New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
" omen Urge
Harding Issue
Disarning Call
Washington Mass Meeting
Asks Presidentto Summon
World Conference; Halt
Navy Work in Meantime
Rallies Held in Is States
Borah Says Taxes Will Lead
to Bolshevism; BRYAN
Urges u. S. Set Example

WASHINGTON, March 27.-A reso-
luton requesting President Harding
TO call a conference of the nations on
the question Of world disarmament" !"
and asking that increased appropria-
tions of Congress for armaments be
postponed pending such a conference,
was ADOPTED here to-day at an Easter
mass meetlng held in advocacy of dis
armament, under the auspices of tha
Women's Disarmament Committee.
Senator Borah, of Idaho. who wac +ba
principal speaker, again advocated an
agreement between the United States.
Great Britain and Japan to reduce ma
Val armaments and charged the authors
OF programs for increased armaments
Tor the world with being "sedulous
patrons of Bolshevism, painstakinp and
Industrious gardeners of unrest and
misery" A''0
Il want to tell you," he said. "that
the ties which bind peoples to their
governments are swapping everywhere
because OF the great burden of arma-
ments. Our representatives at Yer
sailles were pledged to sucn a reduc-
Ilon. They met in the palace of the
bourbons, talked of better world. and
when the talk was over went home to
lay upon the backs of the STRUGGLING
millions burdens q Caesar would NOT
have dreamed off,"
Meetings in Fifteen States
Inc meeting, it was announced. was
nelo u simultaneously with others in
n1teen states in the interests of re-
aaced naval and military programs.
Many of the leaders in the movement
were prominent in the campaign for
woman suffrage. Other speakers here
To-Day we're Representative Frear of
Wisconsin; Mrs. Ida CLYDE CLARK Of
New York, and Edward F. Grady of
the American Federation of Labor.
MIS-. Florence Kelley, of New York.
who presided, said the meetings mark
the spontaneous uprising of women ON
the trst Easter on which thew have
had power" "The time to disarm is
now. she added, "and the place is
Mr.. Grady said the American Fed
Grafton of Labor joins "in demanding
that the statesmen Of this country do
something at once to bring about ~ y
dehnlte program for world disarma
ment. eve, however, clearly recog-
nize," he added, "that we cannot dis
arm while other nations are armed.
But we want disarmament, the reduc-
tlon to be gradual and by general agree
ment."
Bryan Sends Telegram
Among the kilograms read was one
from William Jennings Bryan saying
he was heartily in favor of disarmae, 4, .
mentor an agreement with other
nations if possible, by our example
if necessary" 81 hope the spirit Of
friendship and cooperation will sense
this before the fear Of universal bank
ruptcy compels it." the message added.
There is no way to bring about dis
armament except through agreement
with the other naval powers" Senator
Borah said. "It should never be our
purpose to leave our country insecure,
but it should be our determined pur-
pose to bring about such an agreement
as will bring security without bank
ruptcy."
"Great Britain has again taken up
the program of building. Japan is every
day adding to her program, and we are
still to have the greatest navy in the
world. So the race is on, the mad race
which from 1900 to 1914 brought Ger