The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26

Miss Jessie scbIey Tells How She
Ended the War.
From the New York Herald.


American navy is an agreeable person TO
meet. Her appreciation of humor is keen,
and no one recognizes better than she the
paradoxical position in relation to each
other occupied by her nlustrious cousin
and herself. She enjoys it.
So fun of life is Miss schley that II is
next to impossible for her to sit quiet. She
must be busy She does not take herself
too seriously, but she is immensely inn
pressed with the importance OF the peace
movement which she originated, and which
now numbers among its thousands of adj
Vocates some of the worlds greatest minds.
In stature Miss Schiey Is trne below
the average. Her face, round, pleasant and
fun of animation is half framed in black
hair, just touched with gray Miss Schley
is still young, and probably viii remain 50
as Tong 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 eventful
trip to Madrid, where she urged upon the
governments notice the fact that Spain
had been whipped and that the time had
arrived to sue for peace. Back to Paris
she went, and then to Cuba, where she di
vided her time between the insurgents I'm
the field and the Spanish officials in Ha-
vana. On Wednesday she arrived in New
York on the steamship Santiago. Last
night, after missing a train so as to give
me an interview for the Herald, she went
to Washington, where she will have an in
terview with President Mckinley. Next
week she win go to her home in Milwau-
kee.
Some years ago" began Miss Schley,
when l was younger and my ideals higher
with heavy load of notoriety instead. Sad
isn't it2"
Miss Schley leaned back and laughed
merrily, the same sort of crows feet gath
ering at the corners of her eyes that give
her cousin, Admiral Schley, the quizzical
expression his face assumes whenever he
smiles. These cousins look enough alike 10
be brother and sister.
II am going TO unburlen my mind to
you" she continued, "for l am grateful 10
the Herald for Two reasons. First. the po-
sition Of the Herald, while at times too
jingostic to suit me, has been so broad
and liberal as to command the respect of
the world; second, the Herald published
the only genuine picture of me that ever
appeared in an American paper. You may
republish 1t tomorrow with my indorse-
ment, if you wish. l am not the sybarltic,
gddy young thing the yellow journals have
made me appear. l am an old maid, and
I'm glad of it. l have achieved unpleasant
notoriety, and | am sorry. / would like TO
be popular, but I would rather he right.
when l first began to agitate against
war with Spain l wrote to 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 al
him first. l told him If he thought he 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 llnholy war, just the
same. Spartan women used to urge their
men TO war, 1t 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 urg-
ed on by the A. p. A. to humHfate Spain,
which is Catholic country. Few Protest
ants knew this, and American Catholics
fought shoulder TO shoulder with their
Protestant brothers.
God put It Into The 5ieSrts or American
women to bring the war to a stop. We
did it. OF course peace would have come
ultimately, but we hurried il along.
am earnestly convinced of that.
How did / first come to take so ac-
tive an interest in the peace movement?
Well, ii came upon me in a moment of
prayer. l was kneeling in the little Cor
pus Christi chapel in Paris. Tell the pub
lie that l was kneeling in a Spanish
church, and let the enemies Of peace make
the most Of it. God does not love good
Spaniard less than a good American, and
He judges nations with the same exacti-
tude that He does individuals
while praying the thought came to me
that American women must stop the war.
I went to work and organized at once
the Women's International League for
Peace. In three weeks the league had
three thousand members, mostly Protest
ants. Our first meeting was held at the
home Of Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilts broth
er-in-law Then a general peace conven-
ton was held, at which the five principal
peace organizations of Europe were rep
resented. was elected a committee of
one to go to Madrid and inform the Queen
Regent and Senior Sagasta that they We're
licked.
my, what a commotion that trip did
create In this county! I'm told my father
cabled me to come home. / lost one of his
messages before 1t was opened. l wonder
if that could have been It, Anyway, 1
father"
Again did Miss schley's temples wrinkle
into nests of crows feet.
II went to Madrid when every one felt
If a start was made peace would soon be
arranged. The men Of Spain were too
proud to sue for peace, and the men of
America were too proud to make the first
kindly and showed me many courtesies
while l was In Spain. The Spanish pub
lie knew l was a Catholic and a friend of
Spain, and that I detested the war. So I
had no trouble in securing listeners.
Il went as near to the throne as l
could get and then I said: The best ele-
ment Is and has been opposed to this war
We know that it was conceived In iniquity
ard originated in wckedness. We admit
eli that but now that the war is on. we
will just wipe you out Of existence If you
don't sue for peace, and the quicker you
do it the better 1t will be for you
Yes, that is just what / told them.
made them see that they were whipped
and then assured them that the same ele-
ment in America that abhorred the war
would see that il they quit fighting gen.
erous terms would be made for them. That
is what has got TO be DONE I am going
to see President Mckinley, and | will tell
him things that / cannot tell you. He is
a good man and was opposed to the war
What do l mean when ] say the war
originated in wickedness2 One year ago
a man Of national Importance told me we
would have to have a war to get rid Of
our unruly element. He said Spain seenl-