Evening star., 1925-05-13
MRS. MOORE FLAYS
"ULTRA-PATRIOTS"
AS UN-AMERICAN

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parture of the foreign delegates for
| their homes, / find that so much has
| been said, so much insinuated by in
dividuals not connected with our
council. that l think the time has
come for me to make a definite answer
! TO their charges.
What / have to say is not said in
any spirit of antagonism toward our
critics, but simply to inform my col
| league from overseas of the causes
for the attacks. and to suggest to
| them the value and weight they
should be given.
1T would be unfair, perhaps, to
| name any one group as responsible
for circulating these criticisms and
Suspicions, and l know that even those
groups which have combined to act in
| the role of critical observers at our
| meetings, have done so without the
authority or knowledge of the organi-
cations of which they are members.
But our foreign visitors, who have
read of the attacks upon the Council
| in the press, as coming from persons
| identified with well known organiza-
| tions, may not be aware of this,
Defends Free Speech.
ITO my mind, sufficient answer
! to the various critics of our council,
and the program of its convention
| here, would be to point out that in
their effort to prove their own pa.
triotism by questioning ours, they
are violating the spirit of one of the
! fundamental rights guaranteed in our
Constitution-that of free speech.
| by thus attempting to censor our
meetings these ultra patriots are prov
ing themselves false to the Constitu-
ton to which they SO effusively swear
allegiance.
| THE women who are most promi-
nent in the International Council, and
who have, by virtue of their key po'
| sitions on standing committees, in
| fuenced our work, are all tried and
| true patriots, respected in their own
| countries and recognized as sincere
and we'll meaning throughout the
| world.
| II might venture to say that com
pared, woman to woman, with many
of their critics they and their imme-
| date families have the more enVlable
records for gallantry and service In
! war time.
! But. the war over, these women,
as all women everywhere must wish
/ to do, are eXerting every effort TO
prevent future wars by sponsoring
and spreading a creed of good viii
and cooperation in social and educa'
tional activities in all lands.
"Unfortunate Trades"
s"I am at loss to guess at the rea-
| sons for or the purpose of these un-
| fortunate TRADES which have been di-
rected against us.
.It may be a desire for personal
notoriety on the part of the individual
! critics. 1t may be miSs-dlrecteo
overflow of patriotism.
AT all events the insinuations
against our patriotism or loyalty nave
been unwarranted, unjust and unfair
and it is my earnest hope that the
delegates to the convention from
abroad will understand that the
critical sentiments expressed do not
| represent the attitude Of the people
| of the United States as a whole
! For 1 believe our Nation feels as
much as our council does, that the
| true guide to relations with folk al
home or abroad is summed up In the
| councils motto, Do unto others as
ye would they should do unto you.
Membership Closed.
The international Council of Won
en- this morning closed its membership
| to any more international organiza
| tionS by a vote of 215 to III.
! The American delegation. led by
Prof. Marion p. Whitney of Vassal
College, led in the opposition TO ad
mitdng such organizations as the
international Y. w. c. A. the Saliva
ton Army, the international League
of Youth and the International Fed
Grafton of Working Women. These
organizations can affiliate, 1t was ex
|
hence have a voice in the internationa
organization. They can be invited te
send delegates without votes.
Hitherto it has been the custom te
admit fraternal delegates from sucr
societies with voting power -,
Monday, over the opposition OF Soutf
Africa, three delegates were ADMITTED
from the International Suffrage AS
sociation and the opposition mas oe
yeloped RAPIDLY since then.
| The delegates will make a pilgrim
are to the tomb of Woodrow Wilson
at the National Cathedral, tomorro"
afternoon. q Lady Aberdeen Will place
a wreath in behalf of the Internationa
| Council.
| Most of the foreign delegates were
busy today preparing for Vlsits te
| New York, Philadelphia and Boston
They will leave Washington FRIDAY
Terms War Barbagous.
ChivaIry has gone out OF war. Mrs
George Morgan, president or the Ma
tjonaI Council Of Great Britain. said al
the open session last night when th'
| general issue of peace ana security
| was under consideration.
"The last war;" she said, develop
ed ornaments for the safety OF thu
man who operates them and Tor th'
destruction of helpless and defenseles!
neonle in sleeping towns. we nov
burj huge dumps of ammunition Ions
distances without any danger to the
man who operate the instruments. W.
,,,Ist wine out of our thought the 1des
that war begets the best In man, fol
now it begets the worse. We are II
the throes of a new birth of thought
"America is the product of the rest
of the world: Its thought and civil
zation is drawn from the Old World
r. cannot stand alone. Any nation
that tries to do this will surely die"
Nine Aino Kallas, delegate from
Esthonia, said, in part: There is a
quality which may be called the peace
loving passivity Of women. 1t Is NJ
real virture in itself. The physica
weakness of women has at all time,
kept them out of actual warfare. L
is. so to speak, their natural heritage
In nature it is always the male wht
goes to war. The wild prairie oxe1
and horses form when in danger
kind of fighting square in the middl,
of which they hide the mothers of tn,
race.