igiol Effective IVomanhood 



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 191 2 

 and presided over two meetings at which she spoke — 

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

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

 torical and philosophical outlook. Somewhat later 

 her autobiography was published in Boston in Eng- 



v" , • ^ ^'"''' ^"^ ^^^^^^ ^" German by the Orell- 

 russli Company. 



The World Peace Congress due in 1914 was to have a congress 

 Deen held in Vienna in her honor. She passed away ""'^^ ^"-^^ 

 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 ''Waff en Niederr 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: 



Dear Dr. Jordan : ^'''''''^' "^'"""^ '^' '""'^ 



I received your beautiful poem at the beginning of the 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, m America, how deeply steeped in mill- 

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

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

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

 AmTrIca '''"''' ' """^ '' " Impressions and Inspiration of 

 When shall we meet again \ 



B. Suttner 



n 309 D 



