Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-19
d. A. r. ANNUAL
CONVENTION IS
BIGGEST EVER
Three Thousand Attend Open
ing Session in Wash
iRgt0n.
By CONSTANCE DREXEL.

WASHINGTON, D. c, April 10
Packed from floor to ceiling with some
Of the nearly 5000 officers, delegates
and alternates unable to get inside. the
biggest annual congress Of the D. A. R.
ouened with the keynote addess Of Mrs.
George Maynard Minor, president
c-ueraI. the main feature.
t since the conference days last
winter has there been such scenes Of
activity around the pillared marble pile
Of Memorial Continental Hall. Indeed.
tho effects Of the conference OF nine ma
tions which held It's history making
r.Iauarv. sessions IN the building were the
high lights IN the president generals
address. Besides, the leader Of that con
ference and two OF It's other important
pleuipotentiaries, namely Secretary Of
states Hughes, Ambassador Geddes OF
Great Britain. and Ambassador Jusser-
and Of France, were the speakers at the
evening meeting.
Nearly one third Of Mrs. Minors ad
dress was devoted 10 leading the Ma
tioulI Society OF the Daughters of
American Revolution 10 what she termed
Iae ideal Of international friendship,
understanding and cooperation"
beautiful and stately, dedicated to
Jhe memory Of the men and women whose
Blood and tears won independence for
oar country. Memorial Continental Hall
has had a second dedication" she said.
eft has been dedicated 10 an idea old
lu Gods sight. but new in world politics
-th. idea OF peace on earth, good viii
toward men. the idea Of generous CO.
operation instead Of frultless com
petition.
Here in our hall the ideal National
Independence has been linked mp with the
iJoal international friendship, under
Standing and cooperation.
when nations trust one another, we
arc on tha high road 10 peace. One can
u.t emphasize this thought too much
II is hard % realize how new It Is IA the
LiSto-- Of International relations.
Th, old order changeth, the old di-
vlomory mas given place to new Cards
fg-o up ON the table we're found to be
81 potent than all the secret under
"a q - whereby diplomats in the past
have suuSnt to overreach one another
confidence has taken the place OF mis-
trust.
-O0lv IS We get farther away from the
scene shall we be able 10 sense the stu
feIuHUS Sl-i4iHcauCe OF II all. ne matt
ing of naval competition and scrapping
ct huge existing ornaments, the plac-
ing under the ban Of civilized nations the
harharie warfare Of Germany and her
towards weapons-the submarine and
poison gas. the settlement Of the ominous
questions OF the Pacific, where a con
migration. once started. might have en-
velopod the whole world once more In
8 aUe> of war.
"ihe ve going to be worthy Of this
er'1" Row made doubly sacred as the
memorial Of National patriotism and in
ternarional good WiIl?"
Mrs. Minors address warned against
The Stacker home, urged that "the home
fires be kept burning" and that God
be Kept in American thought She depre-
Gated the tendency 70 distort facts In the
teaching OF American history, particular
Il the sinister attempt TO wipe England
out Of our national life" which effort
was not based on truth, but on hate and
prejudice.
At the evening meeting Secretary