The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-11
American Leaders in THE
Cause" Will Play Promi-
nent Parts at Conference
at Stockholm, Sweden.
KING RECEIVES MRS.
CARY CHAPMAN GAIT
Preliminary Meetings Will
Be Held Today in Many of
the Ancient Churches of
Swedish Capital.
(National News Association

(National News AssociationD
Stockholm, June 10.-Delegates to
the Sixth Conference Of the Interna.
tional Woman Suffrage Alliance.
which opens Monday and continues in
session through Saturday, are here to-
day preparing for what they expect to
give to the cause" the most notable
impetus since the inception OF the
equal franchise movement. The wo-
men who have come from every part
of the world. are among the leaders
in their own countries. The hostel
ries of the city are taxed almost to
their capacity. and many others Of
the delegates will arrive tomorrow
and Monday morning.
tomorrow in many of the ancient
churches. Prominent among these
will be the services of the American
delegation, headed by Mrs. Cary
Chapman Gait, president of the In
Alliance, who was recent
ly received with such honor by King
Haakon. The services will take
place in the church OF Gustave vasa
and will be attended by all delegates
who speak the English language. This
assemblage will listen to an address
on the equal franchise problem from
the Rev Miss Anna Howard Shaw, af-
ter which the international delegates
will hold mass meeting to prepare
for the formal opening OF the confer
ence on Monday.
- Mrs. Gait Presides.
At nine Monday morning the assem-
bled delegates will be called in order
by Mrs Gait at the Grand hotel, where
vast auditorium has been put at
their disposal. Here the delegates
will discuss the business problems
that have perplexed the diversified
membership of the international al
lance, devoting the afternoon to
sightseeing and the evening to -.
ception in the auditorium.
This program remains practically
inviolate during the five days of the
convention, with the exception that
each day will be devoted to different
subjects bearing upon the propagation
of woman suffrage throughout the
world 1t is the intention to strength.
en- the intimacy and friendship be
tween those who annually gather for
the conference.
There will be a report from each OF
the delegations representing their
constituent countries. These reports
will embody narration Of the pro
gress made during the past year; the
plans of campaign found most effect
i've In that particular country; and an
exchange of ideas through debate. The
advantage to be derived from this
method of exchange can only be esti
mated by the future success or fall
ure Of suffrage campaigns throughout
the world
Work by the Press.
Another interesting feature OF the
conference will be a report by the
press committee upon the advance
made during the past year in the dis
tribution Of suffrage publications
Some time ago the suffrage allianct
actively took up the publication o.
suffrage magazines, looking toward
the propagation of equal franchise
Many of these are now on a paying
basis, thanks to the devoted efforts o.
the ladies in charge, and it is hopee
that report upon the success met b,
suffrage publications here and IL
some countries abroad, will foster EN-
ulation among those whose organiza
tions have no distinctly representative
organ.
1t is a significant fact that though
the past years have seen a great in
crease in converts to equal suffrage
the American and English far out
number their foreign sisters. This
I 1t is said. by those in charge of thu
convention, shows conclusively tina
the English speaking races are with
out peer in initiative progress ant
that If equal suffrage is to be thinl
of reality, 1t is to the Anglo-AmericaI
societies that suffragettes through
out the world must look to for its es
tablishment. With this in view, ev
/: cry effort will be made to obtain
closer alliance between the Englisl
and American suffrage associations
that an interchange of speakers an,
/ literature may bring about mutua
exchange of ideas that will prov
/ equally valuable to the fighters OF
both sides of the Atlantic.
| American Delegation.
The American delegation which wa
preceded by Mrs. Gait, who has beel
| in Europe for some weeks arranging
for the convention Is composed Q
Anna Howard Shaw. Pennsylvania
Miss Mary B. Ely. Connecticut; Mrs
Frederick Nathan, New York; Mrs
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