Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-11
WOMEN d SD
WARS SHAE 2
Peace League Means No.
Them Than II Can Mean
TO Men.
1a. sHAw's STIRRING PLEA

~ the Late Dr. Anna Howard Shaw,
Seven million one hundred thousand
zen who had laid lown their lives IN
he great war. Think OF It. Seven
million. one hundred thousand young
-ien had died on the field Of hattlei
Mat does that mean 60 The women
the woridf II means that seven
.n.l;.an one hundred thousand women
walked day by day with their faces
nrard an open grave that tisey might
i've life 10 son. II means that
seven million one hundred thousand
title children lay In the arms of a
iioiher whose love had made them
face even the terrors Of death that
hes might become the mothers of
,ucn.
10 means that year after year these
women had put up their lives into the
Ives of their sons until they had rear
ad them to be men. For whatf In
The hope that these sons Of theirs could
give 20 the world the things for which
women dream. the things for which
women hope and pray and long. These
were the things that the women had
In their hearts when they gave birth
TO their sons.
But who can estimate the value Of
seven million one hundred thousand
dead sons OF the women OF the worldi
Who can estimate the price which the
women have paid for this war: what
u has cost them. not only la the death
of useir sons. because that Is a phase
of our war to which we look.
The. Courage cf Women.
We hear our orators tell us Of the
'ourage OF our men. How they went
ieross the sea. Very few Of them re.
member TO tell rs OF the courage of
'ar women. who also went across the
sca; OF the women who died NURSING
the sick and wounded: the women
WHO died In the hospitals, where the
terrible bombs came and drove them
almost 20 Madness They tell u
nothing OF the forty thousand Eugiisl
women who went to work back OF the
trenches In France.
They tell us nothing Of the thou
sands upon thousands upon thousands
Of women who not only toiled anf
worked and shaved In order that ths
war might be successful. but we Dc
not hear OF the thousands Of women
not alone In Armenia, not alone ir
Montenegro. NOT alone In Serbia, bui
in Flanders. IN Belgium. In Rumania,
In Russia--the thousands Of woumer
who lie In graves today, murdered,
50 horribly murdered thar men dars
not speak Of it.
And yet we women are asked what
we know about the League Of Ma
tions: asked what we can understand.
about n League Of Nations. Oh men
the horrible deaths; the horrible lives
OF thousands upon thousands Of wo
men today In all these nations, who
must live, and who must look I'm ths
faces OF children unwelcomed, unde
slred-of little children--and know
that these are the result OF war.
And then ask women why they
should be Interested In n league oi
peacef
Women Suffer Nest Frem War.
IL there 10 any body Of citizens IN
the world who ought "a be interested
In a league to ultimately bring TO the
world peace 10 10 the mothers Of men,
and the women who suffered as onIy
women can suffer In the war and iu
devastated countries.
And we call upon them, we women
OF the world call upon the men who
have been fighting all these battles OF
the years. the men who have Leo
armies. and led armies close to thei,
deaths.
We are now calling upon the men
Of the world to I'm some way or an
other find a passage out Of the sea Of
death. We are asking them to form
league which will bring hope TO the
women OF the future. II women are
10 bear sons only that they may die.
II women may not have hope
and aspirations for their children
II women may not dream the dreams
that have In them the hope Of the
highest civilizations. the highest moral
and spiritual life of the people-if wo
men may not have these In their
hearts as the mothers OF men, theu
women will cease 10 desire 70 be the
mothers Of men. And why should
they mott Why sh0nlG they noti