New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Say They Will Parade in
Fifth Avenue as Protest
Against Blockade, Though
Having No Police Permit
Assert It's For the Babies
Mrs. John Rogers Insists
They Are Not Taking Sides
With Ruling Bolsheviki

Three hundred American women,
many of whom have been associated
with liberal movements in the past,
with banners calling for the end of the
Allied blockade against Soviet Russia
are scheduled to parade in Fifth Avenue
this afternoon.
The picket line" as the women's
leaders call it. will form in front Of
the Hotel Commodore after a luncheon
of the League Of Free Natnons' Asso-
citation, to discuss the Russian situation
1t Will march to Fifth Avenue, then
up to the Plaza at Fifty-ninth Street,
where 1t Will turn and proceed down
70 Washington Square There the
women hope to hold a meeting.
he women IN charge do not expect
the police to interfere, although parad-
ers with similar banners We're charged
and clubbed by mounted policemen in
Fifth Avenue on October s. No permit
has been issued for the parade
The American Women's Emergency
Committee, new organization formed
to agitate against the blockade of the
Bolsheviki, Will conduct the demonstra-
tion. Among the members of the com
mittee are Vida Mlholland. Mrs. Har-
riot Stanton Blatch, Mrs William
Hard, Charlotte Rudyard, Helen Todd
and Mrs John Rogers. They hope to
raise $50 900 TO buy food and medicine
TO send to Russia. if they can persuade
the Allied governments to let it 90
through.
How Plan Originated
Mrs Rogers and Miss Todd explained
yesterday how the plan originated.
we were invited to the League of
Free Nations meeting said Miss Todd
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81 luncheons at the Commodore, while
women and babies were starving in
Russia. SO We formed committee,
and each Of Us called UP about ten
friends, and in little while three hun
drcd women had promised TO march.
eve are nit taking sides with the
Bolshevikl or against them. We are
simply thinking OF the suffering women
and children
"When America. which fought 40
fercely 10 defeat Prussianism. is in
volved in a starvation campaign like
that. it means spiritual victory FOR
Germany. Prussian methods have won,
for the Allies have adopted them.
$50 we American women have de-
cided to protest. We do not believe
that America, in peace time, should
have no hand in such things | have
canvassed the Senate on this subject
t'i'N maven t'biN OiIC man N4lO dF-
proves Of the blockade SO if we can
only tell the American people about
1t, believe we can arouse Them to pro
test and really DO something's.
No Foreigners in Parade
According to Mrs Rogers only Amer
lean women are involved in the move
men'.
There arc no foreigners among u.s.
she said
RUSSIA IS in the midst of a civil
war" continued Mrs. Rogers. "That
should be no reason for refusing to
send her food What if the European
nations, during our Civil War. had
blockadcd U.s.
Asked IF thu women had Il permit to
parade Miss / odd said
"We looked up the Central Office OF
The E-olice Department in the telephone
book and talked with the head of the
police. lie told Us that if we walked
one by one and didn't collect crowd
no one could stop Us, even though we
wore lcgala demanding the end oil
the bkootade.'
Some Of the banners 20 be carried
thls afternoon, according to Mrs. Todd
read
Lift the food blockade'
"N hY starvc the Russian children %
Americans do not want to starve
childreo'
"rhe blockade means n spiritual Ger
man victory