Evening star., 1925-05-03
Delegates to International
Council Include World
Leaders of Sex.
COME FROM FAR LANDS
TO PLAN FOR PROGRESS
Seek to Make Life Better for
Mothers and Children
Everywhere.

Leaders in the age-old struggle to
make the world kinder and cleaner
for the mothers of men began ar
irving here from the four corners
of the earth yesterday for the most
extensive international conference in
all history-the sixth quinquennial
convention of the International Coun-
Gil of Women.
Women from lands fat with the
harvests of victory and women from
nations hungry amidst the ashes Of
lost wars, women from countries older
than history and from republics born
Yesterday, mingled in the halls of the
Washington Hotel after their welcome
at Union Station yesterday afternoon.
There were picturesque characters
among them. One party from the
British cc;onc of Tasmania had been
on the way to Washington for five
weeks. Out of the long Arctic night
came the Iceland delegates. En-
thusiastic and proud were the women
from such lands as Ukrainia. Estland
and Latvia, representing their peo-
pies for the first time at an inter
national table.
Forty-two countries will have dele
formally convened tomorrow evening.
Approximately $50 of the women now
are here. including most of the in
ternational officers. Those arriving
yesterday We're assigned to hotels and
private homes about the Capital to
rest after their long journeys. Today
there will be sight seeing trips, indi-
vidual lunches and parties.
Kuow HorrOrs of War
The council is international. some
of the American officials explained
yesterday, in the sense that II is
clearing house for all conservative
thought or action, anywhere on earth
whereby the lot of women and children
is made juster and easier. 1t is
pacifist, Mrs. Philip North Moore.
president of the American branch of
the council, pointed out. only in the
sense that IL realizes fully the horrors
of war for those who must wait In
the waiied-up towns while the battles
rage and believes in the fullest pos
sible use of arbitration before resort
ing to arms.
None of the hundreds OF organiza
tions of which it is composed ever
has tried to interfere in the defensive
policy OF a nation. urged any radical
CnanSe III lne 10TH VI SONS VI
proved faithless to their countries in
time of trouble. she said. Some of
it's American members and officers
are among the most prominent of
patriotic workers. Among the 40 ma
tional organizations of which it is
composed in the United States are
such bodies as the American Asso
citation of University. Women, the
General Federation of Women s
Clubs, the Woman's National Medi-
cal Association, the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union and the
Young Woman's Christian Associa-
tion.
Not League of Nations Adjunct.
Mrs. Moore said: This council is
international not in any political
sense, but only in the sense that
women and children are international.
We do not try to dictate a course of
action to anybody. l presume that
most of the European women here
are ardent advocates of the League
of Nations. Their countries are mem
bers of the league and their activi-
ties may be to some extent associated
with the league. In fact the council
carries on work which parallels that
of the league along some lines, such
as opposing traffic In women and chill
dren. I presume that the league will
be brought into our discussions here
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