Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-15
AMERICAN POLICY
TO Be DISCUSSED
Conference on Cause and
Cure of War Will Open
Here This Evening.


The United States policy in Mic
arasua, Mexico and China will he
studied. criticized and explained al
The third national conference on the
''Cause and Cure OF War;" which viii
open at the Hotel Washington here
tonight and run through Thursday
A definite peace program which will
gain the support of men and women
generally throughout the country will
be the object Of the conference.
Secretary of War Davis will be the
principal speaker at the OPENING
meeting tonight. Other speakers will
be W. f. Castle. jr.. Assistant Secre-
tary of State, and Rear Admiral Frank
H. Schofield. Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait. general chairman Of the confer
ence. will preside. The topic Of this
session will be Americas Contribu-
ton to Peace.
Nine national women'S orsaniZa.
tons with an estimated membership
of Ie.o00. 900 women will cooperate in
the conference. Each organization
Will send 100 uelesaieS.
VIII represent All Opinions.
The speakers, who were chosen for
their expert knowledge Of national and
International problems, will represent
eli phases OF opinion. There will he
those who are for ornaments and
those who are against ornaments.
lsoiationistS and those who support
the League of Nations, those who ia
sion
and those who believe the United
States should STAY at home. The one
point on which all the speakers are
agreed is the premise that world peace
Is possible.
The Department of State has been
invited 10 send an unofhcial observer
60 the round table discussions TO hear
and to explain what the speakers say
regarding possible war dangers in the
foreign policy of the United States
toward Mica raugua. Mexico and China.
the ethics of stronger nations attempt.
ing 10 mold the actions of the weaker.
the influence of the Soviet govern.
nlent and Mussolini upon present-day
world peace. and the sanctions neces-
sary TO make treaties adequate sub.
s;itutes for war.
An original formidable plan will he
tried out in the discussions. Speakers
for each session will cross-question
and interrupt each other at will, while
the round table will be conducted in
open meeting. with the audience able
20 follow all the discussions. These
informal discussions will take the
place Of set speeches and will be fol.
lowed by open forums, in which all
the delegates will participate.
Two Peace Plans Ready.
Two peace plans will be read at the
conference. They are the result OF
contest open only TO the 400 readers
who have been following a definite
course OF study for the past year in
preparation for this meeting These
women, who worked singiy and In
g'vups. submitted essays of 1000
words or less. and the two judged TO
offer the most practicable plan on
The cause and cure Of war and a for
eign policy for the United States will
be read 10 the conference
Mrs. Gait. who has recently re.
turned from Amsterdam. where WON.
en- of more than a score of countries
were seeking a plan for world peace
upon which they could unite under
the guidance OF the International Al.
lance OF Women for Suffrage and
Equal Citizenship. declared: Il look
eonnoeniiy to our Washington meet.
ing 10 develop definite conclusions as
70 what individual women and orsani.
xations Of women in the United states
can do to help toward international
unity. N'0''0'
when We had our first conference
or the cause and cure OF war in
warrington five years ago there was
an enormous amount Of interest in
peace, with many women going around
the country lecturing on the subject
nut considerable confusion among
womens organizations as TO what
was propaganda and what was fact.
A group Of national organizations
witn the largest membership OF
women In the United States decided
the thing 10 do was to have a meeting
a. which their chairman OF fn,erna
Eonal relations and peace depart.
nients without emitting the orzaY,iza.
lions. could discuss DEFINITE plans for
eliminating war as an institution.
We have Done this at two meetings.
Great progress has been made.
regard the third session a. the most
fundamental VI our Undertakings"
Three Sessions Daily.
Three sessions viii be held daily
during the conference The round
Table plan will be followed during the
morning and afternoon sessions and
formal speeches viii be made in the
evenings and al the banquet Thurs.
Gsy. which viii ciose the conference
The list Of speakers includes Senior
s&lssdor de Msdsrisga, former chief
OF the dins Tns ment section. Iecre
tsriat. League of Nations; Or. James
=. shotweA. Carnegie Institute for
international Pesce: John Hskeiess.
fssociate editor Of the Forum: Prof.
Harry Barnes. Smith College; Mn.
James w. Morrison Of Chicago, DR..
Anna Gariin Spencer Of New York
Cay. James u. Mcdonald. chairman
Foreign Policy Association: Charles r..
bSwiand. Chairman OF the Greek
refugee Settlement Of the League Of
Nations, lszS.Is2C. and director Of
search Of the Council on Foreign
EsiA tl0nf; Samuel q. INNS N. who mas
spfnt much time In Spa nlsh America:
Jpr, stephen y. Duggan, director Of
the institute u international E.ducs
ton snd diresLDf Of The institute rf
Pacific Relations: Prof Esr"st ~.
Psf'~fs"n, wharton SchooD o. ina noes
sfa6 Commerce. University 0f F<nnsyi.
sanl. Prof Philip Jessup. Columbia
University, Dr. ksths rins Jeanne Gal.
xEhsf, Grucher College; Ysuki
rsairSni ~ Japan snd ~, Leighton
ttbSF, president. fenchigK mi.
sssslty. PFkine. China.
The national ofss BizstIons whieh
VIII .I~D<fate IN the meeting are ih@
American AssDeis tion III University
Women, Council If Women for Home
Glssaons, Fedststi0n 0f w1msns
Essrcs ~ Foreign Missions Of North
AfDsfirs, General FeGetstl0n u
"mnen's Clubs, HatiDnsi Council nj
Jewish Women. .s'ionsi League Of
Women voters, National WonIs n y
fhflstls6 Temperance Union, ksiionat
t+ss 70 ~ Young Uomf nv Christian
1sSlelsi ions SID hstlensi W0men's
TRADE Union League.