. the appeal aaid. "NOTE TO MRS. WILSON. ! Tha message to Mra. Wilson fo'.lowa: "Berlin, November 12. 1t1S. ToOfre. Wood row Wilson, White Hoitee. Waahlngton: "Madame: According to the terma i of tha armistice Germany haa to atir- render a very large part of the rolling i atock of her rail way a. At tha name time aha haa to feed the troops of her former enemlea In the occupied . province of Oermany. Tha German I women and children have been atarv- Ing for yeara. They will die from 1 hunger by tha million! If the terma j of the) armlstlco are not changed. We t need tha rolling atock of tha railwaya j to bring the food from the farm a to 1 tha cities. It will bo Impossible to j feed tha soldiers of tha -occupying ar- 1 mleg If we can not get la rite amounts of food from overseas. The women and children all the world over hava beeq tha Innocent aufferers of thla ter- Hhi war, but nowhere more than In . Oermany, It It be through you, ! ma da me. to Implora- our aiatera In the United Statea of America, who are t mothera Hkf nnraelvea, to ask their ' government and fhe allied govern-V govern-V menta to change tha terma of the ar-miatica ar-miatica so that the long suffering of he w-nmen and children of Harmanv may not end In unspeakable disaster. "For the National Council of Women Wo-men of Germany,. - Signed) , "OERTRUD BAEUMKR,. "ALICK 8ALOM AN." TO MISS ADDAMS. The meaaaga to Miaa Addama follower fol-lower "Pos, November IS. 111. T Jane Addams, Hull House, Chi--eago: 'litrman women, foreseeing entire famtahfnent and mutiny for their I country, urge their American sisters to j Intercede relief of truce condition re- ' gardlng terma of demobilisation, blockade, wan on a, Incomotivea. We are all free votera of a free republic, now. greeting you heartily. (Signed) "ANITA AUtiHBURG." WHO IS ANITA? 1 By Associated lreas. I CHICAC.O. Nov. Ifi. Misa Jane Addams Ad-dams early today had not received a TtiWMM of appeal from the women of Germany. She aaid that ahe had no Intimation regarding the Identity of Anita Augsburg, who was reported to tyi e wiened the plea. |