New-York tribune., 1913-07-14


received in England that the United Fruit
! Line needed Chinese stOkers and trim
merS for its service out of New Orleans
to Colon and other Caribbean ports, a gen.
oral round up was made of all the deep
water freighters, and 12S Mongolans were
/ found who were anxious TO get the jobs in
wife, who entertained house full of con-
| gress guests during the week.
The state railway granted passes and
| reduced rates. five days excursion has
been arranged at the close OF the congress
/ for the delegates TO visit the state insti-
/ tutions throughout the country for the de-
! pendent and delinquent classes, each town
oi city TO entertain them day and night
while there. Guides are furnished for in
| Spccton of the many institutions under
municipal wnership-bakeries working
peoples cottages. meat shops, municipal
| lodgings. etc.-every one worth an entire
article Budapest. for instance. takes
care OF 1900 children, orphaned or Of
/ parents too poor TO do it properly, and
| the state cares for 10000.
/ There is no space whatever TO describe
| the delightful excursions on the pictur
! esque Danube or high up in the Car
! pathian Mountains. They were perfectly
managed. and everybody felt ashamed be
cause they laughed when the chairman Of
{ the committee announced 10 the cOnvcn-
/ tion: "Al who wish 10 take part in the
excursion must be sure to notify the un-
! dcrtaker'
Credit to Roska Schwimmer
| Yes, it was great congress: every
| body said so at the big farewell banquet
attended by 200 guests, and all due to
that little band Of Jewish women led 10y
Rosika Schwimmer. as brave as any sol
,iicr who ever faced the enemy on a field
Of battle.
What will be it's effect on the move
ment for woman suffrage In Hungary?
When II was invited here two years ago
an electoral reform bill was about 10 b.
introduced, and the promise had been
made by Count Appony. tho Prime Min
lister; by Kossuth and various other lead
ers Of the government party that IL
should include some measure OF suffrage
| for women. Governments have fallen and
| risen since then. and some one OF them
passed this bill. which added nearly two
million men 10 the voting lists, but TO
women The Socialists are still almost
wholly disfranchised. as they cannot meet
the qualifications. but the general opinion
seems that there will be no further eX-
tension OF the franchise for a long
time. very limited suffrage might
eventually he given to women. but
! revolution on the part of disfran hised
men is more likely.
The death of Emperor Francis Joseph
cannot be far distant. and his successor
| Is thorough reactionary. II is believed
that he will attempt TO strengthen the
! power OF the Catholic Church. the army
and the aristocracy. The people are now
almost crushed by taxes. while the enOr-
nous cost Of food products imposed
through the large land owners keep tho
masses near starvation. In this great
agricultural country the prices Of m"dt,
butter. eggs and other staples are about
the same as In New York city. Will"
wages are far less.
Hungarian men are I'm the experimental
stage Of representative government ana
the legislators have not yet learned IN"
first lessons Of governing themselves. The
parliament much of the time Is In such
an uproar that no business can be- trans
acted Last year, it will bc remembered.
one OF the Deputies shot the Speaker and
pitched battle took place between the
government and opposition members IN
one OF the most beautiful assembly
chambers I'm the world go now special
force Of picked soldiers is detailed to re-
main on guard during the session. The
minority bring coWbells. horns and horse
hddles" and keep up such din that
business has 10 be suspended
Just before the suffrage congress
opened Mrs Chapman Gait and other
women sat In the gallery and saw the
soldiers rush I'm and one OF them strike
down a member with his sword and al
most XIII him. As the minority filed out
each one stopped In front Of the Speaker,
brandished his fists and used every vile
epithct in the language.
During the suffrage congress the entir"
lower house had "A banquet I'm the Hotel
Hungaria 10 welcome the new Premier
and discuss the forming Of a Cabinet. and
We watched them assemble. Physically
tncy were a splendid lot. with faces show
ing great determination and strength OF
, character. When we returned from our
meeting the banquet was still on the
room was black with smoke. the tables
loaded with bottles and many under the
influence OF liquor Those who had not
lost the power OF speech were stil dis
cussIng the Cabinet at daybreak. we were
told.
This is the Hungarian idea Of politics
at present, and II is not surprising that
there is no general desire for women Ia
take part I'm the melee. or that the masses
OF them are making no effort To do so.
The new electoral reform bill gives the
ballot to men who can read and write and
are taxpayers. The leaders Of both par
ties freely admit the justice OF giving It
to women also who have these qualifica-
tions but say that they must wait until
the experiment with the men has been
worked out And yet every day Of the
suffrage congress the comparison was
made by the press and prominent people
between the sensible, dgnified and expedi-
tjous manner I'm which the women con-
Quoted business and the methods OF the
men In parliament. This comparison IS
made wherever woman suffrage conven-
tions. either national or international. are
held. and always the question comes up
permost I'm thoughtful minds: How long