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And what do the women say -- the women who lose such men? Thus do they decline to attend at The Hague the Peace Congress of foolish women who have lost nobody:
"How would it be possible, in an hour like this, for us to meet women of the enemy's countries? . Have they disavowed the. crimes of their government? Have they protested against the violation of Belgium's neutrality? Against offenses to the law of nations? Against the crimes of their army and navy? If their voices had been raised it was too feebly for the echo of their protest to reach us across our violated and devastated territories."