New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Women Pacihsts
Urge Recognition
Of Bolshevik Rule
Party Here Asks Wilson
to Join in Russian
Farley

The New York State branch of the
Woman's Peace party, in closed meet
ing at the Breslin Hotel yesterday
afternoon, with Miss Crystal Eastman.
sister of Max Eastman, of "The
Masses" presiding, passed resolutions
asking President Wilson to rccopnize
officially the de facto (Bolshevik) gov
ernmcnt of Russia and accede to the
Russian request to join in the peace
negotiations now in progress on the
basis of no forcible annexations and
no punitive indemnities.
1T was also recommended that par-
ticipation in the peace negotiations be
urged upon the Allied governments.
The branch called upon women voters
throughout the nation to oppose all
efforts to Commit us to the bad old
system Of compulsory military train
ing"
To Spread Peace Movement
"ln answer to the recent action of
the Federation of Women's Clubs
barring pacifsts from their organiza-
tlons," ran another resolution, "rc-
solved that we endeavor to establish a
peace committee in every woman's club
in the city"
"What does that mean ?" Miss East
man was asked.
ut means that we are going to press
the peace movement Within the wom-
ans clubs" she said. eve shall try
to get club members to join the party,
and believe that we shall have much
success. Our membership is growing
rapidly; it is now something like
two thousand"
"Why is this meeting closcd?"
because 1T is business meeting"
she explained.
Another resolution greeted the Prcsi-
dent and expressed the party's SYM
pathy with him in the war crisis, "and
especially Its appreciation of the en-
phasis that he lays upon the funda-
mentals of lasting peace"
Another demanded that "whcn the
settlement of this war is made there
will be seated at the peace table not
professional diplomats, but men and
women representing the popular ideals
of the respective countries, and we
urge the name Of Jane Adams as one
of the delegates from the United
States"
Jane Adams is head of The National
Woman's Peace party, which is sec
tion of the international Committee Of
Women forPermanent Peace
Suffrage Indorsed by Party
Another resolution called upon tn.
President and the Senate to secure the
Immediate passage of the national suf.
frage amendment. The branch ex-
pressed to the British Labor party its
deep appreciation of the debt peace an
democracy owe to it and the British,
cooperative movement.
The branch elected Mrs. Henry Vii
lard honorary chairman, Miss Crystal
Eastman chairman, Mrs. Frank F. Will
Jams, of Chicago; Miss Emily Greene
Balch, of New York, and Miss Lucy
Watson, of Utica, vice -chairmen; Miss
Jessie Wallace Hughan, of Brooklyn.
secretary, and Mrs. Henry G. Leach, of
New York, treasurer. The executive
committee is largely composed Of up
state women, Mrs. Florence G. Tuttle,
Mrs. Mary Ware bennett, Miss Made
leine Doty, Mrs. Katharine D. Blake
and Mrs. Harold Hatch being the New
York City members.
Fifty or more women attended the
meeting. Half of them knitted.
"Do you knit for soldiers" one was
asked.
"Certainly," was the answer. "I love
the soldiers. There is no reason why
q pacifst shouldn't. l am prohib :
zionist, but would help drunken men,"
The meeting was followed by re-
ception to out-of-town members at the
studio of Mrs. Rose O'Neill Wilson ard
Miss Callsta O'Neill, at 81 Washington
Square. Mrs. Hannah Shechy Skefiing-
ton, widow of the Dublin Journalist who
was shot during the Easter rebellion,
and Nine. Maria Marofsky, of Russia,
,uora tho cpooLorc