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Other 1915 planks of the Womar's Peace Party were: A "Concert of Nations" to supersede "Balance of Power;" the removal of the economic causes of war; and the appointment by our govcrnment of a commission of men and women, with an adequate appropriation, to promote international peace. In 1916 there were added an opposition to compulsory military service; a recommenda- tion for a joint commission to deal with United States-Oriental problems; and should not be expected. The next annual meeting was held eleven months later, in December of 1916. It took up the problems of minorities and the solutions which might be effected through the federal form of government; and also discussed the famines which were widespread in many countries, pointing out the direct con. nection of famine and war. The whole of the year 1916 and th: first months of 1917 were saddening. ism of the South American policy and against the change of feeling. both in the administration and at large, which ied is into the World War.' When the against conscription without a referendum, or on behalf of the conscientious as to the deciaration of war, and all activities that could be considered as obstruc. tive in respect to the conduct of the war and this not as a counsel of prudence, but as a matter of principle." In the same statement the work of the State Branches is described. Being in their work independent of the National Board, they had been following various lines, some in Red Cross work, fcod conservation, and other war relie! efforts; others in protecting civil liberties; others in lectures and classes on international justice. At the annual meeting of the Woman's Peace Party in December, 1917, continued work was urged for a League of Nations and for substituting law for war. 'Let those of opposed opinions be loyal to the highest that they know,. and let each understand that the other may be equally patriotic." With this spirit the peace-lovers went forward into the passions and the bleak hatred of the war months. When peace came, and ths Peace Conference was announced to meet in Paris, plans were upset. The Women's International Committee for Perma- nent Peace had expected to meet at the same time and place as the treaty negotiators; but since Paris was not nestral territory and women from the Central Powers could not come there, Zurich was hastily decided on.. The Zurich Congress passed unanimously a strong resolution on the famine and the food blockade, asking that the inter-allied machinery already in existence be used for peace, through the immediate distribution of necessities. No action was taken by the Paris Conference on this plan. When the Treaty of Versailles was made public the Zurich Congress Protest it did, in no ancertain language. Its series of resolutions began as follows: the Terms of Peace proposed at Versailles should so seriously violate the the democracies of the world had come to accept. Terms of Peace tacitly sanction secret diplomacy, deny the principles of self- determination, recognize the right of the victors to the spoils of war, and create all over Europe discords and animosities, which can only lead to future wars. The diplomats were patient though anmoved. The Allied press was Treaty. Only after a year or two did the views now common begin to develop. Suggestions on the League of Nations were made to the Conference, question of whether to advocate the League, as then aet up, and so no position was offcially taken. Many women told the Congress of their experiences in the war, or in