The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-25
1Nrr4NAr1oN PEACE MEETING
AT ELKs CLUB LARGELY
ATTENDED
BRrrrsR, aERNAN AND FRENCH
WOMEN RELATE CONDITIONS
IN EUROPE
rRApnEIN oEETHuDE SAER TELLS
HOW HER PEOPLE LEARN
20 LOVE PEACE


ThercSs rottcchcr-Arnould o; France
sooks in behalf ow the Womau'S Inter
national League fox reace aid Freedom.
City Manager CharicS II powier pre-
sided at chairman ~ the meeting. paN'd
Daniels. vi"l!n!>t and Jaquas Daniels.
Mt the piano. furnished the music during
the evening.
Mrs Robinson was the frst speaker
She told how the WON" attempted 10
get together before the war IN August.
1914 IN an effort 20 secure suffrage.
There was gathering. she said. ~
representative women from various
countries or; they were urprepared A.
thar time Nctrr the declaration q!
war she .Sjd. the AcSt shock 10 thrm'
cnother gathering was held AT me
Hague Holland. The assembly went
into tho different causes OF the war az
that time she said but returned I"
their respective countries with .t'!e
accomplished. this being n 1919. "'tn
the signing OF the armtstice IN Norem
her, 1918 another meeting was me-"
and then again in MAY. wv wAe" inc
peace treaty WAS under consideration.
Mrs Robinson said Is repre- cntatsres
Of various countries then met and IN
july oc last year IN Austria there were
ST. different countries gathered together
NJ this meeting. \: that time. MIS-.
cobin<on said. Il vas education or puo-
lie feeling and the question OF setting
disputes BY means OF war ;hat were big
factors
Mrs rohin 81 went into the condi-
lions Of Great Br.,atn and ~ the TWO
million registered unemployed. stating
thar il = all fUe 10 tive war. The pen-
rio as a whole are with Lloyd Georg" IN
his desire 10 reoDen trade With Russia.
and 10 recognize Russia" said tho
sneaker. She said ;he unemployment.
through me VA. Is not confined I"
Great PrifaiH. bur extends even ~
America The export trade. she stated.
n serious question. due :" IN" war
and o. the treaty signed that was
thrown out. Europe. she sad. ha6 an
luaarnsd ,a;!nral feeling hat that now
u i international tnaNce, commerce
md industry. she said the newly en-
rranchis"A women d" no. look 1T Other
countries for revenge. because tho poor.
the wc>kest and defens"les' arc the
ones TO suffer. hut !nterr1t innal ~nnsId-
era!oN in human needs. She said ;hat
n would not he long. IN her opinion. be-
fore women will he in the cabinet, and
that they will give great help and con-
irihutinn e. the government; and nave
moro power N politics.
Mrs Robinson said that Germany IL
sending millions of tons Nf coal M"
France each wear. pointing out how the
war has affected every country. ana
which. she said International peace
would eliminate She said that aithouSh
the Germans are WORKING hard 20 SEM
coal to France. tho price paid provides
but low standard 81 living t" the Ger
mans. who have 10 WORK hare. i"nE
hours and little wages she sid: while
again. she said only fraction OF ta''
coal sent INTO France Is used ana mat
NSnsidcrahle coal is being extracted IN
France. and France Is selling the 'o"i
20 italy and other European countries
She sale there Is no work FOR the Eng
lish miners This. she said. has all
been brought about by the war.
The Money to Buy.
Mrs EvhinSon said She lived IN
cotton center In England. She said thar
in 1914. before the war. ~ porc'ut OF
the cotton Of England WAS exported to
GERMANY Because Of the war ana the
mace treaty the Germans cannot buy II
now. "Other countries in Europe ST"
said could not offer 10 buy the coit'A
and wo cannot sell it," The spinnSr>
.,re out or work The customers wan:
INC cotton hut cannot pay for X. 'lo'h
winch used 10 10 sold TO Russia cannot
nc sold now. for the Russian poop" haN"
no money The spinncrs arc working
ilrne DAYS a week. and some hay" noc
worked FOR months. She said that IL
was no: only the coal and cotton trade
Effected by the war. bur all oth"r
trade Sse said Italy was like England
and Franrs--thev were Nictor5 in t'e
war. but that the money value had a.
rreciated She said Italy could not ar
rnrd n buv. She said these conditions
we're no. only confined to Europe. nHt
that India was In the same shape. due
10 tho war AID what followed tho war.
She said the countries were spending
- perccrt of their money in preparing
for 4 next war. She said that they n'h
10 paw u shtllings towards raying TIE
war debt interest Sic suggested 'n"'
both sides Of the Atlantic stop ana con'
slider what another war mcanS Sho
said that. compared to forty million
people who lost their lives during the
war. there was great percentage "t
oIu men ard women and children WHO
:c>r their lives through starvation she
s.id u is A mistake 70 argue that there
were wars IN the past and that thcr"
will b~ wars I'm the future. ut - law"
said Mrs. Robinson. chat stopped tn>
pnople from taking each other 70 task
With weapons 70 settle disputes. ASri-
ration brought law TO what Il IS today
so that pCople can understand each
o,ber md settle their differences in
friendly manner" Again she used az
IN argument that Il IS not right 70 say
rhhere were always wars ana Always
will re In describing the present trans
pnr,ation system. and said that III tAe
future the air will carry transport that
fs now being transported on he ground
She appealed TO the people th2t me ma
,ons must get together. and instead 81
the thoughts Of an efficient navy an"
army. for the country 10 consider the
most r.sourcNtulnSsS Of country.
Yraulisn Gertrude Baer
ErauIien Gertrude Baer. AZ R"rlln.
Germany. followed Mrs. Robinson. She
told OF how two representatives Of the
,Ictor,ous nations had met with re-
preventative Of defeated nation and
how they a:e working toSeth"r Tor IN
ternatIoral peace and freedom. She
smoke OF Germany's part in interRation-
al peace and o. conditions before the
var and the hatred that seemed 20 be
among the various nations. Sac shiu
that in 1919 when the peace treaty was
sI1ned the women OF Germany saw the
spirit Of Il and came together as they
suffered together during the var.
She said that conditions IN Germany
have changed and that Germany wants
"a co-opcra,s and have an understand
ing. She said that this is the feeling
~ the masses OF people Their. She told
% the poor suffering as result "f the
war and said that Germany has learned
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