The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-08
IMPORTANT DUTY .
FALLS ON WOMEN
Must Save What Is Left of
Civilization, Says
Miss O'Reilly
DAUGHTER OF FAMOUS
IRISH PATRIOT HERE
Talks TO Woman's Club and Relates In
teresting Facts Concerning Late War
-Skeptical About Results of Disarm-
amput Conference

teresting Facts Concerning Late War
-Skeptical About Results of Disarm-
ament Conference.
One of the largest audiences of the
season composed of members of tht
Brattleboro Woman's club gathered III
odd Fellows temple yesterday after
noon to hear an address by Miss Mary
Boyle O'Reilly of MarshGeld, Mass, on
Today in misunderstanding We Women
Now.
The speaker is the oldest daughter OF
John Boyle 0 'Reilly, the Irish-American
journalist and poet, who died iii Hull,
Mass, Aug. lOy 1880. John Boyle
O'Reilly was born at Dowth Castle
County Meath, ireland, June %, lS44.1
lie was a son OF William David . Reilly.
master OF the Nettlevllle Institute at
Iowtn Castle. In 1863 he enlisted IN
the Tenth HussaTs i'll Ireland for the
purpose of spreading revolutionary SEN
Ilments among the soldiers, He was
sentenced to death on the charge OF high
treason in 1866. The sentence was conf
muted to 70 years penal servitude, and
he was sent out to the penal colony IN
Australia, where he arrived III 1868. lie
escaped to the United States in 1869, and
in 1870 secured employment on the Bos-
ton Pilot, OF WHICH he became editor IN.
chief in 1874. -
Miss 0 Reilly has been foreign cores
pondent of an American press syndicate
since 1913 with headquarters in London,
Rome, Paris and Petrograd, and was
war relief worker in Belgium, France
Poland and Russia, her work in both ca
pacfties giving her an unusual opportu-
nifty TO secure a vast amount OF first
hand and even "inside' information,
which enables her to throw intelligent
light on many of the important inteTna
tional subjects of the present time
In speaking of the history of the pres
cnt time Miss O'Reilly said that 80 or
100 years hence people would look back
TO this time as the most important time
of history. History, she said, will speak
of this war as the end OF kinSship; the
absolute iHadequacy of kings was one OF
the first things shown by the war.
In referring TO the inheritance of
America, the speaker mentioned the fact
that the spirit of American ideals was
everywhere in Europe as soon as the
American guns began to arrive there.
Miss O'Rcilly told her audience of
having been sent TO Europe year be
fore the war broke out for the express
purpose of gathering photographs and
material to be used in American news
papers during the war and of her inter
views With some of the prominent
men in various sections of Europe, sew
wacCd inside of ID months. which was
true prophecy. She also told of an in
teryieW with NeuizelOs which resulted
in her sending a despatch TO America
to be printed broadcast with big head
lines. the despatch later proving to be a
code message, the facts mentioned there
in never having taken place. She said
NeniZelos was the only man who had
''pUt anything over on her
She told of conversations with many
persons in close touch with military cir
cles and of being told by them that the
war could have been stopped at the end
Of six weeks but for the appointment OF
politicians rather than those who were
willing to do what they believed to be
for the best good Of the countries. 'The
war could have been stopnPd in SIN
weeks after it began if France had got
together. were the words used by the
speaker
If we are going to reconstruct and
sake what j. left OF the civilization that
was wrecked in 1914, the women viii
lave to do it, Miss o Reilly declared
adding that it is time the women put
tEejr shoulders against the men ; and
helned to clean up things. The er-
sailles treaty has failed; the disarma-
ment conference cannot fully succeed;
we cannot hope for anything such as we
women would call disarmament until we
have set III motion great WOW" OF nub-
lie opinion that heavy ornaments are
wrong. The women must use their in
aucnce in he home and in their commu
les first, and this must be done
through edIcatio Thc character must
ha educated rather than the intellect
because it is on character that we must
depend to solve the problems. There
must be international friendship. an'
that friendship must start IN the towns
The hatred which the governments
spread among their peonle must he
stamped out. In giving examples of the
hatred which had been spread the
sneaker mentioned some OF Al" thing
for which Lord Northcliffe had been re-
spOnsible.
Euroue is in a worse condition TODAY
declared the speaker, than in 1918. The
changes are so revolutionary that they
could Lot have come in 200 years OF
peace, and the conditions are the result
Of propaganda. 1t was voted to destroy
itarism all over the world, said Miss
. Reilly, adding that in many quarters
Il coming war is talked of in all serious
Pass between Great Britain aud tht
United States. The women, she said
can prevent it. 1t rests with them e
lrigg back the prosperity of the world
II must ba done; il is a thing OF the tu
}prc rnt -ef the asst
Ms O Reilly added much 10 the IN
ternst at addrces by relating man
incidents If personal experiences and in
iect iB~ original stories growing out o.
hoy travels abro9d aud aeduaiHtaHc'
With ornri neRi t1en md women OF tn