The Washington herald., 1921-11-14
WOMAN'S VOICE
HEARD IN PLEA
AGAINST WARS
Continued from Page One.

Cohttnhed from rage ono.
away to make the world safe for
democracy. then we are democracy,
and we claim the world" she cried.
And we will give it such care as
it never had before. The English
woman's cry was that from the
women. for the unknown soldier
symbolizes not son or brother. but
might have had had he returned.
II was essential and disappointed
motherhood demanding expression"
Voice. from Japan.
Japan presented its ENJOYS in the
persons of Mime. YAKIMA, 90 years
old. who came to America to pray
in her little corner for the success
OF the conference and clasp hands
with American women" and Miss
Marian Irwin. representative of
Nine. Hideko Inouye. of the wom-
ems Peace Association Of Japan.
who was detained by illness in San
Francisco. Japan is an Isolated
community, by reason of slow trans
portation and slow, inefficient and
expensive cables" she explained.
but the women of the Flowery
Kingdom wish to express to the
women OF the United States their
appreciation of their attitude, and
to hope for sympathy and success"
said Miss Irwin.
Women have changed the adage
to read, In times of peace, prepare
for peace said Mrs. Maude Wood
Park, as she presented a telegram
from Frances Balfour. representing
lightweight organizations of four
and a half million women in Eng
land, asking women of America TO
join with them in creating public
opinion so that there shall be no
more wars. Preventing war Is
fundamental" she said. women
realize this because they know the
cost of life"
Miss Julia Lathrop declared that
while there was a unanimity OF
opinion about wars. we must evolve
practical moral engineering to
prevent them"
Fifteen national organizations OF
women had representatives at the
meeting. and the following briefly
stated their message to the confer
ence. expressing faith and demand
ing results:
American Association of Univer-
sity Women, Mrs. Glen L. Swiggett;
General Federation Of women's Clubs.
Miss Ida Hafford; National League
OF Women Voters. Miss Roberta We'll
ford; National women's Trade Union
League. Miss Ethel NJ. Smith; Young
Women's Christian Association, Mrs.
Robert Speer; National Federation
of Business and Professional Women.
Miss Mary Stewart: Women's Com
mittee for World Disarmament, Miss
Emma Void; Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom. Mrs.
George T. Odell: National Associa-
tion OF Colored Women. Mrs. r. II.
Terrell: women's Christian Temper
ance Union. Miss Anne Gordon; Jap
anese Women's Christian Temperance
Union. Mime. YAKIMA; women's Aux
iliary to international Association Of
Machinists, Mrs. May Peake; Daugh-
tiers Of the American Revolution, Mrs.
George Maynard Minor; National Con-
gress Of Mothers, Mrs. Milton p. Hig-
gins: Council Of Jewish Women. Mrs.
Alexander Wolf
A resolution was passed expressing
appreciation to President Harding for
calling the conference. and to the
American delegates for the signifi-
cant step they had taken at its first
session. urging the reduction OF ex-
listing military establishments and
control of the yet unmeasured powers
of chemical science, recording the be-
lief of the women in the possibility
Of settling international disputes by
other means than wars. and calling
on the conference to devise means
to this end for greatest assurance
of Marina n ant neace