The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-19
WOMEN DISCUSS PEACE IN MIDST
 OF WAR STORMS
Representative of Hungar ian Farm Laborers Domi-
 mates Hague Conference.

The Hague, Netherlands, May 19.- The recent Women's Peace Confer ence at The Hague was by no means devoid of the picturesque, albeit noth- ing startling occurred during it's de- Alterations. In costume, appearance, manner and behavior, there was as wide g. variation in types any in ternationa1 congress has ever display ed. True, there were neither Chi nese nor Japanese women-an over sight, certainly, but there was always Madame Thoumaian, the unveiled wife of a member of the Ottoman Parliament, in striking robe of silk, in alternate stripes of crimson and white at least four inches wide. The dominating personality of the Congress was unquestionably Frau lRisika Schwimmer. of Hungary and New York, representing an Associa- | ton of Agricultural Women Laborers of Hungary. In constant clash with
 the we'll regulated machinery of the Congress, a capable and practised platform orator with a voice that
 more than filled the vast hall. when ever she rose. it was evident that she had her audience with her.
 Frau Schwimmer's personality, however, was overshadowed by the l studied professionalism of her every | act and gesture One missed the footIights. With Signora. Rosa Ge- noni, of Milan. the sole Italian dele gatey representing a number of Ttal- I ian peace and women's societies, there
 was not the slightest touch of pre- 5i meditation. Spontaneous, lucid, witE that simple and practical d1rectnesE
 so characteristic of her race, she held
 the hearts of her hearers by opening
 her own. Here was the only touch o1 generous huInor in the se1f-consciou,
 and frightened seriousness of the en
 tire Congress. Dressed in the mourn ing of genteel poverty, her dark feat
 ures were striking1y il1urnined by heI eager sincerity
 When Signora Genoni announced ,i1 1 her first speech that no other Italian . delegate had dared cross Germany t come to the Congress. for fear Italy entry Into the war might prevent return, there was neither boastfuI ness of her own courage nor criticism | of her compatriots in the statement To her the prospect of the entry O
 her country into the horrible areni 1 Of European war was so fmmfnen and so hideous that she must protes : against it at whatever risk to herself } 'T hope my country will not mak war; she told The Associated Press 'tAnd feel that it will not, thoug
 every preparation is being made t l do sos
 teThe Lybian business was terribl l costly. We have not forgotten tha. l nor the Abysstnian campaign, neith x CT. They told us that the Tripo : scampaign was going to be parade : Well, it was a parade of rnained an : dead and widows and orphansi W o1 have had our lesson, and we Italian r are too clearheaded to need anothe q so soon again.''
 l The German delegation was exec
 Iently organized and most capabl P led. F'rauIein Lida Gustava Hey 8 mann, of Berlin, the translator int Q German, who sat at Miss Jane Ac d dams right. in time of threatenin . disturbance calmly took the rair @ from Miss Addams' hands and droV
 the Congress under the whip. Ht @ colleague, Dr. Anita Augspurg, : Munich whose dress, voice and who e appearance suggested a Roman Catl d oIic bishop, was floor leader of u O German delegation For. the Germa e women. her deep, soft voice was 1a1
 No American politician ever control
 ed more perfectly his contingent (
 convention floor than did Dr. Aug
 purg. the widely varied represent;
 ton of the German Empire.
 Owing to the stoppage of conmul 2 icattons between England and Ho
 land. Great Britain was meagerfy rel o resented But; little Mrs. Amy Ii = Iington, the militant sl1ffragette, wit v her cockney accent and her dete Il mination to be heard, was a tower ,f Estrength against peace.