New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-12
Delegates to the Recent Congress
Maintain That the Results Of
Their Efforts Will BE Far
Reaching and Per-
TnaMGNG.

and as result women will command greater
respect. These things seem small in America,
bu, if you could see it with a European eye!
Europe was engulfed in the hopeless dark and
cur congress came like beautiful light
One of our resolutions was that we should
present plea TO belligerent governments and
TO the United States. asking that conference
Of neutral nations be called to offer continuous
mediation of peace" explained Miss Mac
MILAN.
Previously, mediation has been Of different
type Roosevelt mediated with Japan, Sir Ed
ward Grey with the Balkans, but our idea is TO
offer continuous mediation for possible terms
of peace. If you lay your peace on terms OF
conquest, you lay ingredients for future wars.
But we ask that mediation be not on terms of
conquest. We ask that no country be refused
4 democratic parliament when It wishes II. We
ask that people have rore 70 say in regard to
democratic control OF foreign politics. We ask
that women &c consulted These we feel, ere
fundamental principles trat should underlie any
peace movement.
We founded therefore, at our congress- an
International Committee of Women for Perma-
nent Peace. OF this, Jane Adams is chairman,
DR.. Aletta Jacobs and Nine. Schwimmer
vcc-chairmen; Rose Manus and J. c. Van
Lanschot Hubrecht assistant secretary and
treasurer. and am secretary.
we have two objects: 70 insure that an IN
ternational congress Of women be held in the
same place and at the sl.1c tinle as the official
conference for the purpose Of making practical
proposals to the conference; and TO organize
support for the resolutions passed by the m
tcrnatonal congress of women, which include
support of the extension of the parliamentary
franchise to women and the settlement OF
international disputes by peaceful means.
This committee is having wonderful success.
In the United Kingdom the women who could
not GO to The Hague met and passed the sam
resolutions as were passed there; and we ar
TO have a conference this autumn with vie'
towards forming an organization.
In Holland they are forming an organza-
ton. There has been considerable progress IN
France. German women have formed com
mittee and have but recently sent petitions
against annexation to the Reichstag. Hungary
has formed a committee of nearly 1000 me!i-
bers When YOU take into consideration the
difficulties that Eeset such organizations IN Del
ligsrent countries, you must realize what
remarkable beginning is this.
AS for the Swedish women, they have had
wonderful demonstrations to express their
sympathy with the peace congress. On one
occasion mere than $1,000 women met in 343
different places, all on the same day, and
rassed the same resolutions.
In America, the Women's Peace Party, or
ganized before the Congress, will carry on the
ideals we are promulgating. Does it not seem,
then that we have accomplished something
The women who are not pacifsts'' prophe'
sled Mime. Schwimmer, will become IN
nur1ber fewer and fewer. Most women have
had in rhe.r hearts the sentiments which we
are irving 20 make universal But these senu-
rcnts were against the established precedent
and each one was afraid to harbor them tor
fear she would be thought fool. Now that
some ore has dared take the first step, 1t Is
onlv question of time until none Will be
afraid TO follow"