New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-13
DELEGATES
TO FLY CITY FLAG
Women Sail Today f.,
The Hague with En-.
blem at Mainmast.
$50 AT DINNER
FOR 40 WHO Go
Miss Wald Leaves Dessert u
Seek Flag and Mayor
Ends Search.

The peace flag Of the City Of W.
York will H. from the mammal :,
the Holland-America liner NoO,s..
when she sails at noon to-day. csrrv,,.
forty women who arr going as d.,
gates TO the lnternatic =. Money
Conference - the Hague. Ma.
Mitchell handed il 20 Miss Lill'ssh
Wald last night.
Miss Wald left her dessert AT the A..
peace dinner at the Fifth Aycnue p.,
taurant on a hurry-up hunt for A asv
She hadn't reported before the yzths,
ing broke up, and Miss Jane Ada,
and the other delegates went ava
fearing that one couldn't be proeu,sy
II was only late yesterday afteruoo,
that permission 20 carry peace s,v
was telegraphed from Washington. ~
permission was unofficial al that. bs,
the delegates decided 70 take il.
THE Hol!and-America Line VI.
perfectly willing 20 have US put I'd a.
peace flag" Miss Adams said. "Bu.
! was afraid 20 do 10 without the ec,.
sent of our government I didn't snor
what peace flag might do on "A.
high seas. So we wired 20 Washing.
ton. Il took several kilograms befor,
we were satisfied, but this answer
finally came from Robert Lansing. o.
the State Department. through Benton
Mackaye. who went 20 see him for Us.
"Oficially, the United States car
say nothing. as it is a foreign ship.
But hv ahead
Miss Wald may have 70 make
flag, but we shall get one somehoE,
and hy ahead
Miss Adams had reached her ho,sl
when the news came 20 her that Mayo'
Mitchell had stepped into the breach.
The dinner for Miss Adams and Ii.
other delegates was said 20 be the
largest dinner ever given by women IN
New York City There were 80 o.
them and a few men. a, the SPEAK.
crs' table were thlrty-Uve women. all
delegates except Mrs. Amos PinchoL
president of the WomeH's Peace Party,
who presided. and Mrs. Henry Willard
the veteran worker for world peace
Besides Miss Adams. Mrs. Pincho, and
Mrs. Willard, the women al this table
were:
Mrs. Pethrick Lawrence. the English
suffragist: from New Icrs. Miss Alice
CARPENTER. Mis- Mary Chamberlain
Mrs. Frank Cothren. Miss Madeline 3
Dotv and Miss LcOnOra O'Rei.iy who
will represent the Women's Trade Uniol
League; Mrs. George Rutlee. Of Wash
ington; Miss SophonIsoa Breckenridge
of Chicago; Miss Grace Abbott Dr.
Alice Hamilton, Miss Reoecca Shelly
Miss Grace Wales. Of the University Of
Wisconsin: Mrs. Napieralsky, Of Chi
cago; Miss Grace De Graf Of Portland
ore: Mrs. Kohlh.mmer Miss NcNu.-
ian. Mrs. a. Khnghagen, Nine, Ano
Malmberg. member o. the Finnish Par
lament. who has been lectgring m ms
country; Mrs. Marian Craig Wentworth
author of "War Brides; Mrs. LOUIS
Post. Miss Annie Molloy. Of Bosion
representing the Telephone Operate"
Union. and Mrs.. Rose French Of Sah
Francisco.
Miss Adams in her speech declared
il was quite possible that the delegates
would never reach The Hague.
THE ship may be in.elned M SOM.
harbor. and never reach Rotterdam
she said The delegates quite reaiiLs
that our going l. ATTENDED oy some
danger. but what Of that am sure
there is not woman who Is not napp!
to take the risk in the cause OF peace
"Of course. We do not expect 70 SOP
the war. The most we can nope is
tina. we may perhaps be the entering
wedge Of movement toward iu'ufe
neace. Conditions IN Europe NO" are
B somewhat as they are Do strikes some
times. Neither side dares say F" y
ready for peace. lest u be tholgn'
cowardly. But we women, gong as
the representatives Of no. government
free 10 say what We wI- may s'ilA'
a note Of peace iu time Nnen ever.
body is hypnotized by the war spir1l~~.
Miss Adams added ina iooLls-
things might be said ""',r 800 Wohiell
all talking together but she taa ia.D
that wisdom would evolve out oi IT.
She didn't appear 20 attach muC" ,..
portance 10 the fac, that Colohe
Roosevelt has said that Tho wome'
could use their energy better thar u
organizing peace conferences: C ,,l,
noI Roosevelt and 7 never did 'hl9'
alike about peace and war; she w
served. ... .,
She insisted that j, was best not :.
call this peace conference. Ls' =.
call it simply The women conference i. :.
she said. Then We shall. be ir'e "
talk Of what we will -,
Nine. Malmherg spoke few wor g'
and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence also m'''
a speech. H.. 4.vs
April %. 29 and 80. There WI! ?, ~
women there from all European 'Os on,
tries except Russia. FINLAND a. -,
France. The Russians canno. -.
passports. and the French goFerI ..l.' !,
II is said. will not allow us "on'e" ~
take mart i'm ans effort for peace. -,
Miss Adams will preside over ~ =,
conference. and Nine. Ros'aa Sca~.I .,
mer. the Hungarian suhrae''' ,, ~s.
sailed from this country .a,t we" Mi
with eight American delesa,e'' VI"