The Washington herald., 1921-12-12
Jane Addams Bears Ban
ner in March After
Mass Meeting.
HELP FOR RUSSIA
AND CHINA URGED
Abandonment of Chemi.
cal Warfare Advocated
In Resolution.

SHADOWS of the twilight. past the
White House and past the columns
Of the Rcd cross Building and
continental Memorial Hall. 500
women. led by Jane Adams. with
torchCs cutting the dusk. and ban
ncrs held aloft, filed Yesterday to
inc Pan American Building. the
committee hall of nations.
Walking firmly. and carrying a
fhdnHer blazing. Thou Shalt Not
MI. Miss Adams headed the
procession that formed spon-
tancously at the close Of the big
meeting Of the wOmen's section of
the International League for Peace
and Freedom at the Masonic Tenn
pie yesterday. Although she had
nc"n recently i'll. and although she
admitted that the standard she
carried grew heavy the organizer
81 Hull House did not falter during
the walk
Women Of Many Nations.
Echind her followed young girls.
students OF the Washington high
schools. and older women-w woman
Eood from I;ussia. Sweden. Japan.
England and the far corners Of the
United States. FlaEs that had
been hung on tho walls Of the hall,
bearing such legends as Not one
soldier. not ono sailor. not one dol
Ia. for war" or What is effective
limitation Of armament ConlpIete
universal disarmament" and Sci
rnttStS lend your. skin 20 prevent
var were taken down and car
~icd 10y Ms. John Jay White OF
N,v York Mrs. charles : Russell.
VS. IIcTcu Hov Greeley. Miss Ger
'rva" FcuGCII Miss Helen Todd. Of
N"-y YORK.. Mrs Lawrence Lewis
al" Mis- Mary WiUsor. both Of
Philadelphia. and many more wom-
On -. Prominence. Others carried
Ions torches that had been left in
tive NaIl for use in a ps Zcant which
bad been postponed
Swinging easily into line. with
4 -i'Nor ~rr-i" nor Uarshsis they
rr''rcdcd down Pennsylvania ave-
r' ip Seventeenth street. and
thence 60 the Tan American Build
5u-.
Discusses Economic Phs$e.
tai, uas oC the conference. II
'riaE the scrappin= Of warshfps is
p =ood thing" Miss Addams said
not Iccausr /. = az important act
20 itself. but because II marks the
NrGiuuir- of the destruction Of the
- tuaI engines Of war. 7 am not at
al certain abouc this four power
r-caty. u needs careful study and
.-puSidcra tiuu before signature"
Men in Chica= 20 are chiefly inter
,~Jed in the tax side Of the outcome
nr this conference" declared Miss
Nldams i'm her speech before the
gathering Of more than 1000 men
ard women in the Masonic Temple.
over which she presided. They say
they are paying - war taH without
war snd an income tax without in
comes. We have. out in the Middle
Vest what is called 'rlut' Of
rain. Farmers arc poorer by
surplus and are actually finding it
cheaper 10 burn corn than coal The
WOOL men have two clips on hand.
because the mills are at a sta ndstill
and the cotton growers have planted
90 u,r cent ls~s cotton because they
are, ..rnba rrs s>rd by tn" bales still!
~t5aGiuG by the railroads.
Calls Human Race ">tupId."
I'm the valley Of the EolCa IS a
,ESt area swept by the worst
drought since the time Tolstoy led
the relief. The women are grinding
IN grass and roots and boiling them
with hoofs Of horses to make a
bread they call pancakes. Men
there say that the people can sub
y5-t on these ratiOnS until the end
n- December. and when these are
..our they cannot survive unless
help is brought them.
And when I realize the conditions
there and here. 7 get new concep-
tfou Of the stupidity q; the human
race" she proclaimed.
such things can be adjusted. II
Is the task of the women to melt
the barriers that lead to such ad-
rustment The Women's Interna-
tioual League for Peace and Free
dom is a~ing Cor gress to pass ap-
l,ropriations FOR obtaining food
quickly for these starving people
Tn. morey must be spent in the
United States. thus helping the
Nmericsn and Russian. We cannot
allow the least of these to suffer
and do nothing in their behalf.
sees Russia ~ Key.
We will have no peace until our
relations with Russia are properly
composed" Miss Adams concluded.
Nine. Siri Hard, of Sweden, en-
nhasized that the children must be
lfaueht TO prevent wars and pointed
Anut the amiCable settlement OF the
pIeyolt Of Norway from Sweden as
a model OF peaceful settlement Of
world affairs Miss Gertrude Barish.
A Russian immigrant. declared that
the treaty of Versailles had left her
country cynical. and called upon
America to prevent wars by inviting
Russia and all nations to future
conferences.
Miss Anna Hayes, Central High !
school girl. speaking for the young
,roneI, OF her generation. said that I
they were brought up in an atmos-
phere of war in the schools and ad- |
vocated emphasis on progress rather |
than military achievement in the |
teaching Of history. We need to !
have the right outlook" she said. |
for we are soon to take up the |
duties OF acknowledgements we
move out of the District of Column
bia"
Urges Frccr China.
Peace and Freedom must 20
hand in hand" was the pronounce
mcnt of Miss Nyok' Zoe Dong, a.
chinese student at Bryn Mawr
GIVE China her freedom of selec-
tion and her own will and herl
progress will be rapid. She has
Continued on Pooe Tkres. ~