Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-24

had exceptional opportunities for oh.
irving the par, PLACED by women
n. rro,Gr,inE ,h cir in, ,sn during
League OF nations. She tx now "A staff
writer for the Philadelphia Public
Lcdgcr)
ann writing this not as a Demo
rat or. nor a J'spnniiean, nor even in
simply az on" desiring to give a hith-
orto unpublished record OF woman's
part in the making Of the present
covenant Of the league.
touch with the peace negotiations
IN Paris from the days OF the armis-
ticc in November 1915. 20 the signing
Of the peace treaty. which | witness
I'd. in the palace OF Versailles, on
June IS. 1919 was assigned the
TASK OF following III" wnmans side
Tribune.
This brough, with it tho oppor,u-
Mites open TO correspondent nc
'E"nlt'u 10 the pence CoDfc renee. In
Inh!nE entrance TO all the plenary as
s"mDl'.s OF the p!enipotcntiarics. In
.in,nuary, 1919, AZ the request Of the
outrage d"s Fcmm"s. | Was named
iiaison officer between that organi-
Zhiion and the American peac" mis-
letter signed by Joseph Grew. secrc-
'arE or the American mission lie ne
E"Si"ts peace, IN Ne name Of the five
american peace Observation-Disclosures.
Few Women ut Conferences.
Hh'r'iy after The days OF the .trmis-
i'cc. !, looked as II there wouldn't
D" any woran'a Side to the peace
conference. Even tho st"nographors
and clerks at the Hotel Crilion. head
quarters az the American mission.
' Mrr% yohrng men drawn from the
wer" "a" handful OF telephone girls.
themselves part Of the army All
IN. american women in Paris were
engaged with tn" Red Cross and other
i"!lti ORGANIZATIONS. No one else
couid get over. because OF passport
restrictions. 1t looked as IL the
made affair
called upon Madame de witt
iT7Ghinmb.rs:r. president Of rUnion
Femues. found her in deep mourn s
;IE, one 81 her 1--WE sons had been
nllled IN The war. Tn. others. Of
away at various fronts one o! then,
Vas with IN" French mission In
WASHINGTON. Tho husband o. her only
daughter was also away in the army
Madame de itt-SchiumbcrEcr in
hrst vice. president OF IN. Intcrnh-
mnnai Woman Suffrage Alliance. She
h"ias the position next 10 Mrs. Car
~" Chapman Gait. president OF tn.
M.liancc, and took a leading part IN
the Geneva convention last June.
] called upoi her on cold. dreary
DAY In late November. whcn every
holy Was still rubbing their eyes and
wondering u the war was really Over.
peace confor"nces' she rnpeatca Inc
question wv. women certainly ought
70 do something. and am ready"
Allied sunr,si.,. Meet.
We found In Colonel F.. NJ. House.
;.rview with him Madame caiieh a
meeting Of her hoard. |, was de-
wana a *, ,h me nt rH?Sn IN nnss
conference OF allied suGragists Who
would ash FOR ways and means Of
Ei ,,,n IN" W@,nans pom, OF view
and tho framing OF the league Of
nations.
'i,onal suffrage ORGANIZATIONS OF the
aliicd countries affiliated with the
in;ernn,ional Woman, suffrage An
" In ora.F 10 20 siv seH ,ie fer
delegates TO arrive from America. the
conference could not be fixed for
for ,he week Of February 10 and.
through the courtesy OF the Duchess
dcIss; ,presidsn, Of the t t Club
sions were fixed there
No delegates came from America
The National american Woman SUI
officially took no part in any Of the
activities Of the women at the pcacc
conferences This was due largely 10
TIE fact that the suTragists we're in
,ie midst OF trying TO gc; the sur
frage amendment passed through
Congress. II had not gone that far
Three American women who we're
in Paris were then chosen unoniciaily
They were Mrs. J. Borden Hartman.
e Hed Se CIos YoTk !, Tsryins The American
Hublec. whose husband was in Paris
on one OF the government missions.
was on mission for the Y w. c. 4.
for Italy and other countries. while
Mrs. Hartman left for America In
drews: OF Boston. was drawn In and
stayed through the negotiations.
:, Women Ask ncpresentation.
Astor was not yet a member OF the
british r ina In1n and women were
"r H But Mrs. 'h men ry'1 Enw som
a. beloved leader OF Conservative
Ensl!shwomen who was then first
Woman Suffrage Alliance. TOOK the
then perlous journey across the
channel to attend the allied womcn.s
conference in Paris. The two othcr
with her were Mrs. Oliver Stretchcv
who had but just been defeated as
a,d member ,a Of PadrIIiiament Gn the cleo
nond Smith. There were delegates
from other allied countries.
To make long story short. the
women, at their sessions in Febru-
airy. decided that they would ASK to
have. women named on certain com
missions framing the peace treaty.
notably the labor commission ana
he commission framing the covenant
OF the league OF nations
This may sound easy. but not
when you remember that we had the
plenipotentiaries of countries like
Japan, China. the South American
countries. and the like. to be won
over. In the course OF events. the
women had interviews with all o,
them even with an Arab plcnipo-
tentiary who had voice in the
peace conference
President Wilson received the nj.
lied suffragists. several times The
proposal had his support. but he
could not even got Ciemenceam to
come around to 1t Mt first. and Presi-
dent Wilson had to leave for America
just at the crucial moment. (That
was his trip in February
Women Win nig victory.
However. the women got to Prcsi-
dent Poincare and finally TO Glenn
rncenul president of the peace con
ference, and then ut the height OF
his power. Clemenceau told us right
up and down that he did not propose
to have any nonsense about woman,
suffrage ,tsuch as he said President