Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-16
BUSY DAY FOR
PEACE ADVOCATES
Women Hold a Meeting at Car
negie Hall.
TWO AFTERNOON MEETINGS
Commercial Aspects of the Meeting to
Be Discussed.
SOME DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
Mrs Julia Ward Howe Writes a Lett
ter, in Which She Deplores
Desire for War.
TWO AFTERNOON MEETINGS
Commercial Aspects of the Meeting to
Be Discussed.
SOME DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS


NEW YORK. April 16.--The advocates OF
peace who have come here from all Sec
tions of the United States and from many
foreign countries to participate in the ma
tional peace conference, today found a hard
and long program before them Five diff
ferent meetings. which promised to I'LL in
practically every hour, from early forenoon
until midnight, had been arranged for to-
day. The first OF these was the forenoon
meeting at Carnegie Hall, where the topic
THE Relation of Women to the Peace
Movement" Among the speakers at this
meeting We're Mrs. Mary f. Wool,ey, presi-
dent of Mount Holyoke College for Women,
who spoke on the Educational Aspects of
the Peace Propaganda" Mrs. Ellen NJ.
Henrotin of Chicago. former president Of
the General Federation of Wonens Clubs;
Mrs. Frederick Nathan, president of the
New York Consumers League, and Miss
Jane Adams of Hull House. Chicago. 4
letter from Mrs Julia Ward Howe. who
was unable to attend the meeting, was
read.
Two Meetings This Afternoon.
In the afternoon there will be two meet
ings one at the Hotel Aston when COM
mercial aspects of the peace movement VIII
be discussed, and young peoples meeting
at Carnegie Hall. Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Straus will be the speaker nc
the Hotel Aston meeting, and addresses
also will be delivered by Baron d'Estour-
tional Cancellation committee; Nahum J.
Bachelor. former governor of New lamp
shire: James w. Van Cleave. president Of.
the National Association of Manufacturers,
and others William 7. Stead, ne London
editor; Baron d Estourneiles. DIR. Nathan
c. Schaeffer Pennsylvania superintendent
of public instruction. and Henry Bailey
Turner of the Massachusetts board of edu-
cation. will be among the speakers at the
young peoples meeting.
The two sessions this evening will be the
university meeting at Carnegie Hall and q
meeting at cooper Union to discuss the
question of organized labor in relation to
the peace movement Representative edu-
Gators and labor men will address the rec
spective meetings.
DR.. Rhys a Speaker.
Among the speakers at the university
meeting will be DR.. John Rhys, head Of
Jesus College and pro vice chancellor OF
the University of oxford. England, who
will take for his subject THE Relation OF
the University to International Good WIFI;
President Charles w. Eliot of Harvard Uni
versity the Rev. f. S. Roberts, master OF
Gonville and Caius College and vice cham
cellor of the University of Cambridge. Eng
land, and Edwin D. Mead director OF Old
Boston.
Duncan of Quincy, Mass, first vice presi-
dent of the American Federation of Labor.
will preside at The labor meeting. Among
the speakers will be the leaders of several
national and interra tional unions, including
James O'Connel of Washington, interna-
tional president of the Interna tional Asso-
citation of Machinists; Dennis A. Hayes or
Philadelphia president of the Glass Bottle
Blowers Association of the United States
and Canada and Daniel ]. O'Keefe of De-
troit. president of the international Long,
shoremen's Marine and Transport Work-
ers' Association.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe of Boston was
unable to attend the conference. but
sent a letter, which is, in part as fol-
lows:
TT is now thirty-seven years since
the Franco Prussian contest brought 10
the civilized world a fresh impression
of the ruin and desolation of war At Its
close for the first time in history. women
in various places were moved TO make
nublic protest against the waste of hu-
man life on the battlefield. To me at
that time the remedy for this crying
evil appeared easily within reach The
mothers of men, they who know the cost
of human life the pangs which pur-
chase it, the unremitting cares ana anxi-
cites of motherhood-they would only
have to unite their voices, crying: JUS
tice shall rule mankind-Justice admin.
istered by wise councils, not by armies.
An Appeal to Womanhood.
Deeply penetrated with this persuasion,
published an appeal to womanhood
throughout the world and crossed the
ocean to add what personal weight ] could
to my daring message. Here and there a
sisterly voice responded to my appeal. but
the greater number said: We have neither
time nor money that we can call our own.
We cannot travel We cannot meet to-
rether.' And so my intended peace con-
gress of women melted away like DREAM
and my final meeting, held in the world
great metropolis did not promise to lead
to any important result.
.What has made the difference between
that time and this? New things, so far
as women are concerned, VIZ: the hisher
education now conceded to them and tho
discipline of associated action. WIN whio"
'sIf word of elderly counsel may De-
come me at this moment. let me say I'd
the women here assembled: DO not Lex US
go back from what we have gained Let
rs on the contrary, press ever forward in
the light of the new knowledge OF the new
eyDnrience 1t we have rocked the era
de IL we have soothed the slumbers OF
mankind, let US be on hand at their great