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Show ; lKathleen I - athleen Norris Says : 1 War ar Is Et.ernally Eternally Et.ernallya Eternallya . a lUystery Mystery lUysteryto to W Women WomenBell omen , ( Ben Bell Sync1lcate-WNU Sync1lcate WNU syndicate-WNU syndicate - - Ser\1ee Ser 1ee Service \ ) 1 < r rt r t . ' It Itl Itfjr l _ fjr Gr GrI Grl Gra l ' } I a i ip iJ p J - r " A 4 ip , n ny nt nlR y t lR lRfear fear , . % ' w ! ' a aWomen , - - Women If they hadanyullng hadanything had anyullng anything to say about It neter peter would perml permit ' the , he na'lon5 nalon5 nations ' 1 7 " repr represent cnt to go to "aT aT uar " h It hlSn lSn tin t a natural thUlg thing to ' 0 "em em tiem ti " em as it " u is to men By KATHLEEN NORRISJ NORRISOMEN NORRIS NORRISTTOMEN TTOMEN OMEN if l ! they had anythmg anything anythmgto anythingto anythingl\f anythingl f "N N " "NOMEN \ J to say about It it , , , never wouldgo \ would \ ould ouldgo go to war They never neveruld neveruld neveruld uld permit the nations they rep repsent repsent replent sent to go to war It isn t a nat natat natal natil at al thing thmg to them as it is to men menWe men1Pe menffe We 1Pe thmkomen think thmk thuds \ women \\omen omen \ have pretty well welltabllshed welltablished welllabhshed tabllshed tablished their rights as cIt citzensthe tensthe zens tens zensthe the last 50 years But it will be beother beother beother other 300 years before they are areven arerm ven en any anyoice anyOlce \oice oice \Olce Olce vice \ in guidmg gUldmg guiding the af of afrs ofrs afrs rs of state No woman was con conlted conIted conIted lted Ited or quoted in m the preunmanes preliminaries preunmanesthe preliminariesthe ] the fire that is consuming consummg Europe Europelay Europefay Europelay lay fay : No woman m In the world IS ISwertul iswerful iswerful wertul werful enough to have said any anyIJlg anying anyus IJlg ing that would have been influenI lnfiuenJ influenJ influen lnfiuen J I It was men all men v.hoote whoate . who v.ho vho whoote ote ate the notes and flew the channel channeld d laid down the terms of the ulnatums ulnatums ul ulnatums natums Men natumsMen say they hate war deploreThey deploreThey deplore deploreThey They say that they love peace peaceId peaceid peaceid Id having havmg said this they do notbe nothg noth g lor for 20 years except lament the thenseless theuseless theuseless nseless useless slaughter that wrecked so soany soany soany any of their own lives I1ves and lay layins layass .Us Us ins ! . for the future slaughter that thatII II 11 destroy their sonsWhen sonsWhen sons sonswhen when international mtematIonal trouble startshear startsbear starts startsbear bear hear a great deal of peace peacesere peacelere lere sere are special prayers tor for It ItIportant itiportant itiportant Iportant state stateomen statesmen men and dlpomats diplomats diplomatstill dlpomatstill ] till hope for peace l\ewspapers l ewspapers Aewspapers Aewspapersadline \ Newspapersidline adhne adline it from day to day It 1S is 1Smmg isruing isnung mmg ruing it is not coming commg it is fad fadg fadg fad1 g it is strengthening strengthenmg And our ourghtened ourghtened ourghtened ghtened despondent hearts keep keepne keepne keepne ne neWe . We will pay anything tor for peace peacecept peacecept peacecept cept honor said an imposing Imposmg edl edi edipal edlIal edirial pal ; Ial the other day Like most talk talkwartime talkwartime talkwartime wartime this thls was a flat fiat lie Noidy NoNly No Noiy idy Nly < iy is ever willing wIllmg to pay anythingr anythmgI anythingk anythmg anything I k ' peace Everyone feels and evy ev y , . nation feels that peace ought oughtbe oughtbe oughtbe be tree free like water and air Wa- Wa War Wacost Wa-t Wa t Watcost Wa-ti Wa ti - ' cost billions and nobody 7eur 7eurs I ? &uris uris & ur urs r s But appropriate one bllllon billion bllllonpeace billionpeace billionpeace peace and we shoa sh/'l\:1 sh 'l l :1 1 shnrta sho- sho / ' . - ' \ a : have up- up upr upeace upr upease up-ir up ir - - r eace ease could hav havt have been bought tor for forworld forworld ! world at any time tune during durmg the theyears theyears theyears years since smce the Armistice was wased wased wasned ed If it had been bought 10rs 10rs 10 10r > rs r ago naturally we never would woulde wouldire e heard beard of Ado Adolt Adolf ! Hitler Httler He Hed Hed Heuld d today have bepn been an elderly elderlycure elderlycure elderlyicure cure house painter pamter in m some small smalltnan smalltrian smallstnan tnan trian town to\\n to n \ Intolerable CondItions Conditionsut Conditionstit ut tit we all went merrily mcrrlly on letthe letthe let ! the conquered eonquered natIonsaSuffer natIonsaSufferme nations suffer sufferme ufferme despairI me and starvation and despair despairone despairone one nation offered her back a aIe ale ale ; Ie le inch of her confiscated lands landsone landsone landsone one nation stood as her friendwe frIend frIendwe friendwe we had made an appeal for her herbacked herbacked herbacked backed it w . vith v.lth vlth , ith just one of the theons theons theons ons we have wasted on anna arena arenat armait 1 , t , , since smce that t me v . we . e e m ght ghte theId theld e changed the history of the ld id We might have started astyle a d ad ' style in international relation relations > s A style d mly patterned upon uponone uponone uponone forgivingir one great pattern of forgivmg forgiving forgivingi i " , themt r enem es doing good to them t hate you and despitetully despItefully usee use usehe he e may resist bombs and guns gunsay gunsY Y She could not have resisted resistedand resistedand resistedP wouldIt and friendship fnendshlp That would woulde heartfened e broken her hardened hardtned heart heart , , , ened her ber won her ber But the thepid theId Id IdBO Idao 10 BO ao dramatically dramatieally clamorouspeace clamorouspeace clamorous clamorouspeace peace never earedenough caredenough cared eared enough fore for fore e t peace to buy it to pay for 1t it 1thf itI.e hf I.e Ie . e a pulpits that call themselves themselvesvoice ex1 ext ; voice of Christ were silent silent , , ex t for i r a general plea for world worldce worldcc worldlceGeneral ce cc General pleas are nott4 not t4 t4Middla Mddle Middla Middlag , MddleEurope -g g - gEurope EuropeIS Europe EuropeIs IS soaked soakeddeep soakedLI LI ' deep an in anyoung 7 young youngblood blood bloodand and andFas I Ias as asbeen " been for 00 00eo sears searsa0 ) eo " a0 1 2 enough . . There must be a purpose purposeand purposeand purposeand and a plan behind behmd them A war warsick warsick warsick sick world would have accepted any anyplan anyplan anyplan plan that seemed to lead to perma permaneat permaneat permanent neat peace the women of the world worldwould worldwould worldwould would have been passionate in m thelt their theltgratItude theirgratitude thengratitude gratItude to whome\ whome whomei whomeer \ er had proposed proposedit It It was the great opportunity opportumty 01 of 01the ofthe olthe the churches and they never saw It it it.They itThey . . . They never saw that t tmes mes have havechanged havechanged havechanged changed that we bae hae hate ba\ ba ha\ ha \ e all lost faith faithIn faithin faithin In murder and hate that we are arew1l1mg arewilling arewilling w1l1mg willing to sacr sacrifice ce our children chlldren and andhomes andhomes andhomes homes and . wealth v.ealth vealth today only for a ahigher ahigher ahigher higher ideal than the ideal of warWhy warWhy war warWhy Why was there no committEe committeeworking committeeworking working \ orkmg faithfully and patiently patientlythrough patientlythrough patientlythrough through all these years upon an hon honestno honestno honest est-no est no - no more than that-a that a that - a generous generousadJustment generousadjustment generousadjustment adJustment of all the claims of all allthe allthe allthe the nations that might years ago agobave agohave agohave bave have been formed into 1I1to a prosperous prosperoussecure prosperoussecure prosperoussecure secure stead ly disarming dlsarmmg Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States of Europe9 Europe " ' Why was no map mapdrawn mapdrawn mapdrawn drawn to be submitted in turn to toall toall toall all the countries to be altered dlS dfs dlScussed dfscussed discussed cussed to be balanced by a com coin compensatmg coinpensating cornpensatmg pensatmg pensating g ft of an island here and anda anda a port there by a trade concessIOn concessIOnand concessionand concessionand and a money grant until untll everyone everyonewas everyonewas everyonewas was satisfied and the boundarIes boundariesof of each and everyone settled for fore forei fore\er9 fore er9 foreer9Nothing e\ e ei eer \ er ? ' Nothing Nothmg like that was suggested suggestedMldde suggestedMiddle suggestedMiddle Mldde Middle ] Europe is soaked deep in inyoung inyoung inyoung young blood and has been for 500 500years 500years 500years years Apparently there is no such suchth suchth suchth th ng as mutual respect and under understandmg understanding understanding standmg standing over there They will willwaste willwaste willwaste waste life hfe and waste money but butevery butevery butevery every country will continue contmue to grab grabwhatever grabwhatever grabwhatever whatever she can when a war ends endsand endsand endsand and c cl ] ng to that stolen property propertyfiercely propertyfiercely propertyfiercely fiercely as a9 long as she has a son sonleft sonleft sonleft left to fl n e a gunwter gunWt.er gun gunWLer WLer wter Wt.er . this war ends won t some someCP someore someo-e someo e CP CPe ore ) - e over there draw a map and let lett letus t , us all help to make it a reality9 reality ' If Ifwe Ifwe Itwe we had to buy one nation an Island Islandand islandand islandand and give glve another o oil lands and com coin compensate coinpensate cornpensate pensate a third with a billion or orThO ortwo ortwo ThO two in m endless credit it would be beso beso beso so cheap ' ' Such a map respected respectedfor respectedfor respectedlor for a span of 20 or 30 years would wouldcome wouldcome wouldcome come to be a fixture just as our ourstates ourstates ourstates states boundaries boundanes are Our 70 70different 70different 70different different races and nationalIties nationalItieshave nationalitieshave nationalitieshave have learned to live in peace We Weare Weare Weare are not eterrally surging surgmg over each eachothers eachothers eachothers others borders to steal and destroyTo destroyTo destroy destroyTo To be sure we have a central gov govemment goveminent goveminent emment eminent but so m Europe have We send representatives to Wash Washmgton Washmgton Washington mgton and she might have her herWashington herWashington herWashington Washington too and her mterna interns mternatlonal internstional mternational tlonal tional houses of parliamentThere parliamentThere parliament parliamentThere There is nothing nothmg fantastic or un unrealizable unrealizable unrealizable realizable in this IdeaHate ideaHate idea ideaHate Hate destroys but love bu builds ds In Inall Inall Inall all affection I wish we could beg n nnow nnow nnow now to construct the new United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States across the seas It could couldsoon couldsoon couldsoon soon grow to such strength that no noone noone noone one nat on could break it And Andv.hen Andwhen Andwhen v.hen vhen when . that happy day came we could couldbegin couldbegin couldbegin begin to disarm and enter upon an aneXIstence anexistence anexistence eXIstence free from fear An existence existence exist ence not very far { from rom &at at that & Kmg King Kmgdom Kingdam Kingdona dom dam tor for which we dally daily prayOtherWIse prayOtherwise pray prayOtherwise Otherwise Europe confesses to tothe tothe tothe the world her inability mabillty to manage manageher manageher manageher her own affairs The strongest strongestnations strongestnations strongestnations nations are not strong enough and andmust andmust andmust must cry out tor for help The wisest wisestnations wisestnations . nahons nations are not wise enough to pro produce produce produce duce men who can formulate fonnulate a plan planwhereby planwhereby planwhereby whereby this deplorable waste and andagony andagony andagony agony can be averted If It I I were werea a citizen cltlZen of at any European country countryI I would feel bitterly ashamed of the thefear thefear thefear fear weakness helplessness and andstupid andstupid andstupid stupid ty that result in ill these con contmual contmual contmual tmual outbursts of unavailing hate . " . " . " Yes the only way out is a PLAN PLANLet PLANLet PLANLet Let somebody make it and let us at atleast atleast atleast least discuss dlseuss it Let the natIOns natIOnsthat nationsthat nationsthat that don t t like it say so and then thenperhaps thenperhaps thenperhaps perhaps somebody will WIU have an In InSplratlOn inspiration inspiration SplratlOn spiration ! and Ind offer them this tius con concession concession concession cession or that compensation Let s sargue sargue sargue argue about it quarrel about it hear hearwhat hearwhat hearwhat what Stal nand n and Mussoliniand Mussolini and andChamberla andChamberla andChamberia Chamberla n and Hitler all thmk think thmkabout thinkabout thinkabout about it Let s change It adapt It Itand itand itand and finally through the grace of the thePr thePr thePr Pr ncc nee nec of Peace let s adopt it cre create create ereate ate the U S of Europe Europ , " and beg n nto nto nto to d sarm |