Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-23
AMERICAN WOMEN IN
 WAR RELIEF WORK
 TOWERS OF STRENGTH

GENEVA. April 22.-me "W9rld Union of Women recently founded here by Mrs Clara Guthrie Cooke of | New Orleans daughter of the late Judge E. J Merrick. chief justice of Louisiana, is receing support and members from all parts of the world
 The Union, established upon the |. common basis Of womauly compas- ' sion which We shall endeavor to maui- ] fest justly in rational thought and act.' has issued the following address ! to American women.
 "WOMEN OF AMERICAN.
 You have been tower of strength Co persecuted and desolated victims of the frightful catastrophe which has overtaken Europe In a grea twave Of sympathy you have equipped ships Of mercy with food and clothing and you have giEeu nobly while the world has regarded you with admiration
 But there exists now vaster question-a more important need. which the women of Europe call upon you to help them solve. It is the con. structiOu of the means Co prevent the possibility of a recurrence of the cruel events through which we are force to live.
 This problem is unfortunately much more complicated and difficult one when seen at close range. from the very center of the storm. than when viewed from across the ocean. We are hampered here in Europe by- wide divergence of mentality of age. old traditions and by the existing chaos from which you in America do uot suffer We listen with adniira- tion Co the splendid. precise and de- Unite programs which your Peace parties have been able to draw uu. but We acknowledge sadly that under the circumstances surrounding us on the European continent they would be Impossible for us 10 adopt.
 And yet peace must be prepared and the women of Europe must under. take this preparation here. But they must do it in their own way and in accord with the many different men talities oi the many respective ma. tions. lt is one thing to desire peace and another to get it
 'Out program may therefore seem Co you very simple, almost rudimen- ! tary. possible lacking in decision and in boldness But if you will think of it lt is ia reality a very cOurageous thing which we have undertaken. to declare war against war amongst peo- { pie who are under the spell Of tbe 9lories Of militarism. to spread inc doctrine of fraternal love and indul- ] sence where human hate is rampant | to work for internationalism among those whose souls are aname with national patriotism; to teach the value of individual effort when indi. vdual right has never been al SO great a discount. Is it not a great . brave task and one from which unit . ed womanhood is peculiarly fitted?
 There are many thing which we believe in. which we could not incor-i porate in our program because we ! must first unite upon a basis of hu- mamty and not of human opinions.
 We are therefore starting out in a ruined world, content to begin hum bly preparing the ground and sowing the seeds of peace, Co try and conter. . act the evil which makes war possi- l ble. and to suppress the frightful bit . terness which as the inevitable af l termath of war does more than aught | else be impede mutual progress. We are content to begin humbly at the | bottom because we believe that it is ! the only beginning possible to us, but we expect step by step to arrive l together al a wise understanding of | the deep and mysterious causes of war and comprehension of what is necessary to establish and maintain peace We expect to cooperate in . realization which shall grant mdiyl, dual rights and national rights and shall make of the Palace of Peace (uow closed and naked in an the beauty of its inspiration a temple or justice where national difference shall be arbitrated by an international tribunal to whose decisions an man kind shall bow We believe that United Womanhood holds the key and the power that we must learn togeth- CT how to use them"