Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-15
MOTHERS CONGRESS
 OPENS ITS SESSION
 IN CITY OF PORTLAND
President of Congress Appeals for the Education of the Child in Principles Which Will lnstill Peace in Its Mind.

TCaS or turOpe naS largely inCreas-
 d the activities of the National Con.
 ress of MOnthers and Parent-Teacher Associations, according to the report if the organizations president, Mrs.
 'rederic Schon of Philadelphia which
 as presented to the convention here
 odey A plea for the education of
 hildren in principles which lie at the
 oundation of world peace" and a re.
 jew Of the work and needs of the
 rganizations were included in the re. port.
 Never in the worlds history have he claims of childhood taken so great hold on the hearts Of the people as
 )day," said Mrs. Schofi with daily thousands Of actual and possible faith
 rs. leaving hundreds oi thousands or
 hildren Co grow up without guidance
 nd care of a father. leaving mothers
 urdened Nby sorrow and want and
 gCing conditions more terrible than an be described-the hearts of Amer
 an mothers are touched with a sym.
 athy that has shown by deeds how
 eartfelt it is. And in giving the ma
 srial help, the mother heart of Amer ga has recognized no antag0nisr Of
 Ice or nature. but has eagerly, gem
 .ously met the needs of mothers ana
 hildren without distinction or differ nee.
 The national board sent out an ap-
 eal for money and clothing in Sep.
 mber. 1914 With the money given,
 our and condensed milk were pur-
 lased Cooperating with the Bel
 -an Relief Commission much help
 as given to the sufferers in Belgium
 y the Congress.
 Scarcely a week has passed that eQuests have not been received 60
 nite with some movement Co bring bout peace. The executive board in- tructed the secretary to write Go resident Wilson expressing conh- .ence that at the earliest moment pos ible he will use the influence of the
 nited States to mediate, and aid in ,djusting the differences. The board ook this course in the belief that it g the function of the Goyernmen to io this and hat it is the desire of the government to do it. and that the resident has inside information and 5ill know when mediation is feasible. Meantime. the many movements to Jromote peace are assurances of uni .ersal desire for it'
 The principles which lie at the oundation of world peace were out med in the report as follows
 Love to God and love Of neishhor must become tine ahimatius force O. governments as well as citizens
 Greed for more territory power owe ol rule, personal and national ag- randizemcnt are the underlyne auses of war Too great power vest d in a few who are not accountable O the people hes been a coutribut ng cause.
 "The lessons Of the war that should sink into .ha hearts Of fathers and mothers and teachers are the need for teaching children the Golden Rule as applied to life
 Another lesson is to resist persist entity every effort to bring militarism nto the United States"
 The report decried bills presented m several legislatures to make mili- tary training compulsory for school boys. These measures were charaC- terized as sowing the seeds of war and Mrs. Schon added
 with all the power of organized thees il-considered ei- forts to graft on our country a system which has been ono Of the coutribut- ing causes of this world war. should De resisted"
 As a remedy for war-likc tendencies tLe report suggests:
 Through the schools by training boys to truer ideals oi hcroism than war and wholesale carnage, by striy- ins to show children chat a nations real history is written by the achieve ments of science art, moral and spir- Itual development manufactures and education. the coming generation may avoid the strife which is raging now and whose effects win not cease to be felt by generations unborn Hundreds of thousands of orphaned children are the saddest wreckase left hy Che wars and for years to come there will be everything tO do for them.
 "The spirit of the Congress -of Mothers must brood over thase little ones, must reach ou to Che mothers Of every one of the stricken nations and by every means possible lead them To unite in measures that will wipe out milltarism. that will 8ubsti- .ute in its place justice for the rights of others
 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 Ms. ! schon is director of thc home educa- ! ion division It was stated that one DO the pamphlets issued, dealing with 1 methods of orgmizing parenteachors | had met with such de- nand that two editions of 10000 each | had been published
 New state branches of the congress- ! were reported in Maryland Minneso- |