The evening times., 1898-09-23
FAIR ADVOCATE OF PEACE
Miss Jessie Schley's Views on
the War With Spain.
WAS AN UNH0LY CONFLICT
The Young Lady Is a Cousin of the
Great AdmiraI-She Says the Mnine
Was Blown Up by American and
Cuban JinEoes-HostIIities Forced
by the A. Il. A.

Miss Jessie Schley, advocate of peace.
whose cousin is rear admiral in the
American Navy, is an agreeable person
to meet. Her appreciation of humor is
keen, and no one recognizes better than
each other occupied by her iilustrious
cousin and herself. She enjoys it.
SO fun of life is Miss Schley. that it is
next to Impossible for her to sit quiet.
She does not take herself too seriously.
but she is immensely impressed with the
Importance of the peace movement which
she originated. and which now numbers
among its thousands of advocates some
Of the worlds greatest minds.
In stature Miss Schey is a triie below
the average. Her face, round, pleasant,
and full of ambition is half framed in
black hair, just touched with gray. Miss
Schley is still young, and probably will
remain so as long as she lives.
That just closed was an eventful sum-
mer for Miss Schley. The war gave her
new duties, and since the fighting before
Santiago she has been constantly on the
move. From Paris she made her event
ful trip to Madrid, where she urged upon
the governments notice the fact that
Spain had been whipped, and that the
time had arrived 10 sue for peace Back
10 Paris she went, and then to Cuba.
where she divided her time between the
insurgents in the field and the Spanish
officials in Havana. On Wednesday she
arrived in New York on the steamship
Santiago.
She came 10 Washington yesterday for
| the purpose OF having an interview with
President Mckinley. Next weeek she will
go TO home in Milwaukee.
Some years ago. began Miss Schley.
when | was younger and my ideals high
/ er, | aspired TO fame. Now, l am coming
home with heavy load of nOtorieLy
J Sad isn't it,
| Miss Schley leaned back and laughed
merrily, the same sort of crows feet
! gathering at the corners of her eyes that
! give he. cousin, Admiral Schiey, the quiz
! zical expression his face assumes when
| ever he smiles These cousins look
| enough alike TO be brother and sister.
81 am going TO unburden my mind TO
| you she continued.
| When L began TO agitate against war
! with Spain ! wrote 10 Cousin Scott and
! asked him not TO fire the first gun. He
| wrote back and asked me if he had my
| permission to fight if the Spaniards shot
at him first. l told him if he thought he
1 was right TO go ahead He is a sailor and
a good one. / am proud of him He did
his duty. But it was an unhoiy war just
the same Spartan women used TO urge
/ their men to war II is for American
women to urge their men to peace.
This war with Spain was an A p a
| war Now quote me correctly. 1t was
urged on by the A. P. a. to humiliats
Spain, which is a Catholic country. Few
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Catholics fought shoulder to shoulder
with their Protestant brothers.
! God put il into the hearts of Ameri.
can women TO bring the war 10 a stop
We did il. OF course peace would have
come ultimately, but we hurried It along
] am earnestly convinced of that.
How did ] first come 10 take SO activ,
an interest In the peace movements
Well, il came upon me in moment o.
prayer. 1 was knee;ing in the little Cor
pus Christi chapel in Paris. Tell the pub
lie that l was kneeIing in a Spanish
church and let the enemies of peac,
make the most of it. God does not low,
a good Spaniard less than good Ameri
can. and He judges nations with tn,
same eXactitude that He does individu
| ais.
While praying the thought came to m,
that American women must stop the war
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! Women's international League for Peace
| In three weeks the league had thre
| thousand members. mostly Protestants
! Our first meeting was held at the hom
of Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt's brother-in
! law. Then a general peace convention
was held, at which the five principa
peace organizations of Europe were rep
resented. / was elected a committee o
one to go to Madrid and inform tn
Queen Regent and Senior Sagasta tha
| they were licked.
My, what a cOmmotion that trip die
create in this country. I'm told my IA
ther cabled me to come home. | lost on
of his messages before il was opened
wonder if that could have been it. Any
way. / never read such a message from
my father"
Again did Miss Schleys temples wrIn
kle into nests of crows feet.
| Il went to Madrid when every one fel
if a start was made peace would soon b
arranged The men Of Spain were TO,
proud TO sue for peace, and the men O
America were too proud TO make the frs