Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
WORLD CONCLAVE
TO PROMOTE PEACE
Society Announces Contribu-
ton to BicentenniaI Plans
for 1892.

Plans for a World Conference
dedicated to the furtherance of inter-
national peace, which is to be an event
of 1882 in connection with the celebra-
ton of the 200th anniversary of the
birth of George Washington, were an
nounced yesterday by the American
Peace Society, the oldest peace organ
ization in the country.
Preliminary plans for the conference
were made known by John j. Esch
president of the society after a meeting
OF the board of directors
The theme around which the con-
ference will be organized is George
Washington and the Foreign Policies of
Nations, said Mr.. Esch This theme
is one entirely in harmony with the
purposes of our organization. BY en-
phasizing the international vision of the
Father of Our Country we shall be
definitely promoting the interests of
world peace"
Has Sponsored Many COncIaves.
The American Peace Society was or
ganized in 1928 and the first World
Peace Conference, which was held in
London in 1843 was organized two
years earlier by the society. In an
nouncing the forthcoming conference,
the society pointed out that 1t has
sponsored three world conferences, five
conference on international justice. The
1882 conference is to be convened as
the second world conference on inter-
national Justice.
Mr.. Esch announced two committees
to promote plans for the meeting
plan and scope committee is composed
Of Thomas E. Green, Washington
chairman; George M. Morris, Wash.
1ngton. secretary; George T. Buckine-
nam, Chicago; Nicholas Murray Butler.
New York: Frederic R. Coudert. New
YORK; James S. Kemper, Chicago:
Robert Treat Paine, Boston: Elihu Root,
New York; James Brown Scott Wash.
ington, and Lester H. Woolsey Wash
1ngton.
General Committee Named,
Members of general committee on
arrangements are: Mr. ESch William
9. Breed, New York City; Col. George
4. buckingham. Chicago; Elmer Ellis
worth Brown. chancellor New York
University; John Joy Edison, Washing
ton: William P. Gest. Philadelphia;
Frank B. Kellogg, ST. Paul: Elwyn G.
Preston Boston; Hiram w. Kicker.
South Poland, Me; George E.
Roberts, New York; Henry M. Robin
son, Los Angeles; Elihu Root New
James Brown Scott. Washington
James r. Sheffield New York; Theodore
Stanfleld, New York; Charles F..
Thwing, Cleveland; Thomas r. White,
Philadelphia; Isaac P Baker Bismark,
N. OAK; Joseph Bancroft, Wilmington,
Del; Asa G. Briggs, ST. Paul; George
S. Brown, Reno New: Philip Marshall
Brown. professor of international law,
Princeton University; Arthur D. Call,
secretary American Peace Society,
Washington.
Ira A. Campbell New York; P. P.
Claxton, Knoxville, Tenn; Joseph B.
Cotton, New York; Frederic r. Coudert,
New York; John M. Crawford. Parkers-
burg, w. Va; j. J. CulberSon, Paris.
States Senator from New Mexico;
Robert R. Ellis, Memphis Tenn; Will
liam Fortune. indianapolis; Burton L.
French, Representative from Idaho;
Frank J. Frost, Washington; Percy w.
Gardner Providence, r. l.; Harry A.
GARFIELD, Williamstown. Mass; Thomas
E. Green, Washington; Walter w
Head. Chicago: David Jayne Hill,
Washingtotn; W. H Hoover. North
Canton, Ohio; H L. Horning, Waukesha,
Wis; Clarence H. Howard, Granite
City, Ill. w. M G. Howse, Wichita,
Kas.; Charles l.. Hyde. Pierre, S. OAK;
James S. Kemper, Chicago; William
Wallace Kincaid, Youngstown, New
York; DR.. Ashley Day Leavitt, Brook
EaSton, Pa.
Charles H. Mcdowell. Chicago:
Thomas A. NARROW, Helena; Samuel
r, McKelvie, member of the Federal
Farm Board; Col. Paul v. McNutt,
Bloomington, Ind; Felix M. McWhirter,
Indianapolis; DR.. Walter A. Morgan,
ton; Henry G. Morris, washington:
Edwin P. Morrow, United States Board
of Mediation; Robert Treat Paine, Bos-
ton; John M. Parker, st. F'rancisvllle,
La Reginald H. Parsons, Seattle;
Walter Scott Penf1eld, Washington;
oliver J. Sands. Richmond, Va; K. H.
Smith. Washington; DR.. Jay T. Stock
ing. St Louis; John H. Storer, Wash
ington; SilaS H Strawn, Chicago;
Louis j. Taber Columbus; Henry W.
Temple Representative from PennSyl-
vania; Huston Thompson, Denver;
Oscar Wells, Birmingham; w. E. Wells,
Newell, w. Va; George w. White,
washington; Lester H. Woolsey, WASH
ington; Lacey C. Zapf, business man
ager of American Peace Society; G. r.
Agassiz, Newport, r. I.
Frederick H Allen New York; Rob-
ert l.. Bacon, Representative from New
York; Paul F. Beich, Bloomington, ILL;
Of Maine; Fred A. Britten, Repre-
sentative from Illinois; S. P. Brooks,
president Baylor University, Waco,
Tex; Charles F. Carusi. chairman
Board of Education, Washington;
George D. Crabbs, Cincinnati; Clarence
w. De Knight, Washington; John
Foster Dulles, New York; John E.
Fdgerton, Lebanon, Tenn; Frank L.
Fay, Greenville, Pa; Samuel M Hast
tngs, Chicago; Clay H. Hollister, Grand
Rapids; Alanson B. Houghton, Wash
ington; John B. Larner, Washington;
William G. Mather, Cleveland; P. j.
McCumber, Washington; Col. Douglas
I. Mckay. New York; Albert G. Mil
bank. New York; Nathan L. Miller, New
York; Fred K. Nielsen, Washington;
Thomas walker Page, chairman of
council of Institute of Economies,
Washington; Amos j. Peaslee, New
York; Ouno H. Rudolph, Washington;
O. BaScom Slemp, Washington; E. B.
Stanley, Cincinnati; De Courcy w.
Thorn, Baltimore.
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