The Washington times., 1902-02-24
Miss Clara Barton on Work of
Red Cross Society.
GREATEST PEACEMAKER ON EARTH
Resolutions Adopted Advocating
Utilization of the High Court of
International Arbitration Estab-
Iished ut The Hague.

president, Mr.. Alfred H.. Love.
The next address was made by Mrs.
Mary Wright SewalI. She said in part:
We say. We Americans, that We be-
lieve that of one blood God made all ma
tions OF men, but do we believe it? Do
We believe that the negro. the Filipino.
are of the same blood as ourselves? Does
the proud BritOn believe that he is OF
the same blood as the Boer?
The task of humanity in its evolution
has been to transform into realities what
some called the idle visions, the de-
lusiye dreams of idealists Different as
were the situations of Themistocles. Peri
cles, Cromwell, Washington, and Frank
lin, their devotion was to the same per-
manent principle.
These are large questions, you say,
for women to deal with; but the nursery,
the kindergarten, the schools, are all i'll
the hands of women. Literature, art, and
society are all largely influenced by
them Women may not hold themselves
guiltless of whatever condition of So
ciety may exist
TiIIman-M -McLnurin Incident.
Mrs. SewalI referred to the Tillnian-
McLaurin incident, saying that there was
no one in the Senate but would dep-ecate
the occurrence, and that a hundred years
hence historians would probably be prov
ing that the whole Senate was engaged
in trying to separate the bellige~
This loss of self-control on the part
pf ind a.;,
felt to be a personal disgrace. Self-can-
troll as the part of a nation is not less
noble than in an individual. Nothing,
moreover. has ever been settled by force
A contest of physical force on any plain
has never solved one moral problem. 1t
is always left for reason to adjudicate the
difference.
The most righteous of wars, the civil
war, did not settle the question The issue
always survives the treaty of peace 1t
must be settled by the mind, the heart,
the soul May We not then learn TO aban-
don so expensive a means of doing a work
which can Cnly be done on another plan?
Evolution is a potent word. Ii holds
the laws of all human progress. No day
with yesterday as it's conscious cause,
and with tomorrow as its inevitable re-
suit Our past is only our growing up.
The growing pains of the race can be
alleviated only by growth
Miss Clara Rarton Presented.
Miss Clara Barton was then presented
as follows:
Tta.. oF ID
of the United States needs no introduce
ton
Il have thought" began Miss Barton,
that one matter might need little ex-
PLANTATION. | have been asked by this So
ciety to come and argue the question of
peace and war at their meetings and do
something for peace as well as for war.
1t may seem to you as If | were foster
ing war. But 1 was member OF the first
peace society formed.
I'VE come together and say beautiful
things in favor Of peace. and we do q
great deal for our friends ourselves, but
what have We done for our foes?
The Red Cross Society calls a confer
once and invite the war-makers of the
world TO come to it. They see for the
first time the misery as well as the hor-
ror arising from war, and they take back
to their sovereigns the speeches made and
the arguments entered into, and some
instruction is thus given to the people
who have power to do mischief
Greatest PeaccmaIser Earth.
81 have sat in such a meeting as this
and heard these beautiful things said of
peace and have thought that, after all,
the Red Cross was the greatest peace
maker on earth.
Before we can have universal peace
we must not only make over mankind, but
We must make over the geography of the
world. Every line of 1t has been put in
by force. 1t is a terrible task that is be-
fore us. Meanwhile, / have been trying
in my poor way to bring about peace; and
IL there is a better way l should be glad
to try that"
Mr. John Hutchinson was then intro
duced, and remarked that when we were
all of one mind. then there would be
peace.
Il have always been peace man." he
said, but / have been of the mind of the
Quaker who said he would have peace il
he had to fight for it,
He then sang one of his own songs. en-
titled Il May Not Be a Prophet"
Mrs Hannah J. Bailey, the next speak|
er, made brief address on the subject of
the evening. and said that 1t might come
TO pass that our people would object as
strongly to being reminded that their
ancestors ever engaged in warfare as
some South Sea Islanders do to being
asked questions about cannibalism.
Responsibility of the Church.
Prof. Daniel Bachelor, the secretary of
the convention, said few words on the
responsibility of the church and of wom-
en- for war. He thought that many ywomen
held false views of heroism and patriot
ism, and that this influenced men toward
militarism. He said the average woman
was too much inclined to worship phys
ical force.
Resolutions Passed.
Mr. Bachelor then read the resolu-
tions passed by the society. which were in
part as follows:
''First-We are convinced that the
high court Of international arbitration
having been established at The Hague,
ii should be at once utilized by submit
ting to it all international difficulties that
threaten war.
"Second-That mediation arbitration,
and conciliation should be thoroughly in
troduced into the body polite, and that
peace departments should be established
and should be officially recognized. That
schools and colleges should teach and
drill in methods of arbitration, that we
may educate men and women who will be
competent to act as arbitrators, and thus
open the way for an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, that
Will take out the war clauses thereof.
''Third-That the conditions that make
peace possible and desirable. comprehend
freedom, equal rights, temperance, purity,
even handed justice. worldwide phil
anthropy. and the recognition of the
blessings of the Father of all while dead