Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-29
Forty-Two Delegates from the
United States, Held Tn in
Passage, Arrive in Time to
Take Part.
WOULD END WORLD WAR
Nations in Conflict ard Those
at Peace Are Represented
Mrs. Fanny Fern Andrews of
Boston Asserts Women Can
Bring about Peace.

The Hague via London, April 27.-Forty-
two delegates from the United States
to the International Womens Peace Con-
gress. who had been held up on the
steamer Noordam because Of Great Brit
aims order stopping traffic to Holland
arrived here to-day.
The delegates reached The Hague in
time for the opening meeting of the Con-
gress tonight. at which an earnest de-
sire to bring the worlds war to a con
clusion and insure a durable peace was
strongly expressed by the delegates be-
longing to both beligerent and neutral
nations.
Besides the $50 Dutch delegates the
gathering, which was presided over by
Aletta Jacobs comprised 81 women from
America, three from Austria, nine from
Denmark. five from Belgium (vho ar
rived by special permission of the Ger
man military authorities. nine from
Hungary, Il from Sweden, Is from Nor
way, Il from Germany, two from Great
Britain and one each from Chile, Ar
meuia, Italy and Canada.
Stirring addresses Of greeting We're de
lvcred by Anita Augsburg of Munich
Madame Tubiere of Denmark, RATHER
inc Courtney of London. OLGA Misar of
Vienna, Anna Kleman of Stockholm, Mrs
Fanny Fern Andrews of Boston. Wilma
Glcuevlllich of Budapest Rose Gonon of
Milan. DR.. Keilkau of Norway and Mia
Boissovain of Amsterdam.
ALL ARE SISTERS FOR PEACE.
y thrill seemed to stir the audience as
the women of the various nations uttered
sympathetic references to the sorrows
and hardships of their sisters DIR. Anita
AugspurG aroused the enthusiasm of the
delegates when she declared that woman
~ feelings We're above all race hatreds
and that the German women stretched
out their hands for friendship and inter
national love. Miss Courtney of England
reciprocated with the assurance that
English women recognized the women Of
other nations as sisters and We're heartily
thankful to the neutral nations for call
ing the gathering. declaring that all
women In their hearts wished for peace.
This was the first time when tho wom-
en- of the world rs an orga nized body
had been in n position to make them
selves heard I'm an effort to bring the
great war to an end, Miss Courtney con-
tlnucd and the women Were now going
to say what they thought of the war,
not as nationals, but as women
Olga Mlsar of Vienna also disparagod
race hatred, saying the women should
help each other with sympathy and
cndeavor to end tho Wara war which
the women had not sought bat which
had caused them great suffering.
AMERICAN WOMEN \ UNIT.
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had she such faith in the power of women
to effect a great purpose Every woman
in the United States. she declared,
sympathized with the objects Of the con-
gress.
Wilma Gluecklich, one of the Hunga ran
delegates, argued that women would not
be worthy of their coming franchis,"
unless they proved that they were doing
something to abolish the war.
An address which held her auditors
spell bound was delivered by Signorina
Genoli, the sole Italian delegate.
Speaking in French and wHh great
earnestness she said she saw the hor-
rors of war impending in Italy. The
men. who We're starving because of the
stoppage of trade. demanded to be sent
to the front to fight, where they would
Even the Italian Peace society had de-
clared in favor OF war. But the women
of Italy were praying against such a
Detailing them.
Dozens of messages from every coun-
try except Belgium were read by DIR.
BoisseVain.
DR. Aletta Jacobs in her speech Of
welcome said:
I'VE who convened this congress
never called it peace congress, but
m International congress of women to
protest against the war and to discuss
ways and means by which war shall
become an impossibility In the future"
Dr. Jacobs added that one of tho
most powerful means to attain this end
would be the Introduction of woman
suffrage in all countries
The congress was held in the Zoo
logical Gardens.