The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-26
WILSON TO HEAR
Plea FOR PEACE
Delegation VIII Call at White
House and Ask for His
Influence.
TELEGRAMS POURING In
Mass Meeting at Belasco This After
noon to Be Addressed by Women
From Fighting Nations.

Washington Will be stormed today by
peace advocates requesting OF President
Wilson the calling of a conference Of
neutral nations to consider plans for
bringing the European war to a speedy
close.
The neutral powers. the allied forces.
and the Teutonic nations will be repre-
scented in the urgent appeal for the end
ing Of the transatlantic carnage.
Three distinct steps will be taken to
impress upon President Wilson. upon the
nation. and upon the world the desire Of
humanity at large to bring the conflict
to an end.
A big mass meeting will be held at the
Belasco Theater at 2:30 O'Clock this after
noon and will be addressed by peace ad-
vocates OF world wide reputation All
day long a deiuge of kilograms urging
the taking OF steps toward immediate
peace will be swept upon the White
House. And as a climax OF the entire
appeal. a delegation of three will call
upon President Wilson at the White
House at $50 O'Clock and ask him to Of
fer his services in bringing the strife to
close.
Already more than 1000 kilograms have
been received at the White House from
all sections OF the country urging the
President to act at once. Many of the
messages were in the form of the one
sent by Miss Jane Adams, OF Chicago:
Work for peace. The mothers Of
America pray for it,
The flood OF kilograms was set in mo-
ton by Mrs. Henry Ford. wife OF the au-
tomobile manufacturer. who gave $4,000
to the Woman's Peace Party for use in
wiring prominent women TO send appeals
to President Wilson.
For VIII Urge Peace.
The mass meeting will be presided
over by Mrs. Louis Post, wife of the
Assistant Secretary of Labor. Henry
Ford. peace advocate. will appear on
the public platform for the first time.
He will tell all about the peace ship
that he has offered to At out. He will
be followed by Nine. Rosika Schwim-
mer. of Hungary. voicing the wishes
of the women of the Teutonic ma
tions. and Mrs. Earl Snowden. wife
of the prominent labor leader in Par
Lament. voicing the wishes of the
women OF the allied powers. Mrs.
John Jay White, chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangement, also will
speak. Mrs. George Rublee, one of
the national officers of the woman's
Peace Party. will present a resolution
urging the President to act immedi-
ately.
lndicauons are that the theater VIII
be packed. Practically all the boxes
have been sold. Among the prominent
boxhoIders will be Miss Julia Lathrop.
director OF the Children's Bureau of
the Department OF Labor; officials of
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage; Mrs. Robert NJ. La Toilette.
Mrs Norman Hapgood, Mrs. Christian
Hemmick. and Mrs. Arthur Ramsay.
Members Of the Cabinet have been in
vitod, and some probably will attend
All seats are being sold for IS and SO
cents, and box seats are 81. Seats are
on sale only at the theater.
The delegation which Is to call on
President Wilson will be composed OF
Nine. Schwimmer. Mrs. Snowden, and
Mr.. Ford. Mr.. Ford will make the in
Productions.