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Jane Addams — Part 3
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. ge must make transportation easier; this puainess of being
“hela up by Customs Officials at every Frontier is foolish. Waterways
should be under International control, for instance, the Panama Canal
ana the Suez Canal. We should have"co-national control", there should
be a regulation of supplies that are scarce, and also of raw materials
Fanine help should be regulated internationally. The world uses mater’
4eliem and greed of possession as a source of prestige; there i8 an
element of jealousy anda inequality among nations that should be done’
away with. "Wars" ig the God of steel, of oil and of passports.
Lucie Dejardin of Belgium, aopearing for seconfi time, said:
"Reject the old idea that "might is right’ Belgiun complained
of her lack of laborers to uphold her competition in trade; yet she
‘$00k for four montas out of every year, the youth the strength and |
fiower of the land away from the fields and factories and put then in-
to military service. The government expended enough money during thos
four months to feed and cla@the the starving whildren of Belgium.
May 3rd, 8:30 p. De
Washington dotel.
Jane Adams, Chairman. C
The first speaker was Judge Florence Adams , U. Ss. Supreme Court}
of Ohio, she said:
- Wer arises from lack of understanding between nations, war 18
“a legalized institution and must be abolished for the perpetuation of
humanity. she first step to do tais 43 to make war 88 a means of set-
tling international controversies disreputable and 4 crime. Phere i8
meee i a emt er
no law existing tousy ageinst war; @ controversy between nations 18
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