e in a public meeting,
which was held August 3 with Mrs. Fawcett in the chair, and a
resolution similar to the above was adopted. In the next issue of the
_International News_, when war had been declared, Mrs. Fawcett in her
official capacity wrote:

We are faced by the disruption, the animosity, the
misunderstanding caused by war but notwithstanding the cruel
strain we must firmly resolve to hold our International Alliance
together. We must believe all through that good is stronger than
evil, that justice and mercy are stronger than hatred and
destruction, just as life is stronger than death. We women who
have worked together for a great cause have hopes and ideals in
common; these are indestructible links binding us together. We
have to show that what unites us is stronger than what separates
us. Between many of us there is also the further link of personal
friendship cemented by many years of work together. We must hold
on through all difficulties to these things which are good in
themselves and must therefore be a strong help to us all through
these days of trial.

"In this spirit the Headquarters Committee has endeavored to carry out
its task," said its report, "and it has so far succeeded that it is
in a position today to lay down its work without any society having
been lost to the Alliance and with a considerable group of countries
never before associated with it now seeking affiliation." The great
difficulty of getting the paper into the various countries was
described but it was accomplished; the paper never missed an issue; it
remained absolutely neutral and the number of subscribers largely
increased. It was the one medium through which the women of the
warring nations came in touch during the four and a half years of the
conflict. All through the war it had news of some kind from the
various countries showing that their women were still engaged in
organized work for many useful purposes. It was evident that in
practically all of them they were demanding that women should have a
voice in the government.

The headquarters cooperated with other international organizations in
forming the International Woman's Relief Committee and the work was
conducted in its rooms. More than a thousand foreign girls were sent
or taken to their countries and hundreds of British, French and
Belgian women brought from Germany and Belgium to London. The work