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FEHE WAR BABIES' PROBLEM, UNJUST ASPERSIONS ON SOLDIERS. {■"Timces" snd "Sydney Sua" Senieefc} (Received Jn*e 13th, 6.35 pjn.) LONDON, June 12. *!__. P.tshop of London said ho repa. lii.-itrj with righteous indignation the suggestion that the soldiers in training were behaving badly as a body. They had shown in many case 3 remarkable .examples of good behaviour to tho peopio in whoeo houses they had been billeted. The cry of "war babies" Taised by tbo newtspapers had turned out a great delusion and an exploded bubble. Women generally had behaved well. Young and giddy girls, excited by thc presence of so many men in khaki, had caused mischief in some camps. The problem was serious at the commencement of the war. He puggested as a scheme of prevention, the enlistment of women patrols who would act with tact, judgment, and sympathy.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15301, 14 June 1915, Page 8
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143AN EXPLODED BUBBLE. Press, Volume LI, Issue 15301, 14 June 1915, Page 8
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