The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 5, 1919, Page 6

> ive her the Key to Lock him up f= James'V. Gerard, : {formerly Ambassador to Germany = 6 ————— William IL Taft, President Leagtie to Enforce Peace March 1, North and South Carolina, Florida, ‘Ten- , nessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and ~* Georgia. : To the autograph collector, the invitations to these congresses have a special interest, for they bear facsimilé signatures of twenty-four ‘of the most distinguished mcn and women in the United ; States...Ex-President Taft and Cardinal Gibbons head. the:list;:and: the other signe: ‘almost ‘ominent. They | represent, ,.morcover,: a + 2tpressive variety of interests, and show theabr. -Niithe’ night’of “‘Thursdey, February 6, a QO special car will start from New York City is on_a trip_of several thousand miles that wil] shave: far-reaching consequences not only*for the United States:but for all the world It will carry, among other distinguished passen gers, an ex-president of the United States, the man who represented the American people at the court of Kaiser Wilhelm at the time when we en- = tered the war; a former minister to the Nether- ta.<s who is also one ofthe country’s most famous literary men;the president of a famous university; the chosen representative -of-Labor. on one of the most important: tribunals set up during the war, and the he d of the most influential organization of ‘women in the United States. This company, with a staff of secretaries, and organization and pub- licity experts, will undertake a tour remarkable even in a country accustomed to propaganda in all its varied forms. The tour will occupy nearly a month and be- fore it is over every portion of our population will be reached by the message these men and women will deliver. They will be heard first in New York City during a series of public meetings lasting two ’ days—February 5 and 6. The first stop after New York will be Boston. Then the car will make a long jump to Chicago. The schedule from that point is: Minneapolis, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, and Atlanta, from which point the car will return to New York, completing the circuit of the United States. The purpose of this tour is to arouse popular interest in the establishment of a League of Na- tions. At the nine cities where the car will stop, conventions have been organized which will draw delegates from the surrounding states to hear ad- dresses by the speakers who are making the trip and by others recruited from local territory. These nine meetings are in reality one great convention, and they have so been annonnced by the League to Enforce Peace, which is responsible for these ar- rangements. 200,000 INVITATIONS. 6- During the past month more than two hundred thousand persons all over the United States have received invitations to the ‘National’ Congress for a League of Nations.” In this case, instead of the audience traveling to meet the speakers, the speak- ers will go to the audiences, at least part of the way. Manifestly, it would be impossible to set up 2 great national convention on these lines without a great national organization. For the pas' years, the League to Enforce Peace e , ganizing branches all over the Un now, at the culmination of its work. trong, branches in forty-eight states. The tsk of holding these nine conventions has been placed in the hands of these forty-eight branches, each branch being. responsible for a portion of the work re- lating to the convention in its own territory. For, the Atlantic Congress, to be held in-New. Yor! ity, there will be a co-operative effort by the of ‘New York, New Jersey, P yania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West " ginia and the District of Columbia. Delegates have been appointed by nearly all the gov. $ this group and by important organization: senting iabor. argiculture, educati : en's: clubs, Chambers of: Commerce. and for a practical. Copies of this res Peace Conference United -States Senate sFograny arranged for evervony. of the nine congresses HE end of the war brings us face to face with the task of preventing the of a catastrophe that threatens the destruction of civilized life. The one plan for doing this that is receiv- ing serious altention is the establishment of a League of Free Nations. recurrence To business, which has seen the ac- cumulations of a century consumed by war, this plan holds out a prospect of stable international relations. Labor, which has always borne the principal burden of injustice and strife, sees in the new order of justice, democracy and fellowship quaranteed by a league, their only refuge from Bolshevism. Religion sees in the coming together of the nations the dawning of the Kingdom of God. In the hearts of the mothers of a gen- eration that has paid to war a toll of sir million sons, tha vision kindles a hope that their children’s children may be spared the yet more terrible sorrows of future wars. Men who risked their lives in the battle for democracy find in a leaque of nations the sum of that for which they fought and their comrades died. The proposal presents the most import- ant question of national policy that as citizens we shall face in our lifetime. \ In an hour when the creation of a league is the principal subject for dis- cussion throughout the world, the society that was the pioneer in bringing forward the project of a league, owes to the uncon- vinced an explanation of what is proposed and to believers in a league a plan of action by which they may help to secure one-that will succeed and‘endure. Such is the double purpose of this national con- gress in nine sections to which the recipi- ent of this ‘program is invited. resolutions will vary in detail, owing to “shades of local opinion, they will all focus pon the same supreme object. , x. = THE SPEAKERS. : This’ would ‘be difficult. to secompli ~siot for the fact thst aif these con; the seme iding officer and the principal ad- “Mrestes: will be ‘delivered by the: same group of socekera.. This js-whexe the speciel car «umes in. While the specebies, ana. (ie ferent North. ‘Moore, if ional Council | The speakers who w The Hon. William Howard Taft, _ 0” Former President of the United States. The Hon. James W. Gerard... Former Ambassador to Germany. Dr. Lawrence Lowell, @>-/ 9 | President of Harvard Univer: “silip North Moore, : nt “, wraak Formerly Ji ih, “chaffina in. National War Labor ‘Boar. ones pe ist of speak- tend ovcr two diys. the audiences; shich ate éx- 7 mc oni S¢ va miles around, z- eddctasea® by,-other-~ the Southern Conerces. Atiasita,- Ngresa_and “hake. ope, an babs Sane ASGGEET eweMT place will ex: hi to ;, marshal‘ publ ‘ Here is the message‘it.carries Will, you: help: ‘in “this ‘greatest: ctisis” of? ” opiniod’ behind arbeee ce Amenico’sireal’ purpdse in t : d@rec:ments.made ‘atthe Peace ‘Conference A Lawrence Lowel President Harvard University speakers who willbe chosen to represent important _ interests in'each' group of states. i 4 GROUPS OF STATES. The New England Congress, which will follow the meeting in New York, ‘will‘be held in Boston on February 7 and 8, and will draw its delegates from. “the New England states. The Great: Lakes Con- gress, Chicago, February 10, and:11, will gather delegates from the States of Ohio, Indiana, Ken- tucky,IMinois, Michigan and:Wisconsin.. ~*~ The Northern Congress, Minneapolis, February 12Cand 18, ‘will -be*for ‘the ‘States of North’ and South ‘Dakota and “Montana. ’' Northwestern Congress, Portland, Oregon,:Febru- ary:16 and 17, will represent Oregon, Washington and the northern:half- of Idaho; the Pacific Coast Congress, San Fraticisco, February 19 and :20, Cc ia, Nevada and Arizona; the Far West’ Cesare, Salt Lake City, February 21- and -22, Utah, Wyoming and ‘Southern Idaho; the Gontinent Congress, St. Louis, February 25 and 26, Misscuri, ‘Kansas,’ Arkansas, New Mexico, lowa, Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorado will: for generations 10 com rt 3 "tie League feels called 9; hod +t! ily affect for °** jesth y euhed co cab yang guprad kind. .E eation thane of 5 Natidastmslone himuresthe 1412 elofiment.of: the aworld: ‘antk» pre=! ct Mich W Teague’ President’ personal atténd- ice on the side of art unselfish’ ‘anc ous, peace, with a League of Nations to safeguard it perpetu- ally. = The series of nine Congresses for a. league ‘of Nations, to one of which’ you are herewith invited, ‘will give opportunity for those who won the war both on and behind the fighting line, to speak their wishes. Agreement’ at Paris and ratification by the Senate may de- pend on tle ix¢ and temper of these Con- gresses and the carrying out in the States of the plan of action they adopt. - ‘ In addition to Mr. Taft and Cardinal Gibbon) the signers are: * ; Siete Samuel Gompers, President American Federa- tion of Labor. i ) R. Mott, Executive Head of the The Hon, Myron T. Herrick, former Governor of Ohio, former. Ambassador to France. The.. Hon.. Oliver Wilson, Master National Grange. é Harry A. Wheeler, President United Stat Chamber of Commerce. ‘ Dr._A. Lawrence Lowell, President Harvard- University. Renae ‘ The Hon. Alton B. Parker, former Democratic :eandidate for President. Racker Manning, Governor of South Caro- ina. Norman Hapgood, President of the League of Free Nations Association. :***' John H. .Fahey, formerly. President of::the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. John Sharp Williams, United States senator from Mississ{ppi. } Thomas W. Lamont,.New York banker and newspaper owner. i Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, Chairman Women’s Committee,' Council of National Defense. Rey. Lyman Abbott, editor and publicist. The Hon. Arthur Capper, Governor and sen- . Bronstein pana R. Goodwin Rhett, formerly President Unit States Chamber of Gonmneree, mc ueied Mrs. Philip-North Moore, President Naitonal Dr- Charles 8 Mactariand r.Charles 5..Macfarland, Si F ~_ Council of Churches of Christ. i hme \ Dr. Robert E. Speer, Chairman’ General War- time Commission of the. Churches? = : Dr. Shailer Mathews, Dean: of: the School Divinity, University of Chicago. Severs eae New. York banker. While the organization of these nine congresses has been decentralized as much as* peaile caves theless the preparation has; necessitated ‘an fit miense amount of work at the national-headquarters. of the League to Enforce Peace in New York City, Two whole floors‘in the Bush Términal Sales Building, on West 42nd. street, are‘trovvded with secretaries, stenographers; typists and clerks, whe * have been at work for the past, month; out the invitations and delzgates’ peng ‘ tending to the: miiltitude-of details ‘whieh: have ‘be taken care of by the national’ tion: “One item.is the printing and-muiling of'nearly one mil- lion pieces of printed idatter. Of this cofiventior literajure, the most rinteworthy is a folder ‘entitled, he’ Obligations of Victory,” which explains xhy. — mentions,