Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-15

felt it is. And in giving the material
help, the mother heart of America has
recognized no antagonism of race or
nature, but has eagerly, generously
met the needs Of mothers and children
without distinction or difference.
Appeal for Money.
"The national board sent out an APP
peal for money and clothing in Sep
|tcmbcr, 1914. With the money given,
flour and condensed milk were pur-
chased. Cooperating with the Be-
sian Relief Commission, much help
was given to the sufferers in Belgium
by the Congress.
"Scarcely a week has passed that
requests have not been received to
unite with some movement to bring
about peace. The executive board III
StruCted hot secretary to write to
President Wilson expressing conf
dcncc that al the CarliSt moment pos
3ihlc he will use the influence OF the
United States to mediate, and aid i'll
adjusting the differences. Tho board
took this course in the belief that 1t
is the function Of the Government to
do this and that it is the desire OF the
government to do it, and that the Pres
idcnt has inside information n Will
know when mediation is feasible.
Meantime, the many movements to
versal desire for it.
The "principlcs which lie at the
foundation of world peace were out
lined in the report as follows:
love to God and love Of neiGhbor
must become the maintaining force OF
governments as well as citizens.
Greed for Territory.
Greed for more territory, power,
love Of rule, personal and national aS-
g~randizcment are the underlying aus
cs of war. Too great power vested in
a few who are not accountable to the
people has been a contributing cause.
"The lessons of the war that should
sink into the hearts Of fathers and
mothers and teachers are the need
for teaching children the Golden kule
as applied to life.
AuOlucl icoSOA Is " lColoI PSi'"'
emily every effort to bring militarlsm
into the United States"
The report decried bills presented
in several legislatures to make mill
tary training compulsory for school
boys. These measures were charact-
cried as Sowing the seeds OF a
and Mrs. Schoff added:
with all the power Of organized
motherhood, these ill-considered ef-
forts to graft on our country a system
which has been n OF the contribute
ing causes Of this world war, should
be requested"
Suggests Remedy.
AS a remedy for war-like tendencies
the report suggests:
Through the schools, by training
boys to truer ideals Of heroism than
war and wholesale carnage, by striv-
ing to show children that a nations
real history is written by the achieve
of science, art, moral and splr-
itual development, manufactures and
education, the coming generation may
avoid the strife which is raging now
and whose effects will not cease to be
felt by generations unborn. Hundreds
of thousands of orphaned children are
the saddest wreckage left by the wars
and for years to come there will be
everything to do for them.
"'rhc spirit of the Congress OF Moth
crs must brood over these little ones,
must reach out to the mothers OF
every one of the stricken nations ard
by every means possible lead them to
unite in measures that will wipe out
militarism, that will substitute in its
place justice for the rights of otllers.'
The report took up the routine
work Of the organization, laying stress
among other things, upon the efforts
at cooperation with the federal bu-
reau of education, of which Mrs.
Scholf is director of the home cduca-
ton division. It was stated that n
of the pamphlets issued, dealing with
methods Of organizing parcnt-teachers
associations, had met with such de-
mand that two editions of 10000 each
had been published.
New state branches of the congress
we're reported in Maryland, Minnesota,
Montana and North and South Dakota.
The editorial work of the organization
included a magazine, a year book and
publication of various reports and
pamphlets.
OF Child welfare ~legislation,' the
report said: "The congress should
have a national chairman of legisla-
ton who could be employed year after
year in keeping in touch with every
legislative measure that affects chill
dren, wise enough to discriminate as
to the acts that are introduced for
good motives but which for various
causes would not be constitutional or
would, on careful study, entail harm
full results, Women of this character