Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14

In 1t. Taxpaying women in all OF the
municipalities. excepting Prague and
Liberic. and also women of the learned
professions may vote by proxy. Women
belong to all Of the political parties ex-
cept the conservative, and constitute 10
per cent of the agrarian party. They are
well organized for the purpose Of secu-
ring full suffrage and are conducting
vigorous campaigns, distributing large
quantities Of literature and holding hum
dreds Of meetings more or less public,
which are usually winked at by the Of
fcers of the law.
In Hungary there is strong national
woman's suffrage association, which in
cludes many societies having other aims
also. especially Of a philanthropic and
educational character. The association
has branches in eighty-seven towns and
cities. and combines in its membership
all classes of women. from the highest
aristocrat to the humblest peasant. AS
the men of the nation are struggling for
universal suffrage in this country, the
women are with them in the fight: The
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
will be held in Budapest in 1913, and 1t
is thought that the influence of this great
gathering will be quite as strongly felt
in Hungary as 1t was in the Scandi-
woman suffrage association which has
thirty-seven auxiliaries and held 456
meetings last year. The women Of
Servia have some local voting privileges.
and are now organizing their forces to
claim the right to vote for members of
the parliament
The rigid law which prohibited the
women in Germany from taking part in
any political meetings greatly hindered
the development of woman suffrage in
that country. This law was changed in
1905, and since then the woman suffrage
societies, which formerly existed only in
the four republican free cities. have
multiplied rapidly throughout the en-
pire. Most Of these are concentrating
their efforts upon securing municipal suf-
frage, which the Prussian women claim
belongs to them by ancient law. In a
number OF the states the woman land
owners have a proxy vote upon communal
matters. although this privilege has not
been frequently used. In Silesia, during
the past year. however. over 1000 women
exercised this privilege. 1t is claimed
that the democratic party stands almost
unanimously for woman suffrage.
-
ment has the support Of the prominent
man politi-
President Fallieres clans. Presi-
In Favor Of Suffrage. Heres loses
no opportunity to express himself in favor
Of it. More than one-third Of the wage
earners of France are women. and these
may vote for tribunes and members OF
chambers of comerce and boards of trade.
They may be members Of the latter and
may serve as judges. 1t Is expected that
an early act of parliament will extend
full suffrage to French women.
Among the prominent Frenchmen who
have recently become converts to woman
suffrage Is Claude Casimir-Perfer, who
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the orders of his government. to study
the opportunities which will be afforded
to French capital by the opening OF the
Panama canal He was in Los Angeles
at the time of the municipal election.
He recently stated publicly that he was
opposed to woman suffrage until he saw
what good it accomplished in California.
but that he will now advocate speedy
provision by his own government for the
enfranchisement Of French women.
tugal gave universal suffrage and DIR.
Beatrice Angelo applied for registration
and was refused. She carried her case
to the courts and was sustained, and she
cast her vote. 1t was too late for other
women to register, but an organization Of
1000 women was at once formed to
secure the definite action Of parliament
with the approval of President Braga
and several members Of his cabinet, SO
that it is believed that Portuguese wom-
year. The Spanish chamber is arranging
to give women who are heads Of families
a vote for the mayor and council in the
villages. Italy has a strong movement
in action for woman suffrage Of which
the mayor of Rome Is. q firm supporter.
In 1910 all women in trade were granted
the right to vote for boards Of trade.
The republican national assembly of
China has given the suffrage to women
on the same terms Of property qualifica-
ton applied to male votersH and e woman
has been elected to the republican nation
al parliament.
New Zealand was the first country in
the world to grant full suffrage to wom-
en-. They have voted there upon the same
terms as men since 1893. The reports
from that country are enthusiastic as to
its success. In Australia, when the six
states united under one commonwealth in
1901, one of the first acts of the new
government was to give women full SUI
frage and the right to sit In parliament.
New South Wales gave them state suf-
frage In 1902. Tasmania in 1903 and
Queensland in 1905. Last year the women
in Tasmania outnumbered the men at
every polling station.