El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-28
KAISER kills
GERMAN VIRTUE
Polygamous Marriage Law
Results in Deficient
Born Children.
by WINIFRED GRAHAM,

BY MLNIEEED CIR W.
a Leading British Social EconomIst)
London. Eng. June 2S-The inn
moral methods chosen 10y Germany TO
increase her man power win eter-
ually brand the German woman with
the stigma Of the east, since the kali
ser has ruthlessly determined TO un-
de-mine the virtue OF his subjects in
the interests Of militarism.
Just as he told his soldiers to 90
forth as Huns, so he now tells the
women Of his country to cast aside
All decent restraint. As he let hell
loose on the battlefields OF Europe.
So in his homeland, has he today
given tul rein TO human passions
one Of the chief factors in German
made race propagation In the second
marriage Women OF all classes are
called upon TO enter into a secondary
marriage with a married man. who
must have the consent Of MS first
wife
bow that consent IS obtained may
vel be imagined, since German sub
10 be reaped from falling under the
displeasure of an all powerful des-
Bear Name Of Mother.
The secondary marriage has at least
one solace for the real wife. the union
Of state. can be dissolved as soon as
its object is attained.
The children OF these lawful sec
oudary marriages bear the mothers
name, and, unless she is prepared TO
be responsible for them, they become
s0ulless machine made German sub
jects. educated by officials. trained,
III they are girls, as domestic SER
wants I'm time Of peace, or munitiOn
workers for future days OF war, while
the boys are naturally for fighting
purposes
They VIII form a soldier class like
the Turkish Jauissaries. for Germany
reVels iu the production Of this in
ferior type OF citizens; human beings
reared as foundIugs, without home
influences. can the better be moulded
into slaves
She Is q Patriot.
And what Of the mother who can
not afford TO keep her child. and
sees the fruit OF her body suatched
away TO be Prussianised. after being
born IN the official human stock
farm which exists 10 make brood ami
mails out Of its Womeu2
Does she realize the moral slough
into which Germany has plunged her2
II seems not her narrow wedding
ring Is sign OF patriotism
she is told she has served the kali
ser as faithfully as any man at the
front. gnd the fact that she holds up
her head as patriot. and boasts Of
the mission she has fulfilled, restl-
Ies 20 the complete breakdown Of
German morality in an enlightened
age.
Thus the glory and pride OF moth
erhood IS fouled by q s0called civil
lied nation, which now openly adopts
hareu methods TO the destruction Of
women Undernourished.
Naturally in these days OF scarcity,
the German mother is in poor condi-
tion. and not at her best for this null
riplCaLiou of little Germans Owing
TO the absence Of certain foods, es-
peciaLv the shOrrness OF fatty sub
stances. the ma orIry Of children are
born deficient Many have no fin
ger nails. and a really whole healthy
baby is quite q rarity at the present
time a bad omen for the coming man
power
Some German writer's prophesT that
20 years OF This irregular marriage
system wiz meet the immediate needs
OF the fa-herlaDds and that il might
possibly then be abolished. while
others hold that pOlygamy has come
TO stay and even call the second mar
rlage the publication OF morality
and the only means for the rapid ere
alton of a new and powerful army"
So there is a great sale at present
Tor the narrow Wedding ring OF pa
tri0tism. which the most straight
laced German Iraulein is proud 70
wear. just as our girls display their
war badge for good work done
The German clergy have assisted
the state by making this question Of
polyEamv q religious one, for they
realize the most sacred Of human ties
must bend and break before the kai-
ser's bruIaliZius ambition.
This made in Germany morality
IS only another outrage Of the war,
just one small addition TO the end
Jess crimes which. year after year.
brand Germany rs an outlaw from
all right thinking communities
A people which entirely discards
honor in warfare thinks nothing Of
a national violation Of the Jaw Of
chastity. Germans know that one
out of every four or five Of the faith
ers OF this and the next generation
have been killed or disabled These
staggering facts first made them
think seriously OF polyEamy. which.
on the great gray wave OF tremen-
d0us manslaughter. has rolled TO
Germauy's shores.
Tt is true that war is not a thing
OF kid gloves and rosewater. but that
Il should bring 10 any land the le-
CALLED prostitution Of its soldiers
wives and daughters IS only in keep
ing with the kaiser's The
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