Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-10
WORKING FOR WORLD PEACE
Women of Warning and Neutral
Nations in Entire Harmony.
Mrs. Elizabeth Evans. National Organ
Izer, Tells Huntington Audience
what Progress Has Been Made
toward the Coal

An DDlccEitlNr audience nearn lHc le'- |
turc Friday evening at Howard Relief
hall by Mrs Elizabeth Glendowcr Evans
IF Boston national organizer for the
Womans Peace Party, in which she gave
"A most interesting account Of the move
ment Of the women of the warning as
we'll as the neutral nations to place on
foot an organization to work in behalf
Of world peace.
The speaker was intro duccd by Mrs.
J. B. Taylor. president of the Burlington
Equal Franchise League. Mrs Anna II.
Putnam of Bennington chairman Of the
state committee was also present and
spoko briefly Of the work and interest of
Burlington i'm the movement to cooperate
with the movement.
Mrs Evans gave n STRAIGHTFORWARD talk
in way that held the close attention
| of her listeners. She began by telling of
the first step towards the international
, congress of women which was held at
The Hague \ gathering of English wom-
On, who appreciated the horrible effects
of the war, published in a paper letter
! in which they stated to women Of other
warning nations that they We're doing
| all in their power to relieve the suffer
/ ings of soldiers taken i'm the war. Later
:
! women answered that letter with a pledge
to do everything in their power for the
relief Of the soldiers In this manner
a bond was formed between warning ma
tons where every other bond of society
finance, etc. had been broken. 1t was
through that first effort of the women
: TO tighten the horrors Of the worst
/ crisis through which the world had ever
/ passed that the conference was called
, at The Hague.
/ ~ large majority Of the l,32S women
who had joined the conference were in
I attendance. The delegates representing
l6 nationalities ana sitting side by side.
| out of $50 delegates elected from England
only 90 We're allowed passports by the
| government and on account OF not being
able to arrange for passage these twenty
did not get to the conference. There
were however. three English Nomen
there. two who were already at
Amsterdam and third who went from
America. The Germans seemed very will
ing to allow their women to attend.
The spirit OF unanmity of purpose as
shown at the conference under the guild
ance of Jane Adams gave evidence that
a now era in the life of politics has been
born. The speaker referred to the en-
trance of the delegates who had been
DELAYED ON motion of q member OF the
| conference they wore asked To sit IN the
, stare and ,vero escorted there nv the
. delorates from Icurlaud This while :,
trivial act i'm itself shows the shirt of
= / tho women Will. therc
The sneaker vas strong in, hor state.
uent thar tho ur.seu, war which is
devastating EuroDo Is moi a rcoplo's
war but one snrunr in snit. Of their
/ protests There is now a feeling fas,
spr.adiu. tuat when there is a settl.meu,
, restitution nust IL. made and ,h. con.
uueror will NOT AXE all with the result
- that another war will nor H.. necessary
TO right the, wrong. An orpaniz.d move
ueut must be IN, ON foot. for il is M
to the poople To- overthrow th idea tina
a few. men can nv rusbiup = hutton