The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27

Woman's Peace Party and others as sembled in Washington, urge that the President of the United States, the head of one of the principal neutral countries of the world, call upon the other neutral nations to appoint rep resentatives to assemble in conference for constant mediation. without arm istice, and dedicated to finding a just settlement of this conflict.
 The delegates who went to the White House were Mime. Schrimmer and Mrs. Snowden. Jane Addams of Chicago, also a delegate from The Hague Congress, was unable to ad- dress the mass meeting, because she was called to a meeting in Michigan at the request of Governor Ferris Miss Addams went to New Hampshire last summed to appeal to the Pres1- dent to initiate movement for a peace conference and received the answer that the time was not yet ripe.
 Encouraged by President.
 After their conference with PreTi- dent Wilson yesterday afternoon the two delegates expressed a, strong hope that the President would act aff1rma- lively in movement for peace
 Were you encouraged by what the President said ?'' they were asked as they left the White House.
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 ''I have had no feeling but discour- agement in America until now, and now I am optinistic,'' said Mime. Schwimmer.
 The interview with the President lasted nearly an hour. Outside during it's progress, a gathering of men and women from the mass meeting waited, in moral support of the appeal. The delegates laid before the President what he frankly said was wholly new information. They told him that the people in every country at war de- sired peace, and that but for censor news of the peace movement in the warning countries the American people would realize how strong was the de- mand for peace. This was the first point emphasized by the delegates.
 Mrs. Snowden, whose husband is a. labor member of the British Parlia- ment, told the President that strong peace speeches had been made in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, news reports of which never had reached the United States. She said bhat hundreds of thousands of people in England were ~memb CTS of peace societies. Mrs. Snowden and ment that so strong and rapid was the growth of peace demands in Eu- rope that unless some practical step toward peace were taken soon the people would rise and seek relief in their own way.
 Emphasis was laid upon the inter pretation in Europe of the attitude of public opinion in the United States toward the war.
 ttOur people, said Mrs Snowden, think America wants the war to go on because Americans are making money out of it.. We who are here know this is not true. But, alas, how truth if you do not manifest a desire to aid in the movement for peace and cease this awful world murder?''
 Did Not Say ssYes'' or t'No.''
 The President, it was asserted after the conference. showed earnest and alert sympathy and gave assurance that he would be heard from at the suitable time.
 "Did he say Yes or No as to whether he would appoint dele gate to the proposed conference from the neutral countries at The Hague ?'' was asked.
 ''He did not,'' replied both delegates in unison. It is understood that there were laid before the President mum erous representations and certain documentary evidence of the reputed willingness of the bel1igerent coun- tries to accept without objection a peace conference at The Hague It was explained that there was to be no official character bestowed upon this conference; that it was simply, to continue, without any armistice un- til some suitable plan was advanced whereby an acceptable peace might be suggested by the principal bellt- gerents.