The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-22
Say Their Mission Was Won
derful Success and All Fore
see Good Results.

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sions OF peace and humanity within a
few miles Of the mtghtiest OF European
battlehelds landed yesterday from the
Holland-America liner Ryndam. They
were American delegates to the Inter-
national Congress OF Women, which met
at The Hague. Holland. on April IS, -
and 80.
"Our mission a failureT' they ex-
claimed astonished At an inquiry. No.
II was the mightiest and most wonder
full manifestation OF the solidarity .:
womankind outside of national lines that
ever has been seen
There were no racial lines. there was
no national a~ntagonism. Broad minded
German women OF culture sat ny tn.
side OF their English sisters and were
the first to welcome the little delegation
from stricken Belgium. Side by side
they voted that the right OF conquest ne
not recognized.
That the congress will have a spiritual
rather than a direct material effect at
present was the belief Of most OF the
delegates.
Among the delegates who arrived on
the Ryndam were Miss y. Evelyn New
man. New York Mrs. Louis +. Post.
Washington Mrs. Elizabeth Glerdower
tsNtllS. ItNlbl . "sNN ~ $3.50
New York Mrs Mary {. Percy, New
York Miss Florence Raymond. WASH
ington Miss Fannie W. Smith. Newark
Mrs. William /. Thomas. Chicago Miss
Anne wilmington Of Sewburyport. Mass
Miss Florence Holbrook, Chicago, Mrs
julius Loeb. Chicago, Miss Annie H.
Mallory, Boston. =,
Eve did not EXPECT to stop the war.
said Miss Newman. but we did want 20
demonstrate that the women OF the world
can stand together on a common basis
OF humanity. even II the men cannot
What a magnificent thing II is TO thint
that the women of sixteen countries could
meet when the world Is torn by the
greatest war in history. II is a splendid
thing, a mighty effort toward the realiza-
tion OF that supposed Utopia OF Inter
n%ationallsm. and l do not see how people
can belittle H."
Held Up by Britiah.
The American delegation came near
not getting to the congress In time.
The Noordam. on which they sailed
from New York on April -. was held
up of Dover by the British patrol on
April 90. 1t was April 26 before ai'er
two German stowaways had been taken
from the Noordam. she was allowed TO
proceed. -.
They were met at Rotterdam by
a band and committee from the
congress and sent on TO the Hague
at once. At the first session OF
the CONGRESS Miss Jane Adams OF chi
cago was elected president. ana inc
Difference paid to her was "A source OF
great qualification to the Americans
The influence OF the war was soor
seen in the big assembly hall OF the Zoo
logical Gardens, where the meetings were
held. There were no women from Rus'
STA and none from France, the Frencr
Government having withheld permission
for them TO attend. OF the $50 Englisf
delegates. only three arrived, as passen'
ger service with Holland was cut Oh
the Sunday before the congress met.
But. although no women came IRON
France letters OF sympathy from wom2r
there poured In. So many letters ane
kilograms came hat they filled a large
trunk, making what Miss Adams caiIe1
"a cross section OF the feeling or tn'
world" Many OF them will be printed
In the report. There were sixteen ma
tionalities represented. and eleven ma
lions were represented on tue 'h'e'"a
The principal resolutions adopted b,
the congress are:
That no territory should be Transferred
without the consent of the men an'
women in it, ana that the right or con
auest should not be recognized.
That autonomy and a democratic par
lament should not be refused 10 an
people. -.,
That the governments OF all nation
should come to an agreement TO refe
future international disputes to arbitra
tIon or conciliation and to bring social
moral and economic pressure TO pea
. upon any country which resorts 10 arms
That foreign policies should be sus
tect 10 democratic control.
That women should he granted equa
, political rights with men.
} The Suffrage Question.
: The suffrage question was necessarily
the one on which most OF the other
. were built. Miss Newman said. becaus
the principle of democracy on whicl
|, thew based all their work they believed
!, m rest on the equality OF men an'
women. Absolute democracy and equa
rights were the watchwords or tn
ongress. =.
Although the congress- was heid .
demand lasting peace, IT based It's de
Uberations on the fact that war exist
and merely suggested steps toward dis
arma ment. Its resolution on MAJ SUB
ject said
..Ths International Congress o
: Women, advocating universal disarma
: ment and reaiixinG that II can only b
secured By international agreement