The Washington times., 1912-05-17
RED CROSS ENDING
MARKED BY MANY
TRIBUTES TO CITY
Delegates Are Moved to Elo-
, quence At Close of Not
able Convention.

delegates to the International Red
Cross conference met for the last time
this mornina. told one another how well
they had bccn treated i'm Washington,
expressed the greatess confidence in this
future of the American Red Cross, and
said they hope,l their future travels
would bring them back to Washington
at no very distant date. Final adjourn
nlcnt came at noon.
Miss Mabel Boardman came in for
MANY compliments during the farewell
addresses. DR.. Gabriel. of the Turkish
delegation. calling her the good angel
of the American Red Cross" Dr.
Gabriel was an enthusiastic speaker all
the way through, and exnres sed himself
feclinglv on the royal reception which
has been accorded us by the President
CT the United states. bv tho American
Red Cross off1rials and bv the repre-
sentative private families of Washing
ton, which have rlvallcd one another in
extending TO us the hospitalties of their
homes '
ALI the speakers sounded a similar
President Gustave Ador. of Switzerland,
began the exchange. of compliments,
and he was followed by General Michal,
of France: Commander Luigi Ferrero,
of Italy, and Pi of. Roman de Vreden, of
st. Petesburg. Miss Boardman and e.
John Barrett, director of the Pan
American Union, vas also called upon.
The International conference reached
Its climax of enthusiasm last evening
representatives of thirty-two nations
made declarations for worldwide peace
which seemed to come from the heart
and not to be merely the ebullient
platitudes Of after dinner oratory. To
Americans present there was much sig
nifcance In the earnestness with which
Baron Ozawa. head of the Japanese
delegation, pleaded for international
amity. Like other speakers he urged
the Red Cross itself to work for con-
cord among the nations.
Cabinet Members Present.
Two members of the Cabinet were
heard, Secretary of War Stimson and
Attorney General Wickersham. Mr..
Stimson pointed out that the American
War Department is now popularity re-
garded as a great agency for philan-
thropic endeavors. the Secretary out
lining in this connection the work be-
ing done to relieve the flood sufferers
in the lower Mississippi valley.
Sir John Furley, the venerable repre-
sentative Of the venerable hospitallers
Count Soma gna and General Michal
Joined in the chorus OF insistence or
world peace and Prof. Eon, of Bostor
University, official representative OF
Greece at the conference, said that "tht
day Is not far off when all nation!
will be willing to submit all questions
even those of national honor, to arb
tradon."
A silent toast was drunk standing t,
all those bereaved by the sudden deatl
OF King Frederick VII of Denmark
Russian and Danish delegates absent
cd themselves from the banquet on &C
count of King Fredericks death.
At the Banquet.
The toastmaster of the evening wa
George w. de Forest, of New York
vice president of the American Rec
Cross.
The keynote of modern philanthro
ply Is prevention" said Mr. de Fores
In his opening remarks, 'and we wh
have expended so much to mitigate tn
horrors of war have really contributed
in measure to maintenance of thos
horrors by permitting war at all Tn
next step in the development of tn
Red Cross will be to bring war to al
end"
Miss Mabel Boardman received man!
compliment from the speakers o
the evening and the diners insisted ol
her replying to toast herself.
The Red Cross makes us all broth
ers and sisters" said Miss Boardman
and enlists the peoples of all nation
in a work of beneficence and for peac
under one banner"