The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-31
PEACE MEETING OFF
Alta $4,000 LOSS
Vienna Would Be No Place for
Holding 1t Next
September.
AMERICANS TO TURN BACK
Socialist Congress Is Shifted to
Paris and Date Is
Set Ahead.
AMERICANS TO TURN BACK

New that the tweuty.nrst international
peace congress, scheduled to be held In
Vienna from September Is 70 10. had been
called N caused CONSERVATION among
American peace advocates yesterday
The cancellius Of the congress means
n money loss Of $4,000 TO the peace so
rleties u the world and SIX months work
by large stan Of persons all In vJia
The only cheering news that came 10
Tho peacomahers all day was a report
from Milwaukee thar the worlds socialist
"ongress, also scheduled for Vienna, had
been transferred 10 Paris and hurried up
% August instead OF August 20 In order
20 protest against the Austrian conflict.
rs the socialists arc "a set against war
any one In amy country Ia, peace ad-
,ocstes may Join them In u condemnation
= the present ignt.Eg
Thu history Of the abandoned peace con-
greSs is rll OF irony. Count Rerchtold.
he Austrian Prime M.aist.r. was to have
been the honorary chairman of the con-
sress. he is ia" very man who issued
Austrias declaration OF war against Ser
via
There are other little touches thS rccol.
itNAlbll VI WIFI AlhlId' lel Ittttlll minus
YESTERDAY This congress, the first ever
placed ~ Vienna, was relied upon to in
t"rcst S'dVs iu the movement FOR an end
20 war The SLAVE have hitherto been
backward about ndorsiuG International
peace, In spite % Car Nicholas father
ship ~ the Hague conventions.
Count Albert Apponyi the Hungarian
peace leader was to have played host
10 the congress and the members were
TO have wound NJ their meetings, din
ncrs and discussions with . pleasant river
Journey down the Danube from Vienna
to Budapest Their sessions were 10 have
been held in e.. Parliamentary buildings
At Vienna. Tho were to have discussed
plans for the third Hague conference. duo
next May Franco German relations, the
economic effect Of ornaments and the
consequences Of the Balkan wars Nearly
every Official OF Importance In Austria
Hungary was to have taken some part
IN the congIess obviously, these on
cials will be too busy for some time
to come 70 help forward tho peace cause.
An added misfortune, In the eyes OF
the peace lovers, is that the congress
would have been something in the ma
tur@ % a memor al to Baroness Won SUIT
ner This foremost worker for peace was
n rave been the heroine ~ the con-
gross her death was a great blow. but
made u possible 70 honor her IN he'
nome hN a meeting or N'Ilu 'l'iH'H>
row even that : made impossible.
Some well known Americans who have
tust arrived abroad for the peace
congress will probably be starting home
again in day Or two. The Rev Fred
oriok Lynch, y cholas Murray Butler
David starr Jordan, Oscar Straus, JohT
Bates Clark, all OF New York except Or
Jordan: Mr. and Mrs. Edwin n Mead
and Dr. James l.. Tryon Of Boston, Ar
thur Deerin Call Of Washington and Mr.
and Mrs Louis p Lochner Of chicago
~ are in Europe and they went ovel
either expressly for the congress or VIII
,he intention to attend II. Samuel !
button expected 20 sail from here OF
MONDAY headed for Vienna, ana Mrs
Elmer Black ana Mrs. Belva LOCKWOOD
rere looked for TO be present at the con
yress
The International peace congress sched
Ned for Rome IN 1917 had TO be can
rsled at great loss because or IN
rtelo-Turksh war. The time IS too short
Il was thought .esterday, 70 retrieve I'M
years congress by holding II elsewher
than in Nienns