on sunday morning, june 6, for the first time in the history of geneva a woman spoke in the national church, the cathedral of st. peter; a. maude royden of great britain preached in french and english to an audience that filled the cathedral. that morning at 9 father hall, sent by the catholic ecclesiastical authorities from england for the purpose, delivered a sermon to the congress at a special mass in notre dame. in the afternoon, a reception was given by emilie gourd, president of the swiss national suffrage association, in the beau sejour garden. at a public meeting in the evening at plainpalais, m. j. mussard, president of the canton of geneva; chaponniere chaix, president of the swiss national council of women, and mlle. gourd gave addresses of welcome, to which responses were made by annie furuhjelm, finland; mme. de witt schlumberger, france, and anna lindemann, germany, officers of the alliance. catt then delivered her president's address. she described the physical, mental and moral chaos resulting from the war, the immense problems now to be solved.