A MOTHER'S CRY.
"It's heart-breaking," says a. French porter's wife in Madame Tin»yre'« new book, " La Veillee d«i Ames."
"W« aren't cowards; but when we have borne a child and suckled and reared him to manhood by our toil, and then they cay to us : ' Now give him up, to be killed, perhaps, and you will remain alone in your old age, you will have nothing . ,' that breaks the heart .. .. it's worse than death. .-'. .
"Ah.1 bpn Dieu, Seigneur! If there ■were women in the Government, it would be over, all this warring ,' Soldiers fight the battles, but women bear the soldiers.
. Between us, we'd always come to an agreement to save our children. I can't believe that German .mothers' heart* are different from mine. . ." ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 18, 22 January 1916, Page 13
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124A MOTHER'S CRY. Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 18, 22 January 1916, Page 13
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