GREAT PEACE PAGEANT.
MARCH OF THE WOMEN. THOUSANDS FROM PROVINCES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, June 111. The advance guard of thousands of women, comprising mothers, sweethearts and wives, who had marched from all parts of England, Scotland and Wales, reached London last nigiiL in preparation l'oc a groat Peace Pageant to tie held in Hyde Park to-day. Some of Hie women had marched more than 200 miles. Every lown and village cn route swelled their numbers. At Hyde Park the leaders will present a resolution which lias already been adopted by countless towns and villages, to the effect that law should replace war in the settlement of international disputes. This resolution will be supported by famous men and women. Then, with massed opinion behind them, I lie pilgrim peace-makers hope to bring pressure to bear on the Government to take such a lead in the proposed Disarmament Conference that war wili be rendered impossible.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16828, 21 June 1926, Page 7
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