Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-06
MISS JANE adams
BACK FROM EUROPE
Head of Women's Peace Congress
at The Hague Says Warning Ma
tons Ready to Negotiate.
NEUTRA1s MUST TAKE LEAD

NEW YORK. July 5.--Miss Jane
Adams. chairman OF the Gnterna
tional Congress Of Women for Peace
that met at The Hague in April last
and who headed the delegations ap.
pointed at the conference 10 visit the
various countries on a peace mission
arrived today on the steamship St
Louis from Liverpool.
Miss Adams declared the people Of the
warning nations were In a mood TO con
slider peace terms but that negotiations
must come from neutrals and the longer
they were delayed the harder would be
the task Of restoring peace. Since tho ad-
Journment OF the conference with other
delegates she visited most Of the coun-
tries at war. and talked with leading
civil and military officials and sounded
each on the prospects OF peace.
The nations at war" Miss Adams
said. have no choice but TO go on. No
negotiations can now be suggested by
my Of them without giving the appear
ance OF weakness and none OF the ma
lions as yet feels IN the slightest but
that its cause can and must succeed
Every day that peace negotiations are
delayed will make terms OF peace just
that much harder The heavy toll OF life
and the expenditure OF treasure mean
that the people will expect Just that
much more consideration for their hgree-
nent 90 end the war. What will be the
outcome and what nation or nations will
be the mediatlve forces cannot be told
at this time. despite the fact that i
found everywhere a spirit OF anxiety
among the people 20 stop the war.
I'm every country at war there are
Two parties, civil and military. Members
bf the civil party are patriotic and the
military party IL naturally in control. The
sentiment for peace carries with It the
nuestion Of accession or giving up OF
territory. There IL some feeling In Ger
many that Belgium might be given up
In return for concessions OF territory IN
the Congo. In France there IN the desire
for the restoration of Alsace and Lor-
taine."
Thousand KILLED Each Hour.
The people in all the countries are
beginning TO realize the frightfulness OF
the slaughter. was told by an officer
who had served on the western front
that sven on days when an engagement
was not on the loss was fully 1900 lives
every twenty-four Yourselves taken by
sharp shooting. by firing from advanced
trenches and By dropping bombs from
air craft. On the days when an actual
engagement IL In progress. the loss OF
life 30 far can only be estimated.
What country could or would take
the lead IN peace negotiations Miss Ad-
dams could not say. While America. shS
said. was recognized as the strongest Of
the neutrais. IN Germany there was re
sentiment. owing TO sale Of arms and
ammunition 20 the allies. In France
she said. she found resentment becaus'
the United States had not made forma
protest over the invasion OF Belgium
in Germany. however. she found amonI
officials, abe said. an acknowledged
that the United States was acting who'll!
within It's rights. Minister Won Jagov
himself told her. she declared. that IN,
United States had a legal as well as
moral right 70 sell arms and ammuni
ton to whom II chose.
Visits Four Capitals.
After the conference al The Hagu
had closed. Miss Adams said. II wa
decided TO send commissions to both bel
ligerent and neutral countries. Repre-
sentatives from neutral nations went L
the beiigerents and Representatives fror
belligerents TO the neutrals Miss Ad
dams headed the party that visited Ems
land. France. Austria and Italy. In a
countries she was received courteously.
On June she was In Rome and wa
granted n half hours audience with IN
pope. THE pope was very nice to us.
said Mas Adams. HE said that h
realized that women had a great paI
10 play In the restoration OF peace an
he added that the vatican stood ready I
cooperate and unite with any move lool
ing toward that end. He was very cat
itious In his statements. however. wit
respect TO neutrality and nothing that h
said could be construed to favor an
sida"
War Babtes Question ExaEEerateS
Miss Adams said that while In LoI
don she investigated the question ,
this was a matter that had been great
war babies." She said she found tn.
exaggerated.
~.f@N@e~ANN NAAaA vi AVAohAutenN nd
been arranged for her with Presidei
Wilson. Miss Adams expressed herse
a. honored and said she would probab
go 10 Washington next week. She "a
she would tell President Wilson VIII
she had observed. but declined TO "a
whether she would make any sugEe
tionA
IL was announced that Miss Addan
would make her first public address {
her European observations at a pea
meeting at Carnegie hall July . N
meeting having been arranged by q
peace societies
Mas Adams was met at the pier
about forty women. representing seve
teen peace societies.
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