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The Guthrie Daily Leader
Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma
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Organization of mothers from Lille, France, demands legal prosecution of the former German Kaiser for ordering the abduction and mistreatment of minor girls by German army commanders in April 1916.
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Paris, Dec. 11—Legal action against the former German emperor has been commenced by an organization of Lille mothers. The demand for prosecution states that the commanders of the German army in April, 1916, directed that minor girls be carried away from their families; that they were submitted to serious treatment and forced into close contact with notorious women.
The statement of complaint says that whereas said commanders were thus guilty of the crime of abduction and that they were under command of their former emperor, prosecution is demanded.
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Lille
Event Date
Dec. 11
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prosecution is demanded
Event Details
Legal action against the former German emperor has been commenced by an organization of Lille mothers. The demand for prosecution states that the commanders of the German army in April, 1916, directed that minor girls be carried away from their families; that they were submitted to serious treatment and forced into close contact with notorious women. The statement of complaint says that whereas said commanders were thus guilty of the crime of abduction and that they were under command of their former emperor, prosecution is demanded.