Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-30
SHOULD MRS. GAIT Cd
ON PEACE Commission
Anti SuHragists Send Letter 70
White House. Giving Mrs.
Cats Record.

Dear Nr. President w respectfully
urge Your consideration af tie iact that
thr ciamor for your appointment oi one
ar more American wnHeu as IS fesafes To-
the Peace Conference Il mol n accord VII i
the sentiments or thr judgment OF large
number Of Your tryW0fneh.
All American women ~lia h9vp glVcn
themselves untcacrvedly e tie serviee nt
their country. must regard with regret
and modification the demand Of Mrs
Gait and other srtiraei>fs that women
should have "A representative q ther
own sex at the peace table Mrs. .att
Is neither qualified nor authorized b be
Spokesman for these women Who would
leave the settlement 81 tEe conditions Of
peace TO tie men Who hy experience and
training. are fitted 10 lave i voice IN
matters pertaining = racial and inter
national relations ! hey dcWate the de
maud FOR recognition III enc form or an=
other that has been sounded all too loudly
during lie YEARS of var whose deepest
lesson has been 0ne of self abnegatlon and
self sacriicc
Even # II were coded that women
should have part III the Peace Con
ference. it IL not the women Of America
who have the prior clam to that honor
but the heroic women Of those countries
that have entered most deeply INTO the
bitter experience OF var
The ncloscd authentic record OF the
two women who have been most loud In
demanding the appointment af Women
delegates to the Peace Conference, Is
salch as to destroy any influence their re
quest might otherwise have, and should
disdgalfv them ever to pose as loyal sup
porters oi our country 5 best interests.
Respectfully submitted.
New Jersey Association Opposed to
" oman Suffrage
Margaret k. Bassett, President.
The following extracts are selected
from the records mentioned, regarding
Mrs Gait
February 10, 1913, sat on platform At
organization of the German American
Suffrage Committee OF New York. at
which Bernard Van Dernburg, German
Colonial Minister afterwards expelled by
the United states Government for his
prot Cierman acti,iucs), and Frau Rosika
Schwimmer spoke IN favor or woman
suffrage, especially for "GermanAfneri
can women See New York Times,
February IL, t0l54
February 10. 1916. spoke against pre-
=
a democracy, tins country should only
strlve to be prepared for the substitution
of international courts fer war Tins
nation has no night to expect any of rs
| large number Of citizens 81 foreign birth
10 bear arms against the countries Of
their kin
Regarding Miss Anna Howard Shaw
November 26, 1916 before the Socialist
Literary Society Al Phladelphia, Dr
Shaw SAID. Loyalty to the flag is no more
peculiar to us than to other nations Il IS
only piece Of cloth on stick. Why do
We love it? Not because 1t Is our country 5
flag, but because we see III it a hope that
some day it viii he the symbol Of justice,
equality and fair play.
We are ready to ldlI lhc Mexieaus
and send our young men to be killed, be
cause our flag has been insulted W. say
We must win the respect Of Mexico
would rather loose the respect Of Mexico
than have a part IN nation that over
rides the small nation and slaughters
its people because they have not intel
ligCnce enough 70 respect our Hag