Even the smallest achievements by international bodies have the [effect] of drawing nations together, Miss Jane Addams, noted feminist leader and founder of Hull House, Chicago, said in an address at Lindenwood College last night.
The aloofness displayed by the United States toward the League of Nations and the World Court is resulting in a gradual growth of resentment toward this country among the people of other nations, she declared.
"Numerous small things," she asserted, "indicate indirectly a basis for permanent international understanding. The elimination of poisonous phosphorous on matches by the Interparliamentary Union and the establishment of a uniform mailing system all over the world by the Interpostal Union, while small things in themselves, have had their effect in drawing nations together."
Speaking of her own experiences in foreign lands, Miss Addams told of antagonism she encountered in several countries, particularly India and China, because, she said, her audiences felt that since she was an American she could not be in sympathy with them.
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