The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08

the threats of our women. they have
slain our children. Let us revenge our.
selves on them. an eye for an eye. 4
tooth for a tooth
Think of it, To massacre in his fields
the German peasant and his ChiIdren
under the preteXt that in Belgium ,at
Germans have massaCred the B-l-an
peasant and his Chldren-whut an
abominablc viewpoint.
Instead of urging them to revenge
thems, Ives on perfectly innoCen, people
let us say to our French soldiers. There
is glory in being just, in being generous
in preserving your sangfrod. AVOID
the crime of soling yourselves in turn
There was a time when the plllage
of conquered cities, the assault on
women. the lust of mere carnage were
the recompense allowed the triumphant
army, the payment given the merce-
naries.
~ modern army does not have 20 he
paid with such wages. We have, alas.
too many sins of that kind To rcmcmb.
in China, in Algeria, in Morocco
Have We condemned enough thu
atrocities Of the Balkan wars when
Greeks, Mussulmans, Christians COM
| mitted denominations of every kind.
| We follow now the course of the Ser
| vians with sympathetic eye. but are
they not the same people who were a
short time ago Justly Censured by tn"
| whole world for having massacred Their
! King and Queen with "A savagery it is
not necessary to recall?
| The German soldiers have not a
| monopoly Of cruelty. For the odious
acts they have committed let them r.
| ccIve the sCorn and lust of the whole
world. But let us discipline ourselves
rs were disciplined the youths OF ancient
| Greece, who were shown the helots in
drunken bestialty as lesson Let the
| odious sight of this blood drunkenness
| be such that the French soldier will turn
| away in horror and shame at the idea OF
In his turn becoming such a disgusting
| brute, such a wanton murderer, such a
thief and coward"
A. the conclusion Of the interview
Nine. Durand says that she is now
| financing La Frondc herself. asking only
subscriptions and su. / contributions as
It's well wlshers can raise or give per
sonally Every day she hands 5000
copies free of charge to the women
camelots
81 fastened its bringing out, willing
to sacrifice for the present the questions
|
anxious to help in defining to the women
OF France their present responsibilities
as I see them. viii you tell our friends
In America that ] have by no means
lost sight Of the glorious project which
was the rason d'etre of our first publ
cation?
Just before the war broke out, some
time in July. there was a mass meeting
OF femnists held in the open in the
Garden of the Tuileries. Here gathered
tout Paris and on the temporary plat
form speeches were made by many cele-
hrated men and women. We tried to get
a permit to mar and 1000 women
would have marched behind the banner
but such permission was refused. ]
ask you wh"o"
After the war;"
81 do not think We will ever he re-
fused again. The women of France
have proved themselves. 1t is true the
actual question OF political rights is
dead everywhere for the time being
but the qualities that have been created
and developed by this struggle are not
dead and diverted to other channels
They are silently eloquent OF the great
cause tn gave them BIRTH"