Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-22
PRESIDENT DIDN'T
ALLUDE TO TREATY
Sympathetic Reply to Miss
Adams at Zurich Referred
to Hun Blockade.
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I InOI OnCH 1cO ~ SIut
BY GORDON SAVAGE.
Cablegrnm to The Evening Star and
hicaEo Daily News. Copyright 1910.
ZURICH. Switzerland, May II Ode
layed)-Coming down early to dinner
tonight in the hotel in Zurich where
most of the delegates to the 1nterna-
tional Women's Congress are staying,
1 was invited to sit with Miss Jane
adams. president Of the congress;
DR.. Alice Hamilton of Chicago, the
hrst woman on the Harvard faculty,
and Mrs. Swanick. suffragist and
member Of the labor party in Eng
land. So I was present when a tele-
gram signed by President Wilson was
handed to Miss Adams. 1t was as
follows:
Your message appeals both to my
head and heart. I hope sincerely that
means may be found, though the pres
emit outlook is extremely unpromising
because of infinite practical diff
culties. WOODROW WILSON.
Causes Excitement
The telegram caused excitement
among the delegates in the dining
room. To What message did it refer?
Two had been sent to the President
and other members Of the peace con-
ference by the woman's congress-
The first one declared that the con
gress deeply regretted the peace
terms. since they violate the prin-
ciples on which a just and lasting
peace could be secured"
Was this the message which APP
President? Miss Adams declared
NO" that the telegram referred to
SECOND message which urged that
lief for the starving central and
| eastern Europe and parts of Asia be
Immediately organized. She pointed
out that the latter resolution was
signed with her name and that the
other was not. and that. therefore.
the Presidents direct response con-
corning the latter was addressed to
| her. Some refused to be convinced.
They hoped that the President. in
| fiuenced perhaps by the stern words
| to disapprove of the peace terms.
Today one thing was accomplished
in an all-day session Of the woman's
CONGRESS COM The name Of the organisa-
national League for Peace and Free
DOM" This may be undone tomor-
row since there is much dissatisfac-
ton with the change: A petition
matter up for reconsideration. Thus
! the women assembled in the congress
provide for the so-called feminine
prerogative OF changing their minds
Norwegian Woman Interesting.
The most interesting Of the dele
| gates at the congress is Mrs. Martha
Larson, writer and feminist of Nor
way. Talking to her today I men,
| toned prohibition.
I'VE tried that in Norway during
the war" she said, but we didn't
out the fact that Norway had never
been bone dry and that light wines
and beers were permitted. Even that
was not enjoyable, according to Mrs
Larson. We much prefer the swe-
Cards are issued in Sweden for all
| adults emitting them to a certain
amount Of alcohol per month. 1t is
like having a bread ticket in France
or Switzerland. But If you are a
drunkard you can't have a card
| who decides whether you are
drunkard?" I asked.
That depends on the number of
times you have been in Jail for drunken
ness" she replied.
They say that this system works
| very we'll in Sweden and perhaps
America may come to drink tickets
yet. 1
American Man a Listener.
| An elderly American business man
wandered into the session of the
women's congress today by mistake
and remained to listen to impassion-
ed oratory in English, German and
French.
| What do you think Of it?" asked
| well. I think you have every kind
of woman here that you could fnd."
good looking and some real earnest
looking. I have counted six with
short hair But what I would like to
see is men and women getting to-
gether on these things-not one group
Of men sitting off at Versailles and
Ought to get together on the peace
terms and league of nations" 4
| I am sure that all the members of
| the international congress agree with
him.
| Puzzle for the Pacifist.
How to behave during a revolution
il one is a pacifst was the subject
before the international congress Fri
day Crystal Eastman Fuller of New
York, a prominent figure in the con-
gress with short hair and orange. red
gown, thinks. it may take ten or
twenty years. for the world to be rev.
|olutionized. but that there is nothing
like preparedness even among paci-
lists. 's-
! The subject presented difficulties.
since most Of the delegates favored
the majority of the revolutions Of to-
day. Some of the delegates declared
themselves for b!oodless revolutions.
a German speaker addressed the con-
gress on her experiences during the
bloodless revolution In Bavaria under
Kurt Eisner. To be sure. Eisner lost
his life later and a bloody revolution
followed but to show it's belief in his
pacifist principles the entire delega-
ton had decided to honor his memory.
After much discussion the congress
embodied these opinions in the reso-
luton:
"The world is facing widespread
revolutionary changes that are com
ing in time. The habit Of violence
has been fostered by the world war
We recognize the fundamental de-
mand underlying most of these revo-
Ilutionary movements We declare
our sympathy with the purpose Of the
workers rising everywhere to make
an end Of exploitation and claim their
rights in the world. Nevertheless we
assert our belief in. the methods of
peace and feel that our special part
in the revolutionary age Is to coun-
sci against bloodshed on both Sides
The congress then turned its atten-
ton. to the independence Of Ireland
and the race question. It passed res
oIutions in favor Of Irish independ-
ence, and on motion Of Mrs Mary Ter
riIl, representing the colored women