Show v Lady T f Henry TT Sommerset's Letter S In BY LADY InY DY Im hENRY n Ol V Jul Jt Tn Jn 7 In quiet 0 S t i the tho little Dutch town ton clean clenn with j th S order for that notion I Is c lp rl th th gables of or the thc Hall hail n 01 Knights n 5 wh where the tIo ponce pence is i being hel held l. l 1 l In this calm cairn environ ment merit It It Is difficult 1 to r thaI tha J the tho eloquent words word which are S in favor ta of oC pen peace anti md i which ure aire ro hear h.-avd PO ElO Co clearly In tho th t of this thiN so p t Tf rne place and drowned till to 0 thI o Ca ears ar S of or the world by the martial music o of drum a and d the V cla clashing of S nn l the tramp of man many feet as th gr great at of the world gather In their various corners center heedless of ol r that lint group lP who ho nave e met In the tho Im inter inter- r- r v Tvr if nea peace And An l yet ot l In ln the tho of or p pacific session the most mot 1 in precautions precaution are required l as us an ominous warning from St. St Petersburg S of Ow rn c peril threatened to S Mi Nf th A police barrack ha has h been en formed In a cellar his 1118 la is watched day lay and b by byS S and l Dutch secret ecret agent ani and S whenever er the tile conference meets th the Uw building which i is perforated by small smallS S winding staircases and hidden doors Is searched from top to bottom and t the doors are arP sealed ale 1 with wit a red pea eaI nl I which Is only broken In the presence enc of nf the r representative c of the secretariat g h before for the sitting of the tile conS con con- S S f farence ronce Such is If the environment In fn which the peace conference Is being held and many man who occupy a scat seat Ii In inS S that Hall hail of fir Knights will remember that an aIN after the disastrous sl skirmish which cost the life Jle of Sydney y In It H was wa va In th the course o of negotiations Ii In which Elizabeth strove strow to make p peace nce II that on th the th 1 ith of January sonic gOme months before Sydney's Sydn ys y's death cleath the gt general IH ral of Holland orr offered red a ceremonial banquet to In the Earl garl of Lei Lei- coster In the tho PI very ery building wh where rc l the te H pence pence- conference lIce assembles nut Hut more still I Is the 01 memory pm 01 of John Von the great chancellor of Holland who was as condemned d to death by tw the Ih order of Prince Maurice of Orange and aDd executed on u it scaffold scaffoldS S neat near the western door y Or f p t know little of or the proportion S that r will ultimately take It Is only when u ii wi Wp look at nt thorn In the perspective of fr if time that we wp e understand understand under under- stand what Is destined to influence the S fate of the world or what whal Is unimportant ant and transitory and I cannot hut but thi think Ink that thit this mN meeting to which but hut passing are given n. n sometimes S with wih a n sight as to tn tlC tie futility of o the attempt ia may In days das to corm conw loomS loom S ll up n as one cue of or the biggest e t timings things which V taken takemi place In our day clay In our OUI tal dally daily papers e rc have ha e long accounts of reviews re I of the new jie army scheme of uC the tIme necessity i for further troops troop ill All J I this news new Is read with wih caS ea- ea aIn a- a S gernes In s. s anti and th the discussion of The hE Hague ague conference Is relegated to an unimportant place but the grain grin of I which which Is cast Into the ground lund does s tOs tO's not hot die lt It remains remain burled buried burIEl awhile and then with the Indomitable perseverance perse per I verance o of I real nl life pushes H Its wa way up through the cold COllI hard earth until It I I reaches air all an and l sun and liberty and brings 1 life f e to the world There hert are ml new forces making for or 1 HIGHWAY HIGHWAY IN HONOR OF VICTORIA EMPRESS AND QUEENY QUEEN I r I r T. T 1 n v t rj r- r f j Y M. M ty y A i V. V t VV 4 t 2 v j S S 4 4 5 5 5 S S S I rm ys i I I H HP Bl iJ B 1 B U t JU 1 l J. J j ll U- U I 11 T- T to r Ln lol July Zi 27 Phot Photo shows hows th the e new processional In the road foreground l from is t h he side to 1 C occupied hy by the Iw I tonal rIctorIa Th is to tf be bC lilt 11 buit in or of tte tt late consist of a marble statue surmounted hy by a It win ringed pl n urt or of tory height S. S of ci to the the monument late hate uen will wi which he be nearly wil vili y feet un and l the tw width or of the a avenue ene en e 1 is 15 feet feet Internationalism which lm kit cannot now be result of a movement mO andI and und c the I I tendency 1 is as unrestrained ll U. U U-ethe U UW time tide thle nn and which gathers force u artsil 1 nears the tH shore lut but I is mal making ln Us 18 Is IsI I Inroads as Us quietly and a as fulty b as the sea la And Arid yet t In spite of w v of Europe are growing groin t hit the armies s IC which are uLe poured the sums of oC money art out t. t arc ate increasing the fear far o of war ar bet beten be- be t ten en un nations is IK a aggravated gra a conference h program of th the new nothing If IC not Hot practical It 1 r. r is it d titIs l with the thc laws law and u usages ag's of tr tri naVal al warfare the operations of or bombardment born bom on- on i of belI bel- bel o property the private b t. t other topics I at sea and many sea demand an entire chan change c which do not entre conditions but bUL which so 80 o see se the tho theS thool to tn make nalce men them as US m modify lf much of or foi ol and lc the wickedness S which has hitherto been licen IJen considered S I. I pr weS features one ne of the lC of conference however of oC The rite Hague reception by b Mr 1 7 was th the 11 the International of thc deputation from t i If Council Counci of Germany Women America nl- nl ln f ing 1 ic England adI adf ad- ad S who presented an UI i d etc and l lr fede universal peace f Ill In favor of or al 11 dress res I firmament Mr in reply reply- 11 the t that recognized f r S that at he said W li ln i P lt millions o of represented world He lie might the I CS won l en havi have a all al added over that It ft I is c le ally allyS which S QI anti and one question i lon m 4 n if finally settled l until woman vm not lw he wl although equal to have an all d t us S o of stake in the government gC L i n t Ions US ma mami 1 is S to toS that argument The Fhe dl disabilitY I most fl a t tl the 11 bilY bilYi S liet nationS nation nation- moS In talt tahe her t har t to ITI woman not does i that thaL she do Is the fact act h politICS l S that woman light hut but I 1 do not is unable she becaUse 11 does oes not tight that the b be true truc S t 1 do co 50 50 of the It I A mazon may are art lost In SO 0 mt hs tl able ills ills- t W ar arO not ls- ls n a p facts to un de nl th elI aware w WC are I origin but bul wel our OUI In S tribes tib among strength tr an and a womans woman's ilC that Into action s art are called acton formed han pow l hot that as aN far ar t as physicalS physical anc woman at an anY rate rat lJ I S O Is fl as capable of bear S I ge as ag Am fatigue u ma iff hardshiP anc seen it the Indian f who ten of the faintly 0 01 l the tIzlIe hUg the gl man o leisurelY l sit 75 ti j 1 f on hl his horse nor oJ e P smoking hl his pipe r feel f-el el the slightest t doubt as QS to womans woman's quality equality In ph physical strength At an r rt rate the Indian ha real realized l t It I am ant an made mac practical use UC of his hits knowledge flits fills whole stor story of one cne JP vote on om L sword Is II founded on a fala fallacy It I 1 I is isI I tru true that th the barbarous tribes w WOO win 0 I I w were re wont to put their women In tin time I jvan an att as CS fighters have p all al died cUcci out out T To ToI I what Is IN womans woman's exemption from mil Crol S ml- ml duties owing To th tho thA theatre desire ol olmen of nC mn men to tn represent her on the battled battlefield battle battle- field feld d N Not No H at all ul it i Is h owing to nat not ural itral Iral K selection clon time rt mothers mother who anthe are an the makers makeN of o men hd had l to be guarded for the tl benefit o of th the thie tribe or nation otherwise that nation would suffer In Its survival sur Women omen 0 0 en have har hav a greater role rol than that of 0 lighting toP are the fountain of oC the race at which it Jt recruits Its lo losses perpetuates H Its hopes hopeB and anel conserves es th the results of or victories I already gained and I J maintain that If IC service to the nation naton Is 15 to count as a n chief hl r article of M faith fult for the thc voter th the I service fl aye and old the dangerous serI service service ser ser- vice that woman renders ever every nation I Is far greater than the occa occasional lonal foe fac ling ing of a Maxim gun or the remote contingency con con- of or a a. a bursting shell hel There is hardly a u woman who ho Is not called caled to come core face rice to face taCt with wih death wien when sho she goes goe down Into the tile great Geth- Geth I Isho emane of or suffering and nd with wih the dew dev of eternity tern I on her brow gives to the worM world Its Is sons SOlS and anti daughters It I Is Js womans woman's mals mal's fight for fOI the race time til light tight I In which she too to often ofen gives her I life e. e It I is IR a greater I a t r service to leA beer bear l sol soldier ler than to hear bear arms What hat hat wonder therefore that In int t these more civilized days Woman oman should have havo time to consider what hat is isher isher her attitude toward that militarism which has forever been leei her worst en enemy en- en emy cray a spirit which ha has hel held heid her in durance and which ha has barred harred her from her privileges I J think unquestionably the Uw tendency among along women Is toward peace pece I do not speak Unhesitatingly un- un h hesitatingly h because cu woman I Is a creature creature crea crea- Cea ture turf who imn inherits tradition perhaps I I more moore 1011 easily even than man She ha has been Iwen educated It to believe e that It Is pa patriotic pa- pa cheerfully to give I her WI husband am her sons on us food for the cannon but bUl In UHs these days das warfare has largely changed its I aspect It I 1 Is no longer na- na tonal protection but ll rather it I Is prom prom- roh-I roh struggle gl at an any rate rale in iii England Eng- Eng land with wih foes fops at a 1 distance In order I Ito to o rl preserve sen tho thoe e e more distant 1 parts of our JUT empire which ore are r remote mot from her I Immediate Interests Hut BUl ut woman ant and man alike alico ame require at hour hoU as Indeed In all al great mo- mo rent when reform Is Imminent to lo torace race face things ns a 0 they th are and anti to 01 r not to create clate an imaginary Utopia but jut to take life as w we it It and do dour Ott our ur best to remodel 1 principles and work vork from thorn them to higher conceptions if national responsibility There is j a movement in England at athis his moment to which wom women's ns n's atten- atten aten- aten lon Lion is lI being especially called which coins at first ln t sight to be 1 greatly greaty at valance valance va va- lance with wih the principles advocated it t The Hague an and l that Is the forma forma- lon Ion on of or a citizen army When liz st I icard crl of or this scheme it seel seemed led to me mf I to be bo fraught ru ht with wih danger lanGer but th the themore more marl I con It I too more I realIzed realized real real- that the lIme whole conception wa was wag ab absolutely In harmony with the th principles principles prin prin- cl pl advocated t l f at nt t t the hI pence peace confer confer- ence The Fite moment militarism Is tol taker eJ front from rom the time hands n of a special class claS and anC the defenses of ft any nation arc are guarded d db I b by It Il sown citizens from Crom that thal moment was as Is looked upon In a different 1 It I Is Js not the business o of men to slay In men mn to protect their homes should an any L Invader threaten their peace Titis In close to tn S brings th the conception of war Wai the hearth and directly there I Is a n true realization of mit IC what war wor menus means from rom rein that moment here springs up tip the horror horror hor hor- of or It I. I rather than the shout for false also glory glor 1 I f fully 1 believe II c that toe tOl action that Switzerland has taken with taen I I regard to In It Its citizen fl army If it It Is followed 01 fol lowed lowe l b by the civilized l nations of the I world will wi be h the r very vy step to toward toward to- to ward warel a real reil and ami lasting p peace It I I is tho the formation of b great eat ame armies for or th the sake ko of or fighting the men who t e business it H l is to tl tight fight ht who are ale recruited for or the tho purpose drilled for fOI it i. i kept I for jor It It H. which is i the th standing menace to tn European peace Let the fathers anti and sons of oC the nation realize that on them rests the duty duly of protection I ion tion and no more mOle that th they ma may be I called caled from rom their lul quiet a avocations should houll the hit II standing standing- arm army b be sent SEnt abroad to fulfill fuli military duty and you ou place the responsibility of o war immediately im Sm- the nation Itself It mediately upon naton 1 Ir I does doe not merely mean voting a sum um to sen send l other people to light but It I means stepping out from rein the fireside to protect protect pro pro- I It ft I while others fight ht Only thus to tf m my mind will wi the real meaning of peace h be brought blought home to time the hearts ts he and anti to the hearths of oC the women of England at at an any rate In any practical o way I fully ul realize that this dot does dot not apply appl ap ap- ap- ap ply pl- to America America Is engaged In JO no outsIde warfare America America has no nb outsIde foes to lo fear hut but England Englant Germany aJ and l France stand stanl In different differ differ- cot ent positions Let Ie it i not nol be thou thought ht for 01 or a moment that I advocate advocat conscription tion ton for or I do believe that if ever every man w rE from his youth anti and from the very I school s-chool in which he is educated taught that It ii I is his duty elmy to protest his home homp if It is menaced by hy a foreign foe no light pretext pret and an l no vain excuse ex ex- clR cuse would be hp seized sc In order to kindle kin kin- II mile dle the thA flame of war var if ff It ft affected Lie tte lre life anti and well being wI o of f er every man at home who is able ahl to bear arms So Sn far from flom rein believing that tho the only wa way to secure pacific relations Is to cry cn Peace peace when there Is no peace I believe c bele in taking practical masures F ru ures which will wi bring home hone to In alt all al lh he the real meaning ot war cT-war war In order that tat teh th meaning once should make war practically impossible This lhuis I believe e to be he woman woman's work vork Here Iere HIre I e hIt e she II can come comp in and anel by 13 her influence and by her calm practical teach her hel h her lire fire precept can sons by 13 tre- tre side Ide what is their thel plain duty duly uty In the old ild 01 Norse orse legends the Valkyrie were the war maidens who rode upon the tho storm torm cloud and incited men to fight Let It be he today in the gentle gent breeze which sighs round roune the home hearth that hat that home protection movement be bE e Inaugurated which Is the thc direct opposite opposite op- op osite of oC the spirit of bloodthirsty ag- ag |