The Washington herald., 1919-02-13
Catherine Breshkovskaya
Makes Plea for Her 0p-
pressed Co-patriots.
BAKER ALSO SPEAKS
Pleads for League Of Ma
tons to Rid World Of
Scientific Murder.

guests at the Wardman Park Hotel
Bent with the sorrows and cares
OF her people. this gray haired little
woman. who had worked from youth
TO old age for her crushed race. paid
tribute TO the beauty. the gifts and
the spirit or our nation.
She drew the scores OF American
women to her, women renowned IN
fields of philanthropy in cduca-
tion, in the literature. by the art
lessncss Of her introduction to her
audience. Catherine BrcshkUvskaya
leader OF Russian women. paid hon
OF IN truly impetuously Russian
fashion to the leader OF American
womanhoQd, DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw. by kissing her on both checks
before delivering her message. No
woman present but felt some Of the
Jhrob Of the sistcrhOod OF women.
separated by ties OF blood and race.
but closely attracted by a COM
munity OF ideals in the simple Ers-
cIoUs act OF the foreigner in their
midst
You have action. beauty. gifts.
said Catherine BreshkOysksya 70 the
women present; you have much TO
give TO make your n,w country
great"
Forcsees Utopia
With the vision or "a freedom Tor
her own crushed people and a new
era for the whole world. the little
Russian hberator. who has gone
through exile and personal sacrifices
unknown iu america for her race.
pictured a time when all nations
will be- without quarrols. without
strife and disease.
1t is never too late to bcEiu 20
work toward that period Of peace.
she stated.
Pleading for tho loaluc OF nations
as the one means Of Kidding the world
OF q war more feTN> and terrible than
the scientifically perfected VnC o."
whish psFCL terms ar- now pcudinE.
Secretary Of Mar New on u. Bake,
ia tho rgl" ~ = istu. Iss. apUkJ by .rHs
IN" group last night.
When 7 stood iu an" garden Ct
Princess OF EuEenia iU France. with
beautiful f'owcHs on one haud and
playing fountains on a., other and
heard the boom Of ranuous twenty
five miles away lu their steady heats
that meant death 10 5.uEr or EV" men
every moment Jh"y puuud'd away.
then I said TO myself w, ar" too
late"
Too Late 10 do Anything.
1T seemed to mo rHat somah, ~
ought TO do something and do n,,. %
ing else until the task was done and
1t was too late for anybody 10 do
anything
Again in July. ra't after rho 0u-
der Of the Serbian prime. when N.--
tria was mubHizn-: when Germany
had sent her UllImatUm. SIR Edward
Grey, with tho pIJituI weakness OF
telegraph and l'Irphour ai his dis
posal. again found that ir was too
late"
In telling nf tho destruction Of wa.
Secretary Baker said. -AunroNfrustr-
ly I.2'n6b' m,u have b"cu Killed or
have died Of hariI" wounds. an army
of splendid manHooi that would ctr-
die tue earth. including those WIN
haN" died iu army camps there is al
together "a total Of "1"lu" mon who
have paid the ~urrcn- ~a,rifrc.r
More than 1a.usf 40 an has bo,7 f1,..
money cost ur ih, war..- Secretary
Baker said. "a sum -rrar,r thar the
combined wealth Of property Zoo the
l nii"d States as given Toy statistics
m 1871 Had tho WAT continued au-
other year We should have Injected
engines OC VAR moro l.rrrp- than
any vt created. Ary future VIII. viii
belong 10 tho race uruz. -r5rnttnr7uv
swift"
Tho ouI, solution.
In rho league uf nations. tho now
fashioned way OF making poac..
Secretary Baker SrrS tn,. only -,,ru-
tion OF tn" militar, question Ir
VIII never h" possible rpr. ON, nation
aIon" bo civilized aud rh,, rrs, har-
. barrie. Al viii haN- ru react. tho
>Gmr plane. D, stated
! Presiding at lh" arirr-dInur-
sp'rrhrs was Nr~. rr~ha Eravlrn-
ridE". oil Krnturk,. Orn,r yrrak-
Crs OF tho evening wore. Mrs.
/ Charles Robson. Of ottawa. canada,
VIII" told OF Canada'S contribution
4 To hor mother country. and Co.,. Nnna
: IIuNard Shaw.
At Jh" speakers table wCrr Seat-
"a. Newton u. Baker. Mrs. Dosha
( Breckenridge. Dl. Anna Howard
shaw. Miss julia Iatnrop. Mr..
Charles Robson. Madame Catherine
( Breshkovskayu. Mrs. Beverley Nuns
/ ord. Mrs Y. Evcrltt Macy.
| Conferences at 10 and at . O'CIoC X
: will be held at Wardman Park Inn.
/ today. at which women Of intorns-
3 tionaI rcpute will preside. The pub
. lie. both men and women. are invited.
q vItcd.
The dinner guests drawn from
| all lines Of womens industrial life.
and from all parts OF the United
| States, who were present last night
! were:
Washington List.
Mrs T. :. Adams Miss Henrletts
/ Addition. Mrs. Richard AIdrich. Mrs.
/ Elias Chapman Alvord. Mrs. Copley
Amory. Mrs. Allender. Miss Mary
Anderson. Mrs. William +. Andrews.
Mrs. Henry T. Allen and guest. Mrs.
! F. l.. Ames. Mrs. Frances ANtcu
Mrs. II. y. Babcock, Mrs. Albert
/ Baggs. Mrs. Aby Gum Baker. Mrs.
] Newton j.. Baker. Miss Annie Ban
croft. Mrs. Mae Z. Bates. Mrs. Ham
! ilton Bayley, Mrs. Beattie. Mrs. W.
: ID. Bigelow. Miss Frances Birtwell.
I Miss Mabel Boardman. Mrs. r. NJ
Boeckel and guest Mrs. John Bolt.
Mrs Bond. Mrs. Anna BouEhton.
Mrs S. l.. BouEhtou, Miss Elva Bas-
com, Mrs. Elliott Bracket. DIR. L. s
Brannon. Miss Maisic Bright Misc
Minnie Brooks, Miss Florence
Brown. Mrs. LaRuc Brown. Miss
Louise L. Brown. Miss Cathsrins