The chronicle=news., 1913-02-22
Suls Actiue n .
BauG,ss While tie
Mea are Away

SOFIA, feU. Ss.-tECSu war -
threatened In. the untHanquil Dalk-
ans. Not becauso pcacc Negotiations
provci unsatiafactosy: because Fer
Bcrv!a IN not 10 keep Albania: or be-
causc some people arc sore about ia.
loaica. The causc Of tho trouble 10
the resurEcnt suffraeette. Tho re-
kursent suffsagcttc has not ret got
To the stage Of ecixing tho coat tails
|of King Ferdinand or stoning King
Peters kpovak, a. have her sisters 10
other lands but she 10 active and
trfitntcd: and the Terrible Turk him
self has rouScd no w0fsc political
passion than her 0ltlmatum. "Wc
women must havc voteA"
This passion has ovcftakcn Bul-
saria: aud also progressive 6ervia.
whcrS women arc already farther
ahead In tho professions than they
are In Germany or France. Tho war
has given women their chance: and
they arc not neGlectinG Il. For the
last few weeks Aadsoe vasliia ret-
rolf. wife Of . rhiillppopoais lawyer
has Ooen ruaniug . stroae safSra4lxt
sgitatlon.. Tho agitation feeds main.
" On the great services rendered
during the war by women nurses.
ouuOt u su3Ro1W 8b0 CNo0 DVS81StD.
hut tho greatest thang We are do
Every bulgarian woman who has
sent here husband to die on tho bat-
ticfield 10 a fresh arGument why wo-
men shonid have votes."
Woman's suffrage I. an old cause
III Bulgaria. Before the war the
Womcn's Emancipation union had
100 members: and II latriy bccamc
affiliated to the international suff-
aec movement. Tho war brought II
100 fresh members. The Bulgarian
man regards the movencnt With sus'
picion. OF the political parties the
only sympathi1ers are the Radicals
and tho Democrats. neither Of
which counts for much. During ] 5
years fighting tho women have
gained only one victory. That Is tho
right to vote for the elections Of tho
schools mana cement con0ittee. Tho
rIrht to sit ~ members OF the conf
mlttco has been refused.
Madame PctroN IL preparing a PC.
iItion TO Queen Eleonora. Tho pcti-
tIon begins by rccitins words used
by King Ferdinand TO members Of
tho English Rcd Cross mission.
My WIFE" said tho incautious
Ferdinand. rs worth ten thousand
soldlcrs.''
II one woman Is worth ten thou-
sand soldiers. argues tho logical pc
at least the same political power as
one soldier has. The petition asks
Queen Elconora to uso her Influence
In pushing the women's emancipa.
tiou movement: thereby Showing
the world that both halves Of the
Bulgar riun nation are worthy Of free
DOM"
BY the occupation Of the whole
male population in tho war the wo-
mon found Themselves promoted into
pccessary beings. Some cleaned the
streets: others drove cabs: and few
even applied to be enrolled as PATROL
men. Tbrc were enrolled: and their
drill begun. hut tho threo soon dis
covered that they we're not wanted.
With MI the men fighting their coun-
try's bnt'cs. there was no one to get
drunk. 20 give black eyes. or to steal
trolu,an's occupa ton was gone. To
the three were discharged. N. Cue
shrrt. sou Of the prime minister. who
had Jcen serving In tho foreign min
istry was drawn rs q reserve officer,
perfected a plan for employing NO.
men IN tho ministry 10 replace men
gone 10 the front. Twenty were 90
taken. They proved Rood diplomat
ists. That Ia. thcv wero intrustcd
with tho copying Of confidential dis
patches: and they kept the tecret.
Scrvia's women's emancipation
movement is tooming even better
than Bulgsria's. It is older: and
Serviu has hundreds OF women doc
tors. teachers and even rome women
engineers. Servia led almost all |
Europc in giving women show OF !
nolitical power. III 1873. tho year
In which scrvia finally threw off |
Turkish suzorstnty, women wero |
given tho right to vote IN municipal !
Only J.: per cent. Of adult
women could then read and wrfte.