Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1931, Page 75

. v ' THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 10, 1931. g TIOTHERS of the World WANT PEACE wture Wars Must Be Avertedy and Women Have a Vital Part in This Movement, Is Mothers DayMessage to Women of Al Nations From Baroness Helene Von Nostiz - Hindenburg, Niece ‘of Germany's Former War Lord. BY BETTY ROSS. “World peace lies in the hands of . We must all work for it, isters from the other side of the : we must work hand in hand or world peace.” ARONESS HELENE VON NOSTIZ- HINDENBURG, niece of Germany's President and former war lord, Gen. von Hindenburg, earnestly expressed this Mother's day greeting to the America. d the United States recently to gather of the country and to acquaint Germany p volume, “Woman Who Have Made History Modern Germany,” Von Hindenburg’s niece concentrated most of her intellectual ef- toward bringing about better understand- among the nations. Disregarding a career society open to her as niece of Germany’s esident, wife of the former German Minister Vienna and Saxony, granddaughter of Prince’ nster, the diplomat and Ambassador to and London, famous for his discussions th Bismarck, and her own prestige as author three books of critical essays on Germany, ¢ is focusing all her interests toward one end orld peace. “The women of Germany want world peace,” e continued. “The peace movement comes bm our women, who influence it entirely. his is awakening the whole cultural feeling pong our women today. They realize the ny dangers facing them on all sides and nt to be intellectually capable of warding off res they might not want. This explains OW ardently the baroness herself is work- ing toward this end one realizses on learn- that she is president of the Kultur-Bund, a eat European movement devoted to peace and derstanding. Founded in Vienna by Prince bhan, this organization now has centers in ris, Italy and Berlin. Each year the branches het to discuss their progress and publish a re- w which states their platform and contains sions of leading problems confronting the prid today. This year’s conference was held Zurich. Leading foreign journalists were in- ed to attend to disseminate the idea of peace over the world. Women are taking a stand this great peace movement, for several other opean cities in addition to Berlin have femi- presidents of their Kultur-Bund. Berlin's ceum Club, another organization advocating rid peace, also has Von Hindenburg’s niece its helm, Germany is thinking and talking peace,” ded the blue-eyed baroness earnestly. “Move- nts which from a distance may look like are not to be so interpreted. We want i things altered—the Polish question, is impossible as it stands, and the repa- Hons. But, otherwise, we all want peace. one sees a solution in a new war, A recent IIDO YOU feel another World War brewing in any part of Europe?” I asked her, She nodded. “Unfortunately, there is an ele- ment in every country that always talks about war. It is a curious way of looking at life. I never see it as a solution. The main reason I entered politics is because I feel women all over the world can avert future tragedies.” “How can they best accomplish this?” I " . women best serve this purpose?” [ asked. “Inside or outside the home?” “I am not quite certain whether a woman is reaction of woman's independence. I country the pendulum has swung back. New York Factory Products. WERING office buildings, banks with tremendous deposits, miles of water-fron§ During 1929, for instance, the wage earners other than salaried employes, engaged in the nearly 30,000 manufacturing plants, recelved wages of $1,134,000,000, and turned out a prod- uct valued at just short of $65,000,000,000. 3