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The Pangermanist press then spoke of the pacifists 

 of Germany and Austria as "tied to the apron strings 

 of an old woman in Vienna." 



I afterward met the Baroness in America in 1912, 

 and presided over two meetings at which she spoke - 

 the one in San Francisco, the other in Chicago. She 

 had a good command of English, and a broad his- 

 torical and philosophical outlook. Somewhat later 

 her autobiography was published in Boston in Eng- 

 lish by Ginn, in Zurich in German by the Orell- 

 Fiissli Company. 



The World Peace Congress due in 1914 was to have A 

 been held in Vienna in her honor. She passed away, nevpr Md 

 however, in the early part of that year, just before 

 the onset of war. Meanwhile there had been made a 

 most elaborate moving-picture film illustrating in 

 some degree her own life, and giving many details of 

 the conflict between Austria and Prussia in which the 

 scenes of "Waffen Nieder!" are laid. I saw this film 

 in 1915 at a gathering of American pacifists in the 

 Hotel Astor, New York. 



The following letter from Madame von Suttner 

 may be of interest to others as to me: 



VIENNA, January 26, 1913 

 Dear Dr. Jordan: 



I received your beautiful poem at the beginning of tbe year. 

 Yes, the "vision changeless as the stars" must be our comfort 

 and our strength in these days of ruthlessness and madness. 



You have no idea, in America, how deeply steeped in mili- 

 tarism our Middle-Europe is now. I am happy to have had my 

 experiences of the spirit prevailing in America, and I made all 

 efforts to impart some of it to my country people. The subject 

 of my lectures here now is "Impressions and Inspiration of 

 America." 



When shall we meet again? 



B. SUTTNER 



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