The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-14
WOMAN'S VOICE
HEARD IN PLEA
AGAINST WARS
Mothers of World Unite
Here to Support Par
ley Aims.
HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN u. S. DELEGATES
Representatives of Is Or.
/. ganizatiOns Deliver
Messages of Peace.

Motivated by the trues; :nterna'
tionalism. the universally of wom-
anhood and the mother heart, more
than 1000 earnest-faced women met
in the New Masonic Temple yester-
day and lifted their voices for the
safeguarding of their world. Ori-
ent and occident aristocracy and
proletariat. gathered on one plat
form to tell the rulers of the world
they wanted peace-and were de-
termined to have 1t.
Literally a sheaf of kilograms and
cables was sent to the mass meet
ing expressing the vital interest
in the outcome of the conference on
the Limitation of armaments by or
ganizations of women, and express
ing confidence in the American del
egates and the force of America's
public opinion. All these messages
will be taken to President Harding
today by the leaders Of the organ.
izations represented az yesterdays
meeting.
Blanes War for Unemployment.
The mass meeting was opened by
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman. who pre-
sided. and the group solemnly re-
cited the Lords Prayer. deeply
aware of the present Significance
Of every phrase. Give us this day
our daily bread" repeated Mis-.
Kate Manicon. of England. repre-
sentative Of the International Con-
gress of workingwomen, which re-
Gently closed its sessions in Gen.
eva. There Is an ugly cloud OF
unemployment in England, as a
result of the war" And There is
no armistice to hunger" Miss Julia
O'Connor. of the National women's
Trade Union League. proclaimed
The spoils of victory IL the hun
ger OF little children ana these
three years OF unemployment. No
people want peace as much as the
working people," she said.
The four women Of the advisory
council for the American dele cation
to the conference were present.
I'm glad these women aren't like
Alice of. Ben bolt fame" Mrs. Har-
riet Taylor Upton opincd. They're
not the sort who laugh at a smile
and weep at a frown."
Message from the West.
Mrs, Katherine PfSlIips Edison ex-
pressed herself as representative of
the Far West. her home. TT has
been said that California is pro-
vincial and precipitates local troubles
on the nation" she said. I'VE are
the outposts of the Anglo -Saxops,
the frontier of the white race, and
We are vitality interested In the
problems of the Pacific. May IL al
ways be a pacific ocean! We have
no hate. are confident that Justice
will be done us, and thank God that
we are In the realms of practical
ldealism. There Is no cynicism in
the West as to the ultimate results
of the conference"
There is no force on earth so great
as an idea whose hour has come, !"
SAID Mrs. Thomas G. Winter And
the idea of peace is here. The sys-
tenn OF militarfsm Is greater than
army or navy; 1t is a system of
thought that perverts all good
Things TO its bad ends. but II Is the
nation with a soul that endures.
what are we seeking? Look at
the progress of civilization, from the
iamiiy quarreling with every other
family to tribes welded into feudaI
groups fighting each other. ana
thence TO empires and democracies.
And I believe we are moving on.
Everywhere are bits of inter-
20 ,lt
travel. expressage. We have groups
Of every people here in America. and
believe that We must make of our
selves and the world not a rag. car
pet but a tapestry.
Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan and
Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird. the
other women members of the ad-
visory council, expressed faith
N the project. Saturdays pro-
,eedings made us. feel that we
can trust our President and
Secretary Hughes" Mrs. Bird said.
They seem to want to serve the
viii of the people. Let us stand
behind them with a projectile force
hat will shake the world"
at Can BE Done.-
Mrs. Upton's short speech de-
lighted her auditors. when Mr..
hughes said the time for resolu-
lions has passed and the time for
action has come" 1 thought how
hat expression must have touched
women" she smiled. Nobody wants
lction. 50 much as women, because
hey have sent us so many fruit
ess resolutions.
"But you know. lately, I've been
lsking folks what they thought
lbout the limitation of arms parlev.
And the elevator boys, the taxi
:fvers. and all my chums have
aid: You can't do 1t. Men have
'lways fought and they always
Will. Saturday / heard lords and
Senator's, and generals, and all
'orts Of great folks say: Tt can't
De donep From Eve to Isabella,
,eople thought the world was nat
md that you couldn't go across IL.
Then Isabella handed out her purse
md the world became round. You
an do 1t! We can have limitation
4 armaments and we can have
'eace! This Is not now a question
4 party. We must not think in
erms of Democrats and Republic
ms. We must give the best that's
n us for. humanity"
Miss Manicon said she came as
he voice of 100000 working wom-
N of England, and her plea for
'eace reverberated through the hall
md found Its reflection in the faces
4 her audience. *If our boys went
Oostiased On Paaa T,ee.