New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-31
$4,000 FOR PEACE
ATW.P.U. MEETING
Great Reception Given to
Mrs. PethiCk Lawrence
in Carnegie Hall.
WOMEN OF WORLD IN
LEAGUE TO END WAR
Gov. Glynn Drops In at Gather
ing. Which Applauds Appeal
of English Suffragette

IL is 10 this country that Mrs. Peth-
lex Lawrence, the British suffragette,
looks 10 lead the world in her peace
movement She brought this message
to mass meeting of the Women's Pc
litical Union at Carnegie Hall last
night
The message, coupled with the cause
Of woman's suffrage bore its fruit, for
following an appeal by Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Blatch, "A collection Of $4,000
was taken up. II was announced that
$4,000 of it had been contributed by
an anonymous donor.
The keynote of the meeting was
woman's work in stopping war-not
alone stopping the present European
war, but preventing others. Behind the
women on the platform hung a great
placard bearing a message from Olive
Schreiner, and Mrs Lawrence read an
other from the novelist, which ran:
IF the women OF America start an
International Woman's Peace Society |
shall do all that lies in my power to
assist in Europe or South Africa. II
should BE- a society in which all women
Of all races on earth should equally
find their place II should overstep
the miserable little bounds of national
ity and race which lie at the root Of
the worlds evil and war to-day. It's
watchword should be humanity"
Governor Glynn Looks On.
Mrs. Lawrence, dressed in a semi
Eastern costume, with plenty of scar
let, vivid green and brown fur. and a
black lace scarf, trimmed with gold
embroidery, started out to paint a
picture of some OF London's wartime
scenes, when Governor Glynn suddenly
appeared and was GREETED by the same
girls drum corps that had welcomed
the Engtishwoman 20 the platform.
The Governor fingered but a few
minutes.
America has three especial quail
fcations for this task" said Mrs. Law
renee. "She is the only great indie
pendent nation, untrammelled by tradI-
tons OF the past and deliberately set
with her face to the future. She has
settled within her own borders the
difficult question Of racial distinction.
She has secured harmony and order
with liberty for the nationalities within
her boundaries. She has TO some eX-
tent absorbed into her national and po-
litical wife the point of view ow women"
The British suffragette said there
were two ways in which she wished TO
see this country influence public opin-
ion. First, by sending such a great
national guardian of human life as
Miss Jane Adams or Miss Lillian
Wald" to sit side by side with man
representative at The Hague; second,
that the United States suggest that
the women of Alsace and Lorraine be
allowed to vote, along with the men,
when the war is done, on what flag
they shall live beneath in the future.
America has great part TO play IN
the new future she said. "She alone
can unite Italy and the neutral nations
of Europe in the effort TO limit the
sphere Of the present conflict, and at
the first opportunty 10 arbitrate for
peace. Don't be deferred by the plea
that the time for peace is not yet For
more than twenty years of peace, the
nations Of Europe have been preparing
for war Not minute is TO be lost at
this time of war in preparing for
peace 1t must be a peace when IL
comes that will terminate this war as
civilized world. If it were not for that
hope. what would be the good of liv-
ing"
4 Uhlan's Wife's Letter.
Mrs. Lawrence gave many illustra-
tions. painted in colorful words,
of the actual sorrow of the war. None
produced deeper effect than the story
Of the letter found inside the tunic Of
a dead German Uhlan. His wife had
written TO him:
MY dearest Heart: Wher the little
ones have said their prayers and prayed
for their dear father. and have gone TO
bed, | sit and think of thee, my love.
! think of the old days when We were
betrothed, and | think of all our happy
married life. Oh, Ludwig, beloved Of
my soul, Why are people fighting each
other? | cannot think that God would
wish it,"
Charlotte Perkins Gilman also spoke
Oh the cause Of peace, saying:
up 20 now the world has been run
o. the scheme Of combat. But there's
a greater thought than that growth"
Miss Alberta Hill asked for volun-
tecrs to watch at the polls on Flee
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