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Jane Addams — Part 3
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the participasion of ¢he women, Who o&n
ef the world sould be made wery simple by
bear pressure upon politicians. The Disarmament Conferences recently held in Washing-
ton, she said, was &® great disappointment to mst of the world, and the defeated
countries eannot understand non-disarmamente, She further stated that conscription
" ghouia be abolished in all allied countries, also that there should be an organisatio
for the effective resistance of taxes, and urges that some means be taken to prohibit,
the production of cannon and of all mmitions.
Miss Gledys Bina of England, the next speaker, welcomed the idea of a Leagues
gaid that it 1s an urgent need, that the present League of Nations has great faults,
that the thing to do was to choose a League then send the right representatives to
the League. ‘The League of Nations a6 it existe today oan never go further than the
Govermments will Let it, end & new *eil inclusive and impersonal League” should be
formed, not only +0 deal in War, but in BZconomics. She further stated that the
league of Nations’ actions on Boonomics are WrONSs and that Free Trade Tariff is &
hinderance to International Good Will and ereates & monopoly in eountries, #150
eausezr & crisis in the smaller countries in which the Tariff is imposed. The League 'B
actions in those matters, she gaid, create & war atmosphere and & spirit of"inter-
national Rivalry." Also tariffs are the weapons against peace. Miss Rinder further:
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declared herself ‘against treaties (existing ones) of mataal guarantee, 86 they form =
groups of nations who agree to protect on6 enother trom attack. In order to make |
the present mtual guarantees effective, the world would have to be in a state of
perpetual preparation. She closed her address by saying that our only security is @
weonstractive gooperative society."
The next speaker was Dre Anita Augspares Of Ss of Germeny, whose subject was “The
Tnited States of Europe." Europe, the speaker said, is & history of wars, and &
qnion would reduce the opportuni ties for war. She Thited States of Americe owes ite
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