The White Ribbon

White Ribbon, Volume 28, Issue 333, 19 March 1923, Page 1

The White Ribbon

inoi ii | \ < I > I w.i ol a tut* Kibbont i i on lM"l|ll BOH* South laland 'i« U •. otneil lad OUt <>l th. ill .ill- i .i ■ l> |.oi> night "ii th. U .Him* ; ..111 w • i ■ u ii,» had < roMN d i be fei i \ ad awaited th. Ii f< lloa d< in .Mi . . 11 ipret < oatalasd w int. Rib ~,,,, ,iu, th. platform am apt laJ th< wi.it. baa The M| Hi .1] II I M1..11 «d IHMII ,ii.l th. ti.i\. I SI h.t Hi.4 that Uaftea, Hi ■' em .then out Deualaioa PraaldefU Joiaed , M ,i all a m .M routi f"i ' hi nowy, iunn) South N , . ,uc- through tb I |oW IIM I ...... Ihe Hi ~„ Comaattt< • Mi Pan* x Bins, who iravitiled atti ■ la Ul • till. vt II M j. in tii- • bad Ita • • ~„ •• • 'i" l v th. n I I m • i m a****, eM tHWlti M."t .nil h.i: • 1.-Uiiu la aa bamlraaj •">•' ! " » ,f " ~,,,„ in aad ssatiael t.. tin.- im M aaj af th. tfaai i i aaaan ' :

b coi ' we wren I ..1 bg ih. thought that uui I .1 tit > l dominion, w hen :.• inn and tinm.iniit.i. tinr of ct imlnals liil.l ,;, I- i'.- t ■ hurch, w Inch I filled ilowanlali I i» i th. diipla) . ,ii. aaii . • in.i beautiful ■ i \i ii and en i" ball af tin • Masai extended i w,;. ..in. to < "bnventlon He ipok* of all tinii niutiM ban the> ha.l t :^'"- IH> U lilt 1..h1M"l BBJ llt \ 111 iii« : i lominion. w> l h' " •ai behalf <>t th< chnrchoo, taa ft B i th- lot al i Inlaw \ nuad ~,i and • i<>< u< onai > proe;rumm< inn. .1 Ml- I '"M " n \ .ii.iii ..i tin i nion, and roiced the thanks that am aad I i NM ,i " ~,t' waiinth of aw naleanii \ pie vi th. I < I lo Naa KeaJand aal i i In* w u . • • 1.,\. |\ whit, how <th. dh I ottt in *hit. fh»w. !>otnmi..n Proulont; inv« t< -uiriii North preeeatad i beaajtaal Ura 1 ' Boutb to M i . ■ p aad lai M m nil ■ am I nttk Wana Mb boat \1 ' '■ fi br-h.-.if «»f tti. i ti aaa< Hi Meal, i>« v minion Rnp< i mt< nden! of taal i a I, 1\ boU<lU< t of r..« .bii'ls nnd feral \\ h.ti c.mvi ntion .s.-i tnblorl <>n Thataaai mora n lofl •'• in th, M ,i i uhom M w.i.av< Qt "M

Tlu. follow '■ uui Thurndu) . \. ii in HouthUnd T an i iTtO* A W/OntAHrfl \ i : i. \i. iUDRaW Bl btßi i HeCH \i mi. Hoi * "i tin .a- ..i Natii ii i nion, addi eased ■ . . in the \ i.toi i.i Th. m. • tiriL wi. h.- <l im ,;,.,- t if the W.C.T.I Th. Han i v Uui.in M P occupied ih.. tad in introduclni tin- Ist • | • win n sV 'houirht then would h. it in a Rre«'' aad , i,,ii.<) mrl ■ *nd . .i aa tin- inn ■ii as th • N u h.th. • th.ii boat "f rould ev< ' looked upon thof Nations ai|.|. iini't.uti. ),nt In 4 opinion taal hark. I nations an«l up 1 l.\ public opinion throughout th. abolished, an • thr peoples ai Km aand wan hi ara must I- al>oli.sheH H< wai ~ti, ■ha ht llared f nr< fii>) ant deatro) w ii . w.ti woul'l i'■ tro\ u M. to - w aaoui'i not iiciitu Bhajaaea th ilc im winch meant Ihc consuni.nation of out llio. ' \1 ! ct .■•'i' movi ■ irnianllj aad H aa i niio the Impression left on the mm.t- of th. ralers af nstioni th. asspW alucli uitim.it. i> led la trhaaah

Hi thought ii wa.- JittniK that the) .hould he addiessed on ih Mb jecl l»> a woman, foi in the catacl>sm thai \\- had fHM ihuniKh mmmm mm 1 : most, and in th* modern world her potential influence was worid.wid. Mi was alwa>s for thr bett*-rm»nt ol ■Mftttj Kn L. MM, who M ■ iih op plau flunking the hlxecuti\ IM W C.T.r. foi having afforded hn the privilege of speaking to an iBTtl taigill audience, said the subject ot h* r ftidress w;c- veiy neai her .an Sh. would Uki to sa> at the outlet that sh< • i vsith the Chairman that it \s.. as a i uj» . the small and ununpm tan' k abo MMjrag Um MafhL 4i Immj ' unanimou- th. reMM was ■HMM ||M Mini' , that tin bigj had to how to puhlu opinion She Mated them to remembei th I hundreds ol ola l.iw- in.i'l' .tn<! humd mi'l the \\r»ck or thing*, she adjured Umm m Neu Zealan not to let th< l>. com. one ol UM sl.nmhr. i.d uino< • Wi Im< H .in integral portion "f th. l'.rttish Empire assumed gnat respon libUities, and n behoved us to va:lantl\ I to inn gun> Sonn of them MbjM bi MUpused to !e..m that iln r« ted an tO pn\«nt w.n x fore < 'ln ist, .inn that it tinu forward organisations of .ill kind- h-*-1 conn an | incd in 'hi istianit> and .i v ♦ii in I rn.-n M lightened aj u- hope ol tun man .'oraan that the jent League ol Nation*" would proi to be more permanent than an\ ol Mm endeavours oi MM MMMI Thci< • \ Ml V\.l- pOSS||»|l 111 .s ■ bigger '-'■' ,md it could 1 " be .1 < heim "f the people. There were 16 MlUon ill volved and '.'! t«» forego aMM thing to» Um goad "t the «baM rheri wu a permanent Court Ol Ju I•• to out the nations wishM MMI tli. macbtnen ■•■ ; »" in readiness Th<n M ;m International Uibo'ii PMTMM and an Int ernat MMMI OiMH y moment called upon nnalh th*' peopb were commencing to think internationally and publie tpM ion a.i educated up to n point most hopeful of < The lectUM'i fulh .»,, in Ol 'h. 1...1UH.

ol Nations as .1 Court ol Appeal, .uid explained that, unlike old methods, tin if MM nothi: | ahout it. as all deUberaUona wen public TlMi humh. lest in the land eoUhl listen to tin ai guments of th. Ml in tin land It MM «ii organisation ot tlu people. • <n*i th.it was one ot th. reasons \\h>. in hei opinion, it was k'»iiik to li\. All (ivn the MMrld then \\as a fTOWiOf ittMMbl I >nciliation. and as tun. vsellt on UUI feeling MM -"IUK to tak. pennamnt root. DmUM| with th- Covenant of :ts Ai tides. Mrs la-eeh sjud tin \ had been at tnbuted to the wisdom ot several poi on- President Wilson w;l- iit.d .1 the .iiithoi. .in.l then GHMOiml smut-.. v\ South Afiiea. and Lord RMMfU, MM the) would perhaps be uiprised to M th.it ~ \ MM| N M written a hook which was siippo-i-1 t< 1 a\ •■ . ontninod 1 • oi n n hlek eveni • d m thr CamoM < '<>\ • n.mt Tho Mithor Rllffhl h. ' * ih. .-1«•. Ik♦ i 'h«i. was Ml <loul)t th.it General Smut.- had conti buted to the . "in eption that th< m 1 lei nal houid be looked upon is 1 M< '• d ' h\ the iifs \n - 1 k.i 1 Htumbllnf r>l<M-k in <\\ 101 sum in.it mn in tain "1 • h. Mont "> 1 tort rim w ■ 'in There wa.- n..\v prop.i-ed .1 1 egional •h< m< \\ h< 1 • • <ii<i >». 1. d to help "in anotl ei mm 3 bs means it was hoped Ihat h Hmni Amei k.i • >i»k< Hi »n m 1 ht i • 1\ < 1 ("in. Bh< dealt s ith .« is the L< bad alreMl) Aofie botii n settling putei and the the • ..I qua rat from th. ImJHc to th< 1' n Bee Th. 1 "tit 1"I of •he »• ' ICS 1 Ul 'a I D I *lid th. Mil r\ Ml of drujts, 1 id .1 oil I th* Wh\ "i. 1 ' • 'it'd fOOd work don* Tl < oid sh u.'Ut'd t.. B 'bes Of the m. <.f Nations I'nion fhrou.di. |1 lion '/.ninnd sh.' appealed to t 1 Imi men to help her in thin Mlbf - n ' that M it to »h ■ hrnve lads who had fallen for th.-ir ronntrv to try to m-ik lutnr< w:ir impossible Thn.se hnvs hac fiaid |MJ prir> .... imi tO prOTt that thev hnd not di««d m v:iln \ • vord " <?;«id Mr- I « MJb "T would risk you wom*»n to nontrlbM . nouoii I■> |M " " '

mak. ,Ni\\ SfiMlaAd one b> loiining ■ Kue oi Nation- Cniun." UM 11> rttM 01 thank- i old liM LMOb Kiid tin 1 han man Tbjt lolluw in OltttftOß Ml th ;. *ai 1 led Tiuit tills public in- • ' in. tin \\<ll. Comeiition M in h. s>inpatliN \Mth the aims and objecl UM LoaMM '»1 Nation.s I'nion, and 1 Idem thai the tun. bai ai n\ oi i«»i ■ ti\. propasaadn work M i>. pafrtai in connection with the movement."