Evening star., 1924-04-26
1912 SOCIETY SEEKS
TO BLOCK PACIFISTS
Members Aroused Over Projected
Meeting of Peace League
Here Next Week.
CALL PROTEST MEETING
Both Sides Issue Irate Protests
Over Affair.

While officials of the Women's In
national League for Peace ano
Freedom were winding up details to-
day for the international convention
to meet at the Hotel Washington next
Wednesday, officials of the DISTRICT
of Columbia Society, Daughters OIL
1912, had sent out call to members
TO meet tomorrow afternoon at the
Hamilton Hotel to devise ways ana
means of blocking the peace congress.
Action of this type was character
lied by Miss Amy Woods. secretary OF
the women's league, as Il direct al
front on freedom of speech as guar :
anteed citizens by the Constitution.
Asks No Protection.
we neither need nor seek protec-
ton" Miss Woods said today. W.
are a group Of women working Tor
the abolition of war in the World,
and we are exercising right or free-
dom of assemblage and speech guar
anteed by the Constitution.
Where can Legitimate objection be
found to consideration of peaceful
notwithstanding of the warllke SNS-
tenn by which nations settle disputes?
Although Maj Daniel Sullivan. chief
of police. today stated that special
considered as yet, Chief William j.
Burns of the bureau of investigation
Of the Department of Justice was
tacit and silent when asked ii any
preparations had been taken Tor sur
veillance of the meeting. To these
questions Mr.. Burns said: II can I
even discuss that" When asked If
he cared to deny rumors that such
surveillance was contemplated. ne
again replied: Il can't even discuss
that as yet"
Suspect Surveillance.
Direct and positive, however is the
statement released by the women
league 1t states that according to
information reaching the offices OF
the Women'S Internatlonal League
for Peace and Freedom the forthcom-
ing convention in Washington. to be
attended by delegates representing z
more than thirty countries, Is TO De
under surveillance by the War De-
partment and by the bureau OF In .
vestigation of the Department OF
Justice"
The league. the statement con-
tinues, welcomes the action con-
templated by the government depart
mentS and bureaus concerned. since II
not only has nothing to conceal puI
is proud of it's record and OF us ldeai ; ;
in the interest of furthering world
neace. Our information. however IS
that the government intends TO pre-
vent certain Of the spe akerS on our
agenda from addressing the conVeh-
ton"
Would Prevent Meeting.
From the other side of the fence
the statement issued late yesterday
afternoon calling the patrlotlc
meeting Sunday, Mrs. Nobel Newport
rotts. president of the local branch
of the National Society of the Daugh-
terS of 1872, said.
eft has come to the attention of
the members of the National Society
Of the United States Daughters OF l8l2
that great congress of ultra-pa-
cafists propagandiSts of un- Amer
fcan sentiment and representatives
Of sovietism as exhibited in Russia
has arranged shortly TO hoid IN tne
CAPITAL city of the United States,
under a caInoufaged name. conEen-
ton of weeks duration. The
Daughters of 1872, from long line
of fighting, true-blooded Americans,
has made preliminary inquiries TO
ascertain whether or not the holding
of such a meeting may be prevent
ed and counter issues OF true Amer
icanisrn promulgated.
1T is believed that representatives
Of all patriotic organizations In the
District of Columbia, all mothers OF
American citizens generally in this
connection will demand share IN
this work of our organization. To
that end we have called a meeting of
all persons interested to meet in the
Hamilton Hotel, 14th and X streets
northwest. at 8 o'clock Sunday after
noon. Here is an opportunity
for real American service
Miss Woods today positively denied
that the organization was influenced
Nv Soviet sentiments She pointed out
that BolsheviSn was an outgrowth OF
violence and that this root was eX-
actly what the league opposes. She
protested also that the league was
patriotic in principle and that 1t stood
Nv the right of freedom of speech and
freedom of a aSSemblaCe.