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Show oo BERKELEY WOMEN FORM A LEAGUE i BERKELEY. Cal . May 9 An or-l or-l ganization composed of women to be I known as the League for the Protec-I Protec-I tion of American Prisoners in Ger-' Ger-' many recently was formed here. The following pledpe has been sent out to be signed by the women of the state "I do hereby pledce myself to re frain from buying German-made arti-I arti-I cles after the war If any American prisoners of war receive other than humane treatment at the hands of Germany." The plan of procedure is explained as follows: "Our league believes- that a move ment of this character among the women of America will impress upon the rulers and tbe people of Germany the enduring and effective resentment that will avenge any barbarities In-! In-! fllcted upon American soldiers, and I will add untold weight to any inter national agreement between the United Unit-ed States and the enemy Official contracts con-tracts with Germany may in the future fu-ture as in the past be mere scraps of paper, but the official covenant of American women for two generations wm be written in the heart. "Our verdict will not depend on anything any-thing but the officially acknowledger word of men released from prison camps." |