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The Third International Congress was held in Vienna in July, 1921. Twenty-eight coun- tries were represented and in the sessions and on committees, Germans, Poles, Hungarians, Greeks, Bohemians, women from nations still at war, conferred and discussed in the honest effort to serve the common cause of a new world. From China, Japan, Australia, and Mexico came women, and among the fraternal delegates were Mrs. Henry Villard, of New York, from the Women’s Peace Society, Mrs. Helen Curtis from the Pan-African Congress, and Mrs. Maud Swartz from the Women’s International Labor Congress. Many resolutions were adopted at the Congress, among them the following: “Believing that the peace treaties contain the seeds of new wars, this Congress declares that a revision of the Peace Terms is necessary, and resolves to make this object its principal task.’ Other resolutions covered the endorsement of the rights of subject peoples, the devel- opment of economic and political freedom, and the initiation and support of Jaws looking to abolition of property privileges. Jane Addams was again elccted international president and Emily G. Balch, secretary-treasurer. A successful summer schvol was held at Salzburg, attended by hundreds of students from all over the world. The office of the United States section of the W. I. L. was moved to Washington in No- vember, 1921. Mrs. George T. Udell became the acting national chairman to fill the unex- pired term of Miss Kittredge. Mrs. W. Thompson Burch was appointed treasurer. In December, 1921, a conference of the United States section was held in Washington, at which Miss Balch reported the work of the international office and Miss Addams spoke of the Vienna Congress held in July, 1921. Miss Balch told of the suffering in Austria due to the economic situation there and at her suggestion a committee was formed to work for extending the time of payment of Austria's debt to the United States. A resolution was introduced in Congress and passed in March, 1922. Another accomplishment of the W. I. L. for the winter of 1921-22 was the passage of the Russian Medical Relief Bill. In March a committee was formed to work for the recog- nition of the de facto government of Russia. Mrs. Walter Cope, chairman, Miss Ellen Win- sor, treasurer, and Miss Lucy Branham, executive secretary. ‘This committee arranged a luncheon on April 18 at which Dr. Paul Reinsch, former Minister to China, and Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland spoke for the recognition of Russia and trade relations. At the invitation of the United States section three representatives of the League in Eu- rope, Mrs. Annot Robinson of England, Fraulein Gertrud Baer of Germany, and Mile. Potte- cher-Arnould of France arrived in America at the end of April to tour the country, speaking from the same platform in the cause of internationalism. . The annual mecting of the League was held in Washington in April. A new constitu- tion was adopted, under which the National Board of Directors was reduced to eleven mem- bers elected by the annual mecting, and other members, not to exceed seven, whom the Board might appoint. The constitution provides for state branches with local autonomy. Mrs. Lucy Biddle Lewis of Lansdowne, Pa., was appointed national chairman, and Miss Sophia H. Dulles of Philadelphia was appointed national treasurer. On October 15th Miss Amy Woods of Buston, who had just returned from seven months’ study of European affairs in connection with International Headquarters in Geneva, became i national secretary. Miss Woods met with the Executive Committee of the International j oy in seapwe tit Sopounse . ~ ; | The Natioval Board of Directors’ meeting at Lansdowne, Pa., October 26-2% ecided that though th time allowed was short, the section for the United States of the W. I. L. shuuld send delegates to the Emergency Women’s International Conference called by the In- ternational Executive Committee to mect at The Hague, Holland, December 7-9, 1922, on behalf of a NEW PEACE for a Europe now tottering to its ruin. Delegates were elected and steps taken looking toward representation from affliated groups. This conference is to take the place of the Biennial Congress which was expected to convene in the summer of 1923. December Reports of the International Cynference at The Hague were cabled to America, stating 1922 . twenty nations were represented, with Miss Addams presiding. There were thirty delegates f from the United States section. Resolutions were passed which included a demand for a world July 192] November, 192] | December 1921 ‘March 1922 eee April 1922 conference for a new peace, reasonable settlement of reparations and withdrawal of armies of occupation. Delegates and resolutions were sent to the International Trade Union Congress, which met the following week. Proposed action included appointment of committees to wait upon guvernments, tu bring pressure upon the Entente Governments, mass meetings, and co- operation with other women’s organizations. The International Executive Board passed res- ‘olutions in regard to the release of American political prisoners before Christmas. WATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ROOM 305, 1403 W STREET M. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.