The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
DEMAND FOR WORLD LEAGUE
Delegates From All New England
States Called to League to Enforce
Peace to Meet In Boston.

Boston, January 13-Tne State
Branches of the League to Enforce
Peace in Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont Rhode Island, Massachus.
etts and Connecticut will cooperate
in holding the New England Con.
gress for a League Of Nations here
February 7 and s. The call for this
convention, issued today is signed by
a Committee on Organization, consist
ing of thirty.eight prominent repre-.
sentatives of the League to Enforce
Peace and OF the League of Free Ma.
tions Association, which are jointly
behind the movement in New Eng.
land.
Sessions will be held both days in
fremont Temple The Governors and
Mayors and the leading organizations
and societies in the six States have
been invited to send delegates
This Congress will be the second OF
series of nine to be held during Feb
ruary at important centres of popu-
lation throughout the United States
under the auspices OF the League to
Enforce Peace and its States branches
The other convention cities, in their
order are New York, Chicago, Min
neapolis, Portland (Oregon). San
Francisco, Salt Lake City. Kansas
City tMo.) and Atlanta.
William II. Taft, President of the
League, will preside and speak at all
nine conventions, and will take With
him in his tour OF the country a group
of speakers. which win include; DR..
A. Lawrence Lowell. President of
Harvard; DR.. Henry Van Dyke, for.
merry Minister to the Netherlands;
Frank p. Walsh, formerly Joint chair
man OF the War Labor Board. and
James w. Gerard, formerly Ambas-
sador to Germany. Other speakers
fer the individual congresses will be
| announced later.
The purpose of the convention, ac-
cordng TO the invitations issued today
is to marshal public opinion behind
Americas real purpose in the war,
which is defined as the creation at the
! Peace Conference Of League OF
Nations to Ensure the orderly devel
opment OF the world and preserve
peace" resolutions along these lines
will be adopted and cabled to Paris
and also sent to the Senator's and Rer
resentatiyes of the States represented
The invitation says;
"Will you help in this greates
crisis of history to marshal public
opinion behind Americas real purpose
in the war?
Agreements made at the Peace
Conference will. for. generations t
come, vitally affect for good or III tn,
economic, political and moral well be
ing of mankind. The creation Their
of League of Free Nations can alon
insure the orderly development of tn
world and preserve peace. To &c
, such a League. President Wilson wis
, ly decided, by personal attendance. I
throw his great influence on the sid
, Of an unselhsh and righteous peace
with a League of Nations to safeguar
, It perpetually.
: The series Of nine Congresses 70
!. League of Nations, will give oppo
q tunity for those who won the wa
s both on and behind the fighting lin
r TO speak their wishes. Agreement {
!. Paris and ratification by the Sonat
:. may depend on the size and temper ,
# these Congresses an dthe carrying OF
s in each State of the plan Of actio
they adopt"
The Vermont members OF the Cor
mittee on Organization for the Ne
England Congress are. Henry c. Id
Il. Fred A. Howland, Ralph T. Flande
and Alexander lronside.