Evening star., 1925-05-05
WOMEN TAKE MILD
STAND ON LEAGUE
IN SECRET SESSION
Committee of International
Council Cuts Out Radi.
cal Proposals.
PATRIOTIC OBJECTIONS
ROUT PACIFIST VIEWS
Lively Fight Expected on Floor.
Even Milder Draft May
Follow Debate.

Resolutions on peace, disarmament
ana the League of Nations, which
VIII be presented to the International
Council of Women for action were
considerably modified at four hour
meeting of the peace committee OF
the council held behind closed doors
this morning.
one resolution calling for immediate
! disarmament was stricken from the
| iist. Ihese resolutions, the alleged
paclnst tenor of which has aroused a
number or American patriotic organi-
|Stiohs' VIII De presented on the floor
OF the convention as follows;
The International Council is dis
satisfied with the efforts that many of
the national councils are making 10
insure the success of the League of
Nations. The International Council
urges its constituent members to make
every effort to promote the highest
ideals of the league and use their in
huence to procure the speedy inclu-
sion OF all nations.
For Gradual Disarmament.
The International Council while
recognizing that general disarmament
is the idea to be aimed at, considers
that 1t might be preceded by a gradual
and general reduction of armaments
under enective control to be agreed
upon by the respective governments
and the League of Nations. They
recognize that nations Will not agree
to disarm until they feel some sense
of security
The COUNCIL believes that the way
TO establish peaceful relations among
| nations must be through a policy that
regards neighboripg peoples as natural
friends, not as natural enemies The
council draws the attention of it's
members to the spirit of the protocol
drafted by the fifth assembly of the
League of Nations and recommends
careful study before the discussions
of the sixth assembly of the League
of Nations when the methods by which
it proposes to obtain security and ar
bitration can be discussed.
Support World Court.
The International Council of
Women requests the members of the
national councils TO urge their gov
ernments to accept, if they have not
already done so, the actional clause
In the statutes of the Court of Inter
national Justice, declaring that they
are prepared to accept the Jurisdiction
of the court for all disputes that come
within the scope of juridical de-
cisions."
Nine articles were under considera-
ton. The most sweeping, offered in the
name of the National Council of Wom-
en- of the Netherla nds, proposed in
dorsement of simultaneous interna.
tional disarmament. Others, however,
suggested action for gradual disarma-
ment as the sense Of security and
friendship grows among nations.
1t is believed that these milder
proposals will precipitate the liveli-
est discussion at the quinquennial.
The standing committee on peace
and the League of Nations has the
resolutions in charge, and newspa per
reporters were elected from the room
after the redrafting had started. This
action resulted from a special ruling
from Lady Aberdeen, international
president of the council, to the effect
that discussions of the resolutions
must be regarded as confidential until
they actually come before the whole
council.
Reporters Elected.
At the meeting of the standing con.
mittee on public morals, from which
reporters also were elected, reSolu.
tionS were discussed faVoring an in
ernational convention to ban traffic
in women and for common plan for
the protection of woman emigrants
Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle of the Metro
politan Police Department described
the work of the Woman's Bureau and
invited the delegates to inspect 1t.
Special International Council pins
were presented as surprises by the
American delegates to Mrs. Philip
North Moore and Mrs. n. F.. Harris,
president and vice president, respec-
lively, of the American council, at a
breakfast given in their honor this
morning at the Hotel Washington.
The Pan-American Building will be
kept open for the delegates this after
noon, and they will be received by
Mrs. Frank 5. Kellogg, wife of the
Secretary Of State, and DIR. Rowe, di-
rector of the Pan-American Union.
The program for the American mu-