The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-04
RANDOM CLIPPINGS
A Monstrous Outrage.

The conduct OF the militia and the
police department in Lawrence.
Mass. ,is nothing less than a monst-
fous outrage 1t is shocking to
American sentiment. We hear of
outrages committed in Russia, but
they are committed under the form of
law, or in the absence of law.
The cold and hungry children OF
the striking millworkers were being
sent away to where they would be
given warmth, shelter and food. A
consignment of them were landed in
New York the other day, amount
ing to 1l19, and these were taken
care Of properly by charitable peo-
pie. and many more asked for.
When another consignment was
about TO be sent to Philadelphia,
where homes were found for the
children, a brutal militia captain
issued an order at the behest Of the
millowners, that the children be not
permitted TO leave When he real
lied the effect of his order, and the
fragrant violation of the law OF which
he was guilty, he modified it by adj
ding that the children should not be
allowed to leave without the consent
of their parents.
This was easily obtained, and the
next day the parents accompanied the
children to the depot to see them
Off Then appeared another brutal
officer, a police captain, with his
army of bluecoats, and ordered that
the children be returned to their
homes, consent or no consent of their
parents This order was enforced
by clubbing men and women indis-
crim'ugtelg INTO submission.
The plaques of Egypt were visited
apon Pharoah and his country be-
cause he would not let the Israelites
move oar ana away when their con
di'ion became intolerable, and he
h5a been eyecrated as tyrant
throughout the ages But the Israel
ties were workers and producers
whom ne held I'm practical slavery
ss "a valuable asset compelling them
TO raEe bricks without straw as
punishment for their murmurings.
That was many centuries ago
The Lawrence millowners detained
tho children, in the white light Of
the twentieth century. not because
they were workers and producers,
but for purposes of torture. They
wished TO freeze and starve the chill
dren SO that their sufferings might
hasten the striking fathers and
mothers into surrender.
Perhaps in no civilized country
has there ever been such ineffable
barbarity and cruelty practiced.
Never before was such constituencies
sayagery. We went to war with
Spain in Cuba because of the recon
centrado policy of Weyler. as a war
measure, Spain has an opportunity
to retaliatc by calling us to account
for worse than Weyler policy In
time Of peace.
The cry Of these suffering children
will ring our disgrace throughout
the civilized world. Even barbarians,
hearing it, will pause to marvel
over it.
Blackhanders, Malta and other
robbers have tortured people for the
purpose of making them disclose the
whereabouts of hidden treasure. In
dams have tortured white people and
each other, because 1t was their sys-
TEN Of wrcaking insane vengeance.
Witnesses were rackcd and tortured
for the purpose of extorting confes-
sions from them Rulers have com
passed the death of male children
for political or economic purposes,
as we kill ferine animals This was
all in the long ago
Lawrence. Mass, holds the viii
famous distinction Of being the first
community In modern lines 10 DELHI