Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-16
ALL EUROPE WANTS
PEACE CONFERENCE
international Congress Of
Women Say All Waring
Nations Want Peace

E ~ hNe aNAuNAlANu AnN iNNuluk MhultN
of the world to say that it wants
peace conference of neutral nations il
1T is led by the United States. Three
neutral nations have agreed, Two are
considering The U. $. has not de.
cided
The authorized official of every ua.
I tion now at war authorized this state
meut by the International congress of
women at the Hague, after an author
lied delegate of the congress conferred
with him.
These facts are contained in Il state.
ment issued here today by the interna-
/ tional committee of women for perma-
/ nent peace, with copy of the Hague
women S congress manifesto TO the
governments of Europe and the presi-
/ dent of the United States, attached
In their joint report the leading mem
bers of these two delegations unite in
stating that the evidence and assur.
ances given them have convinced them
that the belligerents would not consid-
er such conference unfriendly, and
/ that the neutrals would not be unwill-
ing to act, if first assured of American
cooperation.
The delegates were not at liberty
to give names or nationality of the
foreign offices specifically quoted, but
in several instances they quote yer.
batim: "My country would not find
anything unfriendly in such action by
the neutrals," are the words credited
to the foreign minister of one great
belligerent. "My government would
place no obstacle in the way of its in.
stitution," said the minister of an OPP.
posing nation. "What are the neutrals
waiting for2" said third, whose name
it is stated, ranks high, not only in his
own country but all over the world,
The ENJOYS were received by the fol
lowing, among others:
Prime Minister Asqutth aud Foreign
Minister Sir Edward Grey, in London.
Reichskanzler Won BethmAna-Hol-
veg, and Foreign Minister Won Jagow,
in Berlin.
I Prime Minister Stuergkh, Foreign
Munster Burian in Vienna; Prime
Minister Tisza, in Budapest
Prime Minister Salandra and Foreign
Minister Sonno, in Rome.
Prime Minister Viviani and Foreign
Minister Declasse, in Paris.
/ Foreign Minister d'Avignon, in
Harve.
Foreign Minister sasonoff, in Petro
grad.
And by the following representatives
Of neutral governments:
Prime Minister Cort van der Linder
and Foreign Minister Loudon, in thu
Hague.
Prime Minister zahle and Foreigl
Minister Scavenius, in Copenhagen.
King Haakon, Prime Minister Knud
sen, Foreign Minister Ihlcn, and by
Messrs. Lovcland, Aarstad, Castberg
: and Jahren, the four presidents of tn,
Storthing in Christiania.
Foreign Minister Walenberg, il
Stockholm
{ President Motta and Foreign Minis
Y ter Hoffman, in EerEe.
President Wilson and Secretary o.
State Lansing in Washington.
' While in Rome, the delegation wen
: un.officially--that is to sny, withou
. a mandate from the congress, to an an
= dience with the Pope and the Cordina
. Sccietary of State.
The international Congress of Won
= en-, which met at The Hague last April
y appointed two grOupes of ENJOYS, on
= to the bclligerent governments, and Il
: Holland and Switzerland, the other t,
: Russia and the Scandinavian countries
- The reports Of these embassies th
= basis for the announcement issued to
y day here and in Amsterdam,
ID &. ,.nu.I htF
. jacobs, of Holland Miss Chrystal Mac
. milan, of Great Britain; Nine. Rosikt
. Sehwimmer, Of Austria. Hungary; Prot
y Emily Greene Balch, Of Wellesley col
% lege, and Miss Jane Addams, Of Hui
" House, Chicago Misc Addams is presi
y dent of the international committee
y Miss Macmillan, secretary; DR.. Jacob
and Nine Schwimmer, vice-chairmen.
The manifesto says In part:
W ave heard much the same word
" spoken in Downing street as those spOk
~ en- in Wilhelmstrassc, in Vienna as i
~ PetrOgrad, in Budapest as in the Hayr'
20 where the Belgans n0ve their tempo
" rary government.
I" You are right " said one minister
"that it would be or the greatest in
l. pOrtauce to finish tine fight by earl
" negotiation rather than by further mil
4, tary efforts, which would result !
= more and more destruction and irrepa
, able loss Yours is the sanest proposi
W that has been brought TO this office j
the last six months" said the prim
minister Of one Of the larger countrie
1t has been argued that il is nc
the time at present to start such a PR
cess Of negotiation. The answer v
bring is that every delay makes MOI
difficult the beginning Of negotiation
more nations became involved, and III
situation becomes more cOmplcatc
that when at times in the course {
the war such balance WAS struck, III
neutrals were unpreparcd TO net.
As TO the actual military situation
however, we quote n remark made 20 I
by foreign minister Of one Of the be
ligerent powers Neither side is toda
strong enough TO dictate terms, an
neither side is 10 weak that II has
accept humiliating terms.
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