The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-20
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
U0RLDS CONGRESS AT BERLIN
NEXT YEAR ARRANGED.
Third Ouinquenniai International Meeting
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torial CantiiGiate--< Congregational MIN
isters Refuse 10 Ordain . woman.

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listers Refuse 10 Orliain . woman.
The president of the International Council
OF Women, Mrs. May Wright Sewall Of
Indianapolis. has returned home from the
executive meeting held in Dresden and
reports that it was successful in every re-
spect The sessions were held with closed
doors they involved many hours Of the
most exacting work, there was no cppor-
tunty for oratorical display and yet the
deep interest felt was manifest in the fact
that delegates were present from all but
two of the eighteen national councils. In
other words, practically all of the civilized
countries Of the world were represented.
At this meeting matte nal councils were
admitted into affiliation from Norway.
Switzerland, Austria. South Australia and
Victoria. As those from several other
countries were not fully organized, it was
voted that honorary vice-presidents be
recognized during the following year from
Peru, Chile. Mexico, Japan and Turkey
This executive meeting was OF special
importance, as 1t WAS to make the
general arrangements for the quin quen-
NAL meeting of the International Coun-
Gil, to be held next summer in Berlin.
This body, It will be remembered. was
organized in 1888 in Washington. at a
great meeting arranged by the leaders OF
the woman suffrage movement in this
country to celebrate the fortieth ami
versary Of their first convention,
which had been called by Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Lucretia Mott and others at SEN
eca Falls, N. Y. Mrs Millicent Garrett
Fawcett, wife of England's Postmaster
General. was made president. The first
quinquennial was held in Chicago in 1898.
during the Worlds Fair, and was the largest
and most important convocation OF women
ever known. The Countess of Aberdeen
was elected president, The council and
congress held in London in 1899 were a
revelation to all Europe OF the power and
prominence to which woman had attained
At this time the presidency came to the
United States, this honor being given
to Mrs Sewall for the ensuing five years.
There is every prospect now that the
third quinquennial will surpass all OF the
others, though it hardly seems that they
could be exceeded. AS no foreigner can
call meeting on German soil, this one will
be convened by the National Woma n 8
Council of Germany, by the authority and
under the auspices Of the International,
and Mrs, Sewall. Of course, will preside.
The magnificent Philharmonic Hall in Ber-
lin has been engaged for the occasion and
the meetings will continue from June TO
June 10, 1904. As these great conversations
are called Unfortunately "Woman's
Council" and "Woman's Congress- there
has been some confusion In the public
mind. They are Woman's Congress con-
vened by the International Council on the
occasions of it's own meeting every five
years, to show the vast range OF women g
activities and contribute TO the general
progress OF the world. Coincident with the
daily proceedings Of the congress the
council has held its meetings for the trans
action Of business and matters concerning
its own welfare. This custom has had
the Objectionable features of keeping the
delegates from the platform meetings and
obscuring the identity and individuality
Of the council.
At the Berlin meeting in order to pre-
serve the independence of the council,
its sessions will be held first from June 7
to II, with private business meetings In
the mornings and large public meetings
at night. Only delegates and patrons
chose who have paid 500 for life men,
bership) will be admitted to the former,
and as each country is entitled only to its
president and two delegates, the business
representation is very small, patrons hav-
Ing no vote. At the public sessions
addresses will be made by eminent women
in German, French and English on inter
nationalism, peace and arbitration and
the various important movements for
which the council stands.
Tie congress will begin on June IL and
continue throughout the week. The two
daily sessions will run in four differen
sections: U) Womens Education and Higher
Culture; (2) Social Aims and Institutions
az Women's Professions and Industries;
a. The Legal Position of Women.
At the evening mass meetings the most
dist nguisbed women speakers in the woro
will discuss education, woman suffrage
equal pay for equal work, woman ii
science and art, and other topics OF vital in
terest A feature of this Berlin congress
which places it distinctly in advance OF the
one held in London is the fact that it gives
woman suffrage exactly the same prom.
Utntb DIS 10 dCCOlutu lIic otilci ~ hi.iBeh
divisions, one entire evening being de-
voted to this question and also one OF the
general sections which run throughout the
week. This recognition was refused II
England, and as a result the British
Women's Suffrage Association withdrew
from all participation in the congress, but
held separate meeting ono evening IN
Queens Hall. 1t proved to be the largest
and most enthusiastic Of the entire week
5000 people reserving and paying for theil
seats in advance 1t was here that Miss
Susan b. Anthony received that. never te
be forgotten ovation. when, the entire
audience rose to it's feet with cheers anc
waving of hats and handkerchiefs, One
days session, however, was given 70 the
franchise, and all might have been, for Il
entered into almost every address, nc
matter what the theme, and was Away:
received with the oudest applause.
The forthcoming congress in Germany
promises to be still further celebrated II
connection with this subject. When the
council was formed in 1888 1t was expressly
stated that woman suffrage was not one o
its objects, and that no organization WHICH
affiliated with it was in any sense com
mitted to this doctrine. Now, however, j
has gained such Roadway among the womeI
OF all countries that this recent Dresden exec
utive meeting authorized the president
Mrs Sewall, to request the national co,ncll
OF the different nations to take official actor
upon it at their next executive session
This was done with the hope that they vii
carry Instructions TO the Berlin meeting II
form an Internal ional committee on woman