Evening star., 1926-11-28
WOMEN TOD|SCUSS
j. PROBLEMS OF WAR
Convention viii Meet Here
! Sunday to Consider
p ''Cause and Cure"

Nine hundred woman leaders from
many sections of the country, repre-
senting nine outstanding women's or.
ganizations reported to have a total
membership in excess of 100000
voters. will gather in Washington
next Sunday for the second Confer
ence on the Cause and Cure Of War,
which is to take up consideration of
many international relations prob
lens, including the troublesome MeXi-
can question and the operation OF the
Monroe doctrine in that phase Of the
foreign policy of the United States.
With the whole field of the politi-
cal and religious difficulties In Mexico
TO be thrown open to the delegates. in
whose ranks are to he found expon-
ents of nearly every school of thought
and opinion. the conference promises
TO he interesting. In addition to a
series Of prepared addresses an topics
related to war and peace, to be de.
livered by a number of authorities
from various political centers Of the
world, the conference is to hear COM
mittee reports. hold round-table dis
cussi@ns and adopt resolutions.
Condemnation of War Chief Aim.
While other features will enter the
program. the predominating note, ac
cording to advance information, is to
be condemnation of war as silly.
useless thing, destructive of the
progress of the world
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, widely
recognized women's suffrage leader,
who presided at the first conference
on wars cause and cure, will be chair
man of the present conference, with
Mrs. John d. Sherman acting as vice
chairman.
The convention will be inaugurated
next Sunday afternoon at mass
meeting in the Belasco Theater. to
which the general public is invited.
All other scheduled sessions are to
he held in the hall of nations at the
Washington Hotel, for which cards of
admission are being issued to non
delegates by Mrs. w. l.. Darby, invi-
tation committee chairman, at the
Ontario Apartments.
Organizations Represented.
The nine women's organizations un-
der whose auspices the conference Is
being held are: The American Asso-
citation Of University Women, the
General Federation of Women's Clubs,
the National League Of Women
Voters, the National Board Of the
Young Womens Christian Associa
Union League, the National Council
of Jewish Women, the National Wom
ems Christian Temperance Union, the
Council of Women for Home Missions
and the Federation Of Women's
Boards of the Foreign Missions Of
North America.
Addresses at the mass meeting Sum-
day afternoon will be made by MAJ.
Gen. TaSker II. Bliss, u. S. A., who
will speak on 1.-THE Fundamental
BASIS of Peace; DR.. Ernst Jackh Of
the German High School for Politics,
of Berlin, who will discuss Germany
and Future Peace" and DIR. Alfree f.
Zimmern, director Of the Institute of
International Relations, Geneva, Swift
zerland, on "The National Basis Of
Internationalism.'
l.. S. Foreign Policy a Topic.
Sessions Monday and Tuesday, De-
cember and Z. will be devoted to
topics relating to the foreign policy
Of the United States. security, arbi
tration and disarmament. Speakers
will include Representative Theodore
f.. Burton of Ohio, who will discuss
Americas attitude toward disarma-
ment; Norman Angel, James G. Mac |
Donald of the Foreign Policy Associa-
ton, and DIR. James II. ShotWell of
Columbia University and the Car
neaie Endowment for International |
Peace.
Wednesday and Thursday the con- |
ference will concern itself with dis |
cussion of the United States foreign |
policy as related to China, Japan, the |
Philippines and Latin America, with |
addresses to be made by a group in |
cluding Pedro Guevara, resident COM |
missioner for the Philippines; DR.. p. !
W. Kuo. president Of the National |
Southeastern University Of China: |
Frederick Moore, counselor Of the |
Japanese foreign office, 1921-1926; !
Prof. Harold G.. Moulton Of Washing |
ton. and Prof. II. Duncan Hall Of Aus. |
tralia, exchange professor at Syracuse |
University.
EurOpe's Debts Scheduled.
The question of the European debt |
settlements also will be taken up |
Thursday afternoon by Prof. Ernest |
NJ. Patterson of the University of |
Pennsylvania and Prof. Moulton and |
Prof. Hall.
The chief social event of the con- |
ference will be a dinner at the Wash |
ington Hotel Thursday evening, when |
addresses will be delivered by F.. c. |
Lndeman and Bruce Bliven, both OF |
the staff of the New Republic, on
Public Opinion for War and Peace"
E.fr. Lindeman will talk on THE Peace |
Machine" and Mr.. Bliven "The Hate |
Machine"
Committee reports and resolutions !
will consume the major portion of Fri |
days sessions.