The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-11
PEACE DELEGATES ARRIVE,
4 CHINESE WOMAN DOCTOR ONE
or THEIR BEST SPEAKERS.
They Are GOIng TO Drive 10 Columbia and
Take Tea at Teachers College and
They'll Sec the schools, TOO--Inci-
dents OF Their Sessions I'm Boston.


Take Tea at Teachers College ana
They'll See the Schools, TOO--Inci-
dents OF Their Sessions I'm Boston.
About thirty Peace Congress delegates,
many OF them from foreign countries, ar
rived here from Boston early last evening.
They made the journey in a special car at
tached to the regular express train. They
went to the Park Avenue Hotel, where the
headquarters OF the congress will be dur
ing the three days session in this city.
Among those who came in the private
car were Mrs. Edwin D. Mead Of Boston,
chairman Of the committee on propaganda;
Miss Dunhill Of India, Mr.. Melikof OF Ar
menia, Prof. Clerget Of Switzerland, Miss
Wilheimina Sheriff Balm Of New Zealand,
Mr. Prudhommeaux OF Belgium, Mrs. Muf
OF England, Mr. Wright of England and DR..
Clark. an English member Of Parliament
and former British Consul-General to the
Transvaal.
DR.. Lyman Abbott Is chairman OF the
New York general committee and Mrs.
Charles Russell Lowell lie chairman OF the
woman's committee, which have been work.
ing for several weeks to insure fitting
reception to the delegates here. The great
event OF these will be the public meeting
in Cooper Union on Wednesday evening,
at which number OF persons OF distinction
in international peace work are expected.
Among these are the Bishop OF Hereford.
England; the Baroness Won Suffer Of Aus
tria; Peter Curran, Herbert Burrows and
Dr. Yamei Kin OF China. She is a young
Chinese woman who studied medicine in
an American medical college, practised
her profession in China for seven years
and is now in this country delivering lee
lures for the purpose Of giving the Ameri-
can people data for reaching better under
standing OF China and the Chinese.
On Tuesday the delegates will visit the
public schools, settlements and public
Fairgrounds and drive, to Columbia They
invitation OF Miss Grace H. Dodge. and then
there will be reception and luncheon
rendered by the Board Of Trade and Trans.
portation and reception at the Ethical
Culture School. On Wednesday there Is
at Mrs. Her Henry ~ Wizard viii e. at Dobbs Ferry.
During the stay Of the delegates here an
effort Is to be made to hold meetings for
the benefit Of the foreigners resident In
New York. There Is to be big meeting
in Philadelphia in the latter part Of the
week and after that meetings in Pittsburg.
Cincinnati and Toronto.
Mrs. Mead, in speaking last evening OF
the work done in Boston. was very en-
thusiastic.
1T was the most remarkable assem-
bage of the kind ever held" she said.
In spite Of the great Episcopal meeting
and Of the political conventions. We had
to turn people away every day for lack OF
room to accommodate them. There were
number OF interesting Incidents. For
example. one day We had on the platform
Russian and Japanese delegate and
they shook hands with much cordially.
There was not the slightest friction be-
tween the French and the German dele
gates. One day a map of Alsace-Lorrain
was displayed on the wall, and it was taken
down because both the German and the
French delegates objected to it.
Among the most interesting speakers
we have is DR.. Yamei Kin. She speaks
English perfectly and has a personality
30 charming that she won the hearts OF
all who heard her in Boston. We are aim
ing to raise the sinews Of peace-not of war.
We want to get fund to start with equal
to the cost OF one battleship, that Is. about
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