Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-02-21
WAR BABIES

"a American mothers 10 encourage
a CONS TO marry before going abroad,
az an argument in favor of war
"a; aces. the British officer set forth
" in England everything is being
10 encourage soldiers TO marry ON
1O.day leaves at home, because
rem must be born to fill the void
By the multitude of deaths in the
kh army.
Ia it is that the population of the
is being rapidly depleted by the
The slaughter of men on the bat
lids of Europe has been terrific,
h is said that in European coun-
the female population already is
3sekly in excess of the male. The
had little more than begun, when
ANY set about at a program to
screase its population by means which
txEby the civilized world not con-
IdSed strictly orthodox. Germany was
hing for soldiers for the future and
4t hundreds of thousands of men
80 perishing ON the battlefield, the
- an authorities were awake to the
- that this awful slaughter could
s 1elp but depopulate their country.
HA breed beforeyou-die" program
~ instititued, and it was agreed that
A6State would care for the offspring.
~ form of polygamy was encour-
it is said, in order TO stimulate
- population of the kaiser s domain.
Waterman state not only sanctioned
Mprogram, but encouraged it, and
lans fighting in the trenches have
~ informed by their government
e. their wives, their sweethearts,
mothers and their sisters were
~ pregnant.
MencOuraging the "breed-before-
Ife" program Germany has shat
~ moral codes, as established by
p Holy Bible. Deuteronomy,
xii says:
bastard shall not enter into
congregation of the Lord;
xen unto his tenth generation
I'll he not enter into the congre-
f4fon of the Lord.
~ comes Emperor William de- |
nhed that Germany shall have more
&rs, and he utilities the law of God, |
- he recommends that the state
tknize the 100000 bastards born
a9ermany since the war began The
is of the opinion that he has i
III to nullify the law of God, and
9nize these children-more soldiers
y Kaiser Bill.
= Y doubly interesting to note that
'ezsmny not only legitimizes the babes,
3 encourages wholesale breeding
&lng mothers from ! to 3 marks a
~, lfter confinement, for care of the
- The child later is to be kept
government charge until it be-
ID years of age, when it is pro-
that it shall be taught trade.
- method is thoroughly DISGUSTING
Sayiized mankind. Not so long
the German government did not
PC to Jail persons held guilty of
ery and fornication. Maternity
wedlock was branded by the
Pm government as disgrace, and
Bastards and their offspring to
*nth generation, would be east in
~f seething furnaces of hell.
~ a different view now has been
~ by the German government. Ma
out of wedlock is today lauded
' 'ess act OF patriotism, and a duty on ,
III Of every healthful woman. The
ri hn government, it would seem, has
~ ally said to its woman folk and
war offspring: "You II have to
hell for eternity 10 save your
-
onragement of war weddings by a
n. lnent, simply as "patriotic
m II appears, is not in line with
te-bellum code of morals. Is the
Ter IN the shambles of Flanders
AZ: fance to rearrange the morals of
N nlzed world? Is an adulterer to {
J3!S $3.50 as hero; an adulteress as
pineF All, it would be better that
- no nations today, struggling !
a premacy with their chief aim in 9
81! ing to produce soldiers as play j
n! Tor kaisers and kings. a
3 mink that the American people S
encouraged to enter this v
~ campaign is exasperating
AZ we come to tnat7 No the ans n
all be, emphatically, no. The c
"a an government and the Ameri.
Ia oiic VIII not sanction the breed b
! you-dle program. leaving mil o.
7i orphan babes for The state TO Of
% - is exceedingly unfortunate for b
ghtest announcement to no criven o,