The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27
Suffering of Orphan
Children in Europe
Being Relieved By
Congress of Mothers


of mothers and children in the war
areas of Europe has largely increas-
ed the activities of the National
Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations, according to |
the report of the organization
president, Mrs. Frederick Schoff OF
Philadelphia, which was presented
to convention here recently. A plea
for the education of children in
principles which lie at the founda-
ton of world peace" and a review
of the work and needs of the or
CARNATIONS were included in the re-
port.
Never in the worlds history
have the claims of childhood taken
so great hold on the hearts of the
people as today" said Mrs. Schon,
with the LARGEST nations of the
world engaged in a desperate strug-
gle. killing daily thousands OF &C
tual and possible fathers, leaving
hundreds of thousands of children
10 grow up without guidance and
care of a father, leaving mothers
burdened by sorrow and want and
facing conditions more terrible can
can be described-the hearts OF
American mothers are touched with
a sympathy that has shown by
deeds how heartfelt it is. And in
giving the material help, the moth
er heart of America has recognized
10 antagonism of race or nature, but
has eagerly, generously met the
needs of mothers and children with
out distinction or difference.
THE national board sent out an
appeal for money and clothing in
September, 1914. With the money
given, flour and condensed milk were
purchased Cooperating with the
Belgian Relief Commission, much
help was given to the sufferers IN
Belgium by the CONGRESS.
Scarcely week has passed thai
requests have not been received tt
Unite with some movemen: % bring
about peace. The executive board in
structed the secretary to write t
President Wilson expressing conf
dence that at the earliest mOmen
possible he will use the influence o
the United States = medatal'. an
aid ~ adjusting the differences. Tn
board took this course IN the helie
that it is the function of the Gov
eminent to do this and that it is tn
desire of the government to do i
and that the President has insid
information and will know whe
meditation is feasible. Meantim
the many moments to promote peat
are assurances of universal desll
for it,
The principles. which lie at II
foundation of world peace we
outlined in the report as follows:
Love to God and love Of nei5
or must become the ahlmat'r
zens.
Greed for more territory, powe
love of rule, personal and nation
ACKNOWLEDGMENT are the underlyll
causes of war Too great pow
vested in a few who are not accour
able to the people has been co
tributing cause.
1.-The lessons of the war tn
should sink into the hearts of fat
ers and mothers and teachers are t
need for teaching children the Go
en- Rule as applied to life.
another lesson is to resist p'
sistently every effort to bring mi
tarism into the United States"
The report decried bills present
in several legislatures to make m
tary training compulsory for sch
boys The measures were charact
lied as Sowing the seeds of W;
and Mrs. Schoff added:
with all the power of organi
motherhood, these ill-considered
forts to graft on our country
tenn which has been one OF the
tributing causes of this world v
should be resisted"
AS a remedy for war-like tend
cies the report suggests:
"Throueh the schools, by train
boys to truer ideals of heroism
war and wholesale carnage,
striving to show children that
tons real history is written by
achievements of science, art, m
and spiritual development, ma
features and education, the con
generation may avoid the 81
which rs raging now and whose
,ects will not cease to be felt
generations unborn. Hundreds
thousands of orphaned children
the saddest wreckage left by
wars and for years to come t
VIII be everything to do for the
1.-The spirit of the Congress
Mothers must brood over these
ones, must reach out to the mot
of every one of the stricken
tions and by every means pos
lead them to unite in measures
will wipe out militarism. that
substitute in its place justice 70