The Press., 1894-07-19
w. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT.
In All Lands.

In All Lands.
 A representative of the Voice saw Miss Frances E. Willard recently at the head quarters of the National British Woman's Temperance Association in London, with the view to asking her as to the general conditions of the w. c. T. U. work throughout the world.
 "The activity of the w. 0. T. U. in other l ,' Miss Willard said, twas evidenced by the fact that at the eigh- teenth annual council of the National B. w. T. A., held in London May to II, we had 13 fraternal delegates from the land, South Africa, India, Spain, France, Denmark, and the United States-all of whom reported that the increase of inter- est and of intelligence within the last two years had been greater than in all the yeas that preceded. With the growth of knowledge of the temperance question women are taking more interest in secur. ing the ballot, that through it they may help temperance men to secure legisla- tion that will close the public-house." wOMAN's WORK IN NEW ZEALAND.
 "Of course the w. 0. T. U. helped the franchise work in New Zealand?"
 "Yes, indeed. Mrs. Sheppard, our SUI. perintendent of franchise work in New Zealand, is the acknowledged leader oi the movement that has resulted in the en. | franchisement of women. The w. c. T. U. is thoroughly organized in the colony and the petition which was the basis ot this legislation was circulated by White Ribbon women in every town and city in the colony; meetings were held in school houses and larger places. Other women's societies also took up the work, but the 'workin up'-while aided by many, both men and women-was systematized and organized by the White Ribbon women." "What about Africa?"
 ON THE DARK CONTINENT. Miss Alice Palmer, whom the White Ribboners of the United States sent out two years ago in the interests of the w. c. T. U., has been organizing steadily, and will continue to do so. Her chief coadjutors are Miss Ferguson, principal of the .Huguenot seminary, near Cape Town; Miss Pride, head of similar seminary near by; Miss Cummings, who has organized the " work; Miss Solo, mons, who contributes temperance col umns to the South African press, and Mrs. Andrew Murray (whose husband is a well known author), who is at the head of the social purity work"
 "And what is the leading feature ot their work?
 'Well, they are making special efforts | in South Africa now to secure thorough organization, and to create such public sentiment as will do away with the con. l tagious disease acts."
 "The two seminaries mentioned ar' yearly sending out large numbers of edu cated young women into the Transvaal Orange Free State, and to Cape Colony | so that the methods and spirit of the w c. T. U. are being generated and intro duced throughout the English speaking colonies in Africa. Among the Boers tn, work is being introduced by their owl | daughters from these same seminaries- and when the Dutch take up any line o action something is sure to come of it." "Do the separate colonies work united ly"
 "At the next meeting of the separat, | w. c. T. us of South Africa they are t, 1 be federated into national union. The, already publish White Ribbon paper, a. the society does in New Zealand, and a Melbourne (Australia). India, and man. other parts of the world. In fact, ther are not fewer than 50 papers explicitl. ent countries"
 THE FEDERATED W. c. T. II. IN AUSTRALIA
 "What of Australia?"
 "It is well known that the seven years work of Jesse Alderman has resulted il the thorough introduction of the Whit Ribbon movement into Australia, all th colonies being now included in a fedora ted w. c. T. U. Editors, ministers, ant publicists admit that the w. c. T. U. fl the strongest force for christianity on tn Southern Hemisphere, except, the uBite' churches,% all of which it represents though chiefly the nonconformists- as il the case largely everywhere"
 1 IN INDIA AND GREAT BRITAIN.
 "And India? ?"
 ''Mrs. Hauser, who has been our presi dent in India and has established Whit Ribbon paper there, has made an admir- able beginning. She has organized 2 new unions the past gear and has travelet Andrew and Dr. Kate Bushnell have re gently visited Burmah, where the societ, is now established; have strengthene the work in Calcutta and Shanghai, an have now gone to follow up the heroi labors of Miss West in Japan. The tenn perance movement in Japan has receives a strong impetus the last two years. Bot men and women are now entering int organization as the only means to perma nent success"
 "How does the woman's temperanc work here strike your"
 "In Great Britain, the past two year have witnessed a positive revolution UT der the fearless and untiring leadershi of Lady Henry Somerset. She has ad dressed in the last eight months 200, ,00 people, her audiences frequently number ing three to five thousand. She spoke Q 115 meetings and temperance conference in 51 different towns. Her women no' number at least 100000. The society Ina not feared to take up the wider move ment,' which means that they have fe lowshiped with all the correlated reform