Evening star., 1926-10-17

for Soviet Russia, with its required
military training for the youth of both
sexes, but who decry and oppose mill
tary training in our own schools and
colleges. Let us be wary Of those who
preach peace at any price and non
resistance under all circumstances
but who support the preachers OF
communism by peaceful means il
possible, by violence if necessary. y
+ X X y
MRS. JOHN d. SHERMAN, presi
dent general Federation OF
Women's Clubs, spoke in Detroit, Sat
urday, before the Michigan State Fed
Grafton convention, discussing. new
phases of practical work for civic
political and cultural movements. Her
subject was The American Commun
ity. a Structure Which Rests on the
American Home"
Members of the national board OF
the League of American Pen Women
met Wednesday morning at national
headquarters in the Mayf1ower Hotel
and discussed plans for Fall and
Winter activities.
Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley. vice
president, presided in the absence OF
Mrs. Seton. who had hoped to be back
from her South American expedition
but was unavoidably delayed.
cable was read from Mrs. Seton from
Antofagasta, on the western coast OF
South America, saying that she would
arrive Monday, October IS, on the
steamer Santa Lula. Mrs. Seton was
delayed by a snoWbound railroad In
crossing the Andes.
INTERESTING reports on the prog
l. ress of the feminist movement In
foreign countries were given by Mrs
Alice Parks of California in her in
formal talk, which featured the re-
ceptiOn given at the National Wom
ans Party headquarters last Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Parks described conditions in
Japan, China and the Philippines, re-
lating some especially interesting
facts concerning the movement IN
Japan. where she declared more
progress has been made than in other
nations of the Orient.
women of Japan said Mrs
Parks. Il found to be well organized
and working in close cooperation.
WAS amazed ut I0elE tiiCii
advanced views"
Mrs. Parks found the General Fed.
Grafton of Women's Clubs, the Y. w.
c. A., the League of Women Voters,
the Womans Party and other like
national organizations from America
with we'll established branches in
Japan, and found them working to-
gether under one roof in close coop
Grafton. She declared that she was
particularly Impressed with the coop
erative efforts of the various groups
in this far-away land.
The Chinese, said Mrs. Parks, are
not so far advanced as their Jap
anese sisters, but she found every
where intense interest in the political
and social progress of women. China
is in receptive mood where wOmen's S
affairs are concerned according to
the speaker. but her women are
slower in developing ideas and in
putting them into practice.
In the Philippine Islands, Mrs.
Parks found a rather discouraging
situation. The women, coming under
the rules of the United States Govern
ment, are. of course. entitled legally
to vote, but they are not allowed to
exercise their privilege.
Mrs. Parks has just returned from
an extended tour, which included par
ticipation in the suffrage demonstra-
ton in England and attendance at the
Paris conference last May, when the
International Women's Suffrage Al
lance met.
Miss Amelia Walker of Baltimore.
assisted by Mrs. Wymond Bradbury
and Mrs. Emil Berliner, chairman of
the District of Columbia branch. re-
ceived the guests at the reception to
Mrs. Parks, given by the District