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Show Uil WOMEN AND GIRLS CARRIED OFF. We do not recall, in the warfare i of the past half century, ezoepl the j raids of the Kurds in Armenia, a sin-1 sin-1 gle Instance of women and girl non-combatants non-combatants being made prisoners by ' an Invading army and forced in'o slavery as have the French women and girls in northern France. Against a monster of this kind, the world stands amazed and astounded There may be mothers in America who can find a plausible excuse for the carrying off of young girls by soldiers, sol-diers, even under the pretext of war's necessity, but they are mothers too thoroughly blinded to the possible horror of the whole brutal proceedings proceed-ings to realize the meaning it licensing licens-ing men to commit improprieties which in times of peace would be abhorrent. |