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/ HOE SA0TC1Sz III. Il OI UuC VI
that theory put the fact that in the
last election in New Zealand, Of 100, 900
women who registered 80, 900 have vot-
ed, while of the 1913, 600 men who reg
istered only 1873, 900 have voted. This
ratio shows that women are more anx-
| ious to vote than men. Perhaps women
will yet save politics. I know the
charge that she is responsible for the
| ruin of her race, since she first ate the
| forbidden fruit i'll paradise, but I think
there is a chapter in that matter of
| Edenic fruit not written. | think that
Adam when he saw Eve eating that ap-
| pie asked for bite. and getting it into
his possession ate the most of Ii, and he
Immediately shook the tree for more ap-
| Piles and has been eating ever since. If
woman did first transgress, cannot
forget that she introduced into the
world the only being who has ever done
much toward saving it. Woman has
started for suffrage, and she is deter
mined and persevering creature, and
she will keep on until she gets it. She
may yet decide the elections in England
and elect presidents for the United
States, as already she is busy in the po
litical affairs of New Zealand. I was
surprised also in these regions to find
how warmly loyal they are to old Eng
land. I had heard that they had become
somewhat impatient Of their govern
mental mother. But this is not so.
They practically have things their own
way, electing their own parliament, and
all governors sent out from the old
country are such men as are agreeable,
and the people are required to pay no
tax to the British crown, and they are
in good humor with the British flag.
I addressed an audience last night, ON
my right hand the United States flag. on
my left the English flag, and you ought
to have heard them shout when at the
beginning of my address I said, ''When
in my church at home I pray for the
president of the United States l am
very apt to add God save the queen. -
Many Of the streets Of New Zealand
cities are called after the generals and
prime ministers of Great Britain, and
Wellington and PalmerstoEs and Glad
stone are the names of great thorough
fares. New Zealand feels the financial
depression very much as the whole
world at this time seems Suffering an
epidemic Indeed the world is now a
compressed and interloclzed affair. Out
of the hold of our ship arriving in New
Zealand were lifted ral1es, fowls and
various agricultural implements Of
American manufacture Today all New
Zealand is rejoicing that the American
congress has put wool on the free list,
and the value of the sheep on all these
hillsides is augmented.
Among our most interesting hours III
New Zealand were those spent at the
bishops house in Auckland. Lord
Bishop Cowie is man of marvellous at
Effectiveness, and his home is an en-
chantment, adorned with many curiOs
which he brought from India when he
served as chaplain during that war
which interests and appalls the world
with it's tales of mutiny. While chap
lain he rode with Sir Colin Campbell
and his historical host for the capture
Of Lucknow, that city whose name viii
staGd in the literature OF all ages as the
synonym for sepoy atrocities and wCm-
AMY fortitude and Christian heroics. He
told us most graphically how the WON
en- waiting for death at Lucknow tore
up their underclothes to make bandages
for the wounds Of the soldiers, and that
when at last these women We're rescued
they appeared in the brilliant dress of
the ballroom. these dresses formerly
worn by the convivial having been sud
denly como upon, and when the wives
and daughters of missionaries and
Christian merchants had nothing else to
wear.
Lord Bishop Cowie also had on his
walls pict1res Of some of the most stir
ring scenes of the Russian war with
which the military friends Of the bishop
had been cognizant. Here is pictured
scene where there was no retreat for the |
English, and yet their standing firm
seemed certain destruction, and their
general cried OFT: "Men, there is no re-
treat from this place. You will die
here!' and the men replied, faye, aye,
we are ready to do thatr' And yonder
another pictured scene of Balaklava
after the famous charge of the CO., and
the commander said to the few men who
had got back from the awful charge,
''Men, it was mad Drained trick, - and
they replied "Never mind, general; we
would do it again. - The bishops walls
in other places were made interesting
by swords. belts and torn insignia OF
battle from the fields OF India, all the
more interesting because we expect III
our journey around the world to visit
Lucknow and Cawnpur and Delhi and
many Of the chief places made immortal
by the struggle between British valor
and sepoy infamy.
And here from the bishops own
words l got Il satisfactory answer to a
question have asked many times, but
for which never received a satisfactory
answer. I said: 'sYour lordship knew
the chief men of Balaklava, and will
you please explain to me what have
never been able to find out, and to which