The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-21
LADY ABERDEEN
CONDEMNS THEM
Hopes suffrasettes will Win but Does
Not Approve of Their
Violence.


wife of the former viceroy OF India
and president of the international
Congress of Women, passing through
this city on. her way to Prague today.
strongly condemned the militant suf-
fragettes of England and pointed to
the United States as the country
where women are getting the fran.
chise in the proper way.
Good and proper behavior" she
told the United Press. sensible talk
ing and legal action will take us much
farther along the road toward what
we are after than will militancy. But
it is not for! me to sit in judgment
over my English sisters. They are
! sincere. They mean we'll, and hope
| they win. But | can't help seeing that
| In the United States, where violence
/ is unknown among the women work
ers. we are winning our fight.
1 cone is led to believe that upon
/ reading of the militancy of the Brit
/ ish suffragettes, that we are striving
! for votes for women solely. That is
! not true. There are SO many ways
1 in which women can help in the at
4 fairs of everyday life. Were she per-
mitted to work with men on boards,
] both political and social, am sure
/ her influence would be for good"
What do you think of Nine. Jane
Dieulafoy's proposal to teach women
J L. al of rni1t to,.x nj lori 4
etc. during war, thus liberating fight
ing menu" Lady Aberdeen was asked.
"That seems to me to be going a
little far she replied The true
role for women is that of the peac.-
!, maker, not the warrior firmly be-
/ lieve that were women permitted to
share the burdens with the men in the
governing bodies of the world, wars
would ultimately cease. There are al
i ways liberal proportion of male
legislators in every country opposed
to war these supported by women's
! votes, would always be in majority.
II And have you ever thought of just
4 what that would mean?
Gin the first place the cost of liv-
ing would be reduced. Taxes would
/ be lowered. Armies and navies would
exist only on a greatly reduced scale.
/ Standing armies, 100000 strong, idling
away their time eating food bought
for them by the people, wearing
clothes which other people have
bought for them, would not exist.
4 These men, instead of consuming
alone, would produce at least $780,,
4 600 a week or $3.50, 100000 year.
/ Yes. the woman should, and would, be
a peacemaker.
Votes for women Is only one of the
many things we are striving for. We
are firmly convinced that there Is a
( far more important work for won IN
to do, and we are only striving to do
/ it. In general, we are trying to find
a solution to the state of inferiority
/ in which we find ourselves today, in
the affairs of everyday life. The In
ternational Women's Congress is di.
vided into many sections. and each
section has It's duties, for the true
feminist believes her work is broad,
touching not only politics, but the
4 home, questions of morals. the social
problem and Kindred subjects.
Convinced as we are that women's
capacity for work is not given the
/ full scope necessary in order that
mankind may have the full benefit of
her peculiar and particular qualities.
we simply wish to obtain certain
rights for ourselves which will enable
us better to do our duty toward the
world. This is what we desire to do;
be an aid, instead of a dead weight
for man to carry: to do our share OF
the work; to help our fellow creatures
all we possibly can-and our possibil-
tiles are many once they are un.
shackled.
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