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Charles Augustus Templeton to Jane Addams, February 1, 1923

Templeton tells Addams that he believes that peace will only come when Germany makes reparations for the war it caused.

We find die wahren Opfer!, September 1922

An editorial complaining that German women are bearing the brunt of the Versailles treaty, and questioning the belief that Germany was responsible for the outbreak of the war.

Economy France Germany International Affairs Politics World War I

Statement on Education and Peace, October 12, 1921

Addams gives a statement about the role of education in Germany in fostering war and peace.

Austria Education Germany Military Peace Women's Rights World War I

Edmund Von Mach to Jane Addams, February 14, 1921

Von Mach invites Addams to speak at a meeting opposing the French colonial troops in the German Rhine.

Germany Lectures Racism Requests

John Berg, Johan Erik Johansson, John Sjöqvist, and Carl Gustaf Santesson to Anton J. Carlson, December 24, 1920

Berg and colleagues ask Carlson to sway public opinion against Black French Colonial soldiers in Germany.

France Germany Racism Requests

Das Deutsche Rote Kreuz in Gegenwart und Zukunft, November 1920 Also known as The German Red Cross in the Present and Future, November 1920

The German Red Cross provides information about its recent work.

Charity Germany International Affairs Medicine Military Public Health Relief Efforts World War I

C. Fulton to Jane Addams, December 4, 1919

Fulton asks Addams's opinion on postcards with the text of Germany military operations in regard to her efforts to raise funds for relief there.

Criticism Germany World War I

C. Fulton to Jane Addams, December 4, 1919

Fulton sends Addams a postcard with General Von Bulow's threat to Liege, with sarcastic wishes for a good trip in Germany.

Germany Relief Efforts World War I

David Starr Jordan to Jane Addams, November 24, 1919

Jordan writes to Addams about Alfred Fried's work.

Austria Germany Peace Publishing

Society of German Deep-Sea Fisheries to Fraulein Köpke, July 21, 1919 (extract)

The Society reports on the impact of the war on deep-sea fishing in Geestemunde.

Germany World War I

Anonymous to Jane Addams, November 18, 1918 (fragment)

An anonymous letter asks Addams to intervene to ensure that the British government does not starve the German people.

Food Shortages Germany World War I

Sarah Howard Conant to Jane Addams, November 18, 1918

Conant tells Addams how shocked she is that German women have appealed to Addams to intercede in peace negotiations.

Germany Peace World War I

Arthur Curtis Roth to Jane Addams, November 17, 1918

Roth seeks Addams's support for starting food relief for Germany at once.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests World War I

Alice Thacher Post to Jane Addams, November 17, 1918

Post drafts a telegram reply for Addams to the German women's appeal for food and relief.

Food Shortages Germany Peace Requests World War I

Norman Matoon Thomas to Jane Addams, November 16, 1918

Thomas telegrams Addams that the New York Fellowship of Reconciliation supports sending food relief in answer to the German women's appeal.

Foreign Policy Germany World War I

Crystal Eastman to Jane Addams, November 15, 1918

Eastman asks Addams if the New York branch of the Woman's Peace Party can respond with sympathy to the German women's appeal.

Food Shortages Germany Peace Requests World War I

Virginia Barton Swan Dales to Jane Addams, November 15, 1918

Dales asks Addams whether the Washington branch of the Woman's Peace Party should hold a meeting in support of the German women's appeal.

Germany Peace Requests World War I

Alfred Gleason Clark to Jane Addams, November 15, 1918

Clark advises Addams not to support the German women's appeal due to war crimes and atrocities committed by German troops.

Food Shortages Germany Peace World War I

Ada Loaring Clark, Genevieve Allan Montague and Elizabeth Patten Lupton to Woodrow Wilson, November 15, 1918

Clark, Montague, and Lupton oppose the German women's request as propaganda and pledge to let Wilson and the Allied Powers handle negotiations.

Germany Government Peace World War I

Ada Loaring Clark to Jane Addams, November 15, 1918

Clark sends Addams a telegram sent to President Wilson regarding the German women's request for help in peace negotiations.

Peace World War I

Statement on Appeal from German Women, November 15, 1918

Addams notes that she knows the German women who issued the appeal and does not believe it is a propaganda plan.

Germany Peace World War I

Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Jane Addams, ca. April 1918 (excerpt)

Gilman tells Addams about her views on peace and willingness to participate in the Congress After the War.

Germany Peace World War I

President Wilson's War Aims, January 1918

Mead relates the similarities between President Wilson's Address and the Minimum Program promoted by internationalists.

Foreign Policy Internationalism Recommendations War World War I

Rosa Luxemburg to Sophie Liebknecht, December 1917

Luxemburg details her imprisonment for writing anti-war pamphlets, and asks for reading material.

Censorship Poland Prisons World War I

Clara Delafield Sturges Johnson to Jane Addams, November 19, 1917

Johnson explains her views of international and domestic militarism. She emphasizes the importance of education for children during this wartime.

Democracy Education Food Conservation Germany Military Onsite Peace Russia World War I

Lucia Ames Mead to Alice Thacher Post, November 17, 1917

Mead explains the need for strong language and government support in a prepared statement for the Annual meetings of the Woman's Peace Party.

Germany Meetings Peace Russia World War I

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, November 13, 1917

Mead suggests several edits to a prepared statement made for the Annual Meeting of the Woman's Peace Party. Mead, particularly, stresses the importance of patriotism.

Germany Patriotism Recommendations World War I

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, November 12, 1917

Mead shares her opinion on the League of Nations and organization of the Woman's Peace Party.

Germany Meetings Peace World War I

Ten Minutes with the Editor, July 1917

Moore writes that Addams is "pathetic" because of a recent lecture she made in Chicago. The topic of the speech was on the lack of consideration of German-born citizens before the United States entrance into the War.

Criticism Germany World War I

Vachel Lindsay to Jane Addams, June 26, 1917

Lindsay tells Addams that he has issued a series of war poems and discusses his conflicted thought on it.

Germany Poetry World War I

Ernest Flagg Henderson to Jane Addams, June 24, 1917

Henderson describes pro-World War I propaganda and tells Addams that he now supports peace.

Germany Peace Public Opinion World War I

Robert Llewellyn Henry to Jane Addams, June 21, 1917

Henry tells Addams that he disagrees with her views on pacifism and sees her as unpatriotic and pro-German.

Criticism Internationalism Peace Public Opinion World War I

John Henry Hopkins to Jane Addams, June 14, 1917

Hopkins tells Addams why she is wrong, and why Germany must be defeated at this time.

Criticism Germany Internationalism World War I

Starvation and War, June 12, 1917

The Wall Street Journal criticizes Addams for sentimental peace talk that works against the effectiveness of the blockade.

Criticism War

Everest Amasa Judd to Jane Addams, June 12, 1917

Judd disagrees with Addams's statement about food shortages in Germany and sends an argument.

Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Peace Poland World War I

John Charles Christie to Jane Addams, June 12, 1917

Christie accuses Addams of being overly emotional and disagrees with her statements about German-Americans and the entry of the United States in World War I.

Criticism Immigrants Peace World War I

Anonymous ("Old German Lady") to Jane Addams, June 12, 1917

The writer thanks Addams for her efforts for peace and decries America's treatment of Germany and Germans.

Germany Praise World War I

Otto Peretz Schwarzschild to the Editor, June 8, 1917

Schwarzschild writes to newspaper editors proposing an office to help exchange messages between Americans and their relatives living in the Central Powers.

Censorship Germany World War I