, 1921-09-12

AAlAlAOAla VIA CAAAC GbO4A VI
November, she stirred up a {
waxed merriiy in the newspapers an6
probably just as merrily in other for
m where such questions offer sub
iccis for debate.
As could be expected there is a ii
vision of opinion. but h expression
OF opinion in favor OF a woman in tn
~Ctarmaurcnt Conference oItnumbs-
those opposing the appointment OF a
oman
The attitude of those opposed to the
idea OF a woman delegate Is. almos,
uniformly. that n woman because she
is a woman would introduce an Gle
ment OF sex wholly unrelatcc to tho
Issues of the conferences. am hat the
prime requirements OF diplomatic and
political training and saEaclty cannot
he met by any woman on hi other
hand, the majority of writers contend
that the requirements for participa.
ton in tho conference set up by Con-
gresswoman Robertson are Irrelevant
TO the main issue. and n number OF
papers suppor their -ontentio by
nominating" who. in their
opinion. fully come up TO specifica-
tions.
The Minneapolis Tribune, opposing
the appointment of a woman. declares
that Miss Robertson's ''mentsi inven-
tory OF American womanhood' Is not
intended "as a s,ur on her sex" but.
TO quote the Syracuse Herald. ut is
the recognition OF n demonstrable
truth. and not in any sense a reflec-
ton upon the intellectual capacity OF
womanhood-'' In line with the game
attitude toward the question the
Wheeling InteIiisencer asserts thai
mo matter what her natural quaiifi-
cations. it is doubtful IL n woman can
be found with the requisite expert
ence essential to participation
in a conference as important as that
TO be held in Washington" The In
dianapolis Star goes further and de-
clares that there is not a woman in
the United States so qualified may
safely be said without investigation"
Expressing an opposite view the
Augusta Chronicle says that few per-
sons will believe that there is no wom-
an in America fitted by ability. sa-
gacity. wisdom and influence to sit
in the disarmament conference" II
holds that sue a position "is not only
far-fetched as to accuracy. but is
wholly inc~onsiderate and offensive to
womanhood." and 1.-THE nation knows
better" The Columbia Record thinks
lit should take no websterian high
brows to dismantle the battleships and
raze the forts and thus make war
impossible" and that in his effort
tho women have first call I
While a number of paper take
merely the negative position that there
is no good reason why women should
not sit in the conference, other writ
ers maintain that there is every good
reason why President Harding should
appoint a woman on the American
delegation, and various arguments are
put forth in support of the contention.
This Wichita Eagle Qnd.) for example,
puts the matter this way:
Women are interested in disarma-
ment for exactly the same reasons that
compel the interest OF men. They are
interested as taxpayers. as heads of
families, as parents OF potential war
victims. as humanitarians. They have
lone much to forward the cause of dis
armament. They should have at least
one voice in the great conference tina
may initiate the actua proceedings
for international disarmament"
Further. the Cleveland Press, con-
siders that the first requisite Of a dele
gate is a belief in what he is doing.
and there are few women in America
who DO not believe in disarmament
and with that fixed purpose a woman
would keep her mind steadily on the
great aim and refuse to let that aim
be DETECTED by accommodating techni-
cal details and minor irritations grow
ing out OF national issues" There
is TO reason that the Christian Science
AF--s-- D-4-- T.
cede why the policies of the world
should be decided from now on, as
they have been in the past by men"
and "the increasing activity of women
in government should be one OF the
strongest influences leading to disarm-
ament and the overcoming of the i'm
pulse to war" The question of quail
ifications. the Monitor believes, is sec
cndary to the need of woman's influ-
ence. and the need for such a repre-