New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-16
W0NAN'S PEACE CIRCLE.
Preliminary Meeting to Form NeFU
ORGANIZATION.

As a result Of TIE mass meeting of clubwomer
called y The Clio Club yesterday afternoon, the
Hotel Empire. in The interests of peace and arbi-
J-att0n. lh.s city may soon have a Woman's Peace
Circle. the members of which shall stand commit
tea 70 assist with their influence and money in the
universal peace propaganda
Steps were taken yesterday 10 form such Or
eanization About one hundred and fifty women
belonging TO the important clubs of the city, with
their presidents and executive boards. were pres
ent wearing little white flags thrust through their
buJtonholes. 70 hear Mrs Lucia Aes Mead, of Bos-
ton, derounce international duellng." Some of the
women signed the little blank slips which were
handed about by the ushers pledging the signers
70 membership in the proposed society. and pre-
sentng the names of Mrs George z. Steel and Mrs.
D. 2 S!ckels as secretary Fro TEN. and treasurer
Pro tan. respectively
TIE Offices OF president. vice-president and the
directors viii be filled probably the first meet
ing-the organization meeting-of the society
which viii he held before May /. It was whispered
s6out the hall that Mrs Harry Hastings would be
put forth president and Mrs. Arnold Schramn,
Who has been intimately connected with the move
rent which crystallzed in yesterdays meeting. as
yiee-president
These rlmors were. however denied later by
woman in authority.
Mrs. J. H Mckinley. president Of Clio who pre-
tlde5. stated that it was planned to hold four
meetings between May and October ]. TO enlarge
IRE circle
One reason why this international duelling
keeps Up" said Mrs Mead. in beginning her ad-
cTess. is because 50 many good men confound the
,--e7 q an army and navy with the duties Of the
F-l4ce The only business OF the police is to Bring
ne offender 10 justice, while army afnd navy
are Instruments Of revenge. Of punishment and the
country that uses them against another nation.
Ire Russians and japanese are now doing. is play
i2e The part OF duellist who faces his man for
tae purpose Of killing him. Between the police
nan s2e the soldier there is all the difference in
ne world II is this muddle-headed logic that con-
uses their functions that makes var continue.
an not peace-at-any- price, no-resistance per
Eon. know well enough that the world can't set
N-oAg without force But the world viii not stand
This International dueIling much longer"
Inc organization Of the world-that vas the way
. which Mrs. Mead said she believed war could be
stepped She referred TO the Constitution Of
the Uaited States as the prototype Of the work
Nn-oa now devolved upon this country in the way
q Organizing The world upon lines that would make
Pesee easy ana war dilncuIt.
E re- " Germans. but sons Of GOD and members Of
cans" me audience abplauded pay
Mrs Mead prcphesied that prosperous and
.9urcetul IS This country is ii could not escape
from the evil CONSEQUENCES of war ALREADY our
slslness IN the Far East has suffered. When
@ have n hone s t5e Buy eo9n Sn an 5de 6rad
In ss9iIs with Presently. when we have panic IN
Is country. with professions OF out Of works and
rec lines. we shall look around for the causes.
iIhey will be found is this world calamity Of war
MaeTe IN the worlds production without touching
lfooCcts Of war. and that armed peace which is
Almost as deadly. Europe IS paying IN a year TO
..4slntan Itself on q peace footing enough money
= Rake mountain higher than Mont Blanc. If
!. we're paid n dollar bills laid TOP Of the
s.hef. o. course. the European peasant seldom
SsIAs collar day. but. II we assume that he
80. lg59.gD0gl0 days labor spent each year
= Europe that the nations may say they are hold
,Is their II they would put u into education
~ coGlc almost wire out illiteracy in q year.
;s9'41Is Mead cautioned her hearers not 20 make
Ess-ang men matter Of sport 10 their children by
+-ytly lying them with wariike toys.
roe you would only begin in the nursery, and
give Them little guns and little soldiers to play
- boys would not grow up fond OF war
MS Belle de Rivera president Of the City FEEDER