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Show NEUTRALS WORKING ON PEACE PLAN EXPECT TO HAVE MEETING TO FORMULATE PROPOSALS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Believed That the Administration of Foreign Policies of Nations at War Would Welcome Action of Neutral Agency. Washington. David Starr Jordan, chancellor of the Leland Stanford university uni-versity and head of the International Peace congress, recently held in San Francisco, told President Wilson on Friday that a quasi-official meeting of neutral nations probably will be held some time before Christmas, either at The Hague, Berne or Copenhagen, Copen-hagen, to attempt to bring about peace in Europe. Dr. Jordan conveyed to the president presi-dent a resolution from the peace congress con-gress urging him to co-operate with other ntutrals in calling such a conference. con-ference. In a statement laid before the president pres-ident by Dr. Jordan, it was declared that as a result of recent missions to the governments of the warring nations na-tions it could be stated that while the nations at war were not willing themselves to 'begin negotiations for peace, "there is nevertheless abundant abund-ant evidence that those charged with the administration of the foreign policies pol-icies of these nations would welcome, or at least not oppose, affirmative action by a neutral agency to bring about a peace based on international justice." Dr. Jordan said that while no official of-ficial information was available, peace advocates had learned from unofficial un-official sources in Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark and Spain that those countries would ,be glad to take part in any movement to further the cause of peace. |
