Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-10
Mrs. Chapman Gait Tells Plans
of International Alliance.
Predicts Advance
tBy Latest MALL

International Alliance for Woman
Suffrage,-received representative oI
the Christian Science Monitor recent
~ at the new offices OF the alliance
In Adams street, Strand.
As will be remembered, Mrs. Cat
gave her views on the international
aspect OF the woman suffrage CUES
ton TO a representative Of the Chris
tlan Science Monitor just before she
left England for the Budapest con
/ gress, and the chief object Of the pres
ent interview was to obtain from Mrs
Gait her impressions Of the congress,
and the evidence which in her opinion
II afforded of the growth Of the move.
ment.
Mrs. Gait received the Monitor re.
preventative In a spacious room
which. however, gave evidence Of be.
Ing still in state of preparation.
You see.' said Mrs. Gait, with a
rmile, I'VE are only Just moving In,
and TO tell you that we are opening
cut a new office Is almost superflu.
Gus, but may tell you our object. As
the outcome Of the congress at Buda-
pest, We have decided to fix our In
ternational bureau Ia London, and we
are seeking to make IL center for
the dissemination of information OF
all kinds in connection with the wo-
mems movement. We are seeking to
make 1t q place where information on
any question affecting the activities
Of women VIII be available.
For instance, / see from today's
papers that woman has just been
refused, in England, admission 10 the
bar. Well, that Is q point which We
are taking up. Women have been ad-
mitted to the bar In other European
countries, and ono woman at least is
acting In the capacity of lawyer in
the British dependency of India All
information on that matter we will,
In the next few days, have accumulat-
ed, and II will be at the disposal Of
any woman who wants to understand
the position on this point. II you ex-
tend this system to every conceivable
branch Of women's activities, you will
gain just sense Of what we hope to
accomplish"
Branches Everywhere.
Questioned as to the position of the
alliance generally. Mrs. Gait said that
they had auxiliary branches in prac-
tically every country in the world.
with the exception in Europe, of
Greece, Spain and the grand duchy of
Luxembourg. and IN the rest Of the
world with the execution of South
America. The reason. she said, In an
swer to q question why they had not
as yet touched South America, was
largely q. question Of language.
Il do not think. y Mrs. Gait, said,
"that 1t Is generally realized In what
large part Of the habitable globe
only Spanish Is spoken: you have in
South America practically q whole
continent, and as Il Is q language
which is not generally learned. we
have been largely hampered in this
direction. We have, however, CORES
pondents already in Spain, and / an
ticipate that before very long we
shall commence work In Spanish
speaking countries
Coming to the Budapest congress,
Mrs. Gait said that it was so large
and such q tremendous advance on
the one at Stockholm two years ago,
that they were literally overwhelmed.
"At every congress-, she said. the
numbers have been doubled, and a;
Budapest, they were mere than
doubled. 1t was so huge that II has
been found necessary for us to re-
consider the whole question of inter
national congresses, and to consider
some other way Of holding them"
The attitude, she said, of the Hun
ress was most generous and encour-
aging. They had contributed $500
for the purpose of extending hospit-
atty to the delegates; they had en-
tertained them to a special fete,
which cost over f400, and there had
been gala performance at the opera
houee in their honor. In addition to
this. Mrs. Gait continued, the smuni-
cipality of Budapest contributed
$500, the Board of Trade ESQ and
the Board of Agriculture ESQ. and
they had, moreover, received letters
from the authorities saying how
much good had been done by the
congress, and expressing their
WdIm bympdIuy VIII lIS ODJ6ClS.
In regard to the attitude of the
Hungarian government toward the
question of woman suffrage, Mrs.
Gait said that whilst on the whole
1t was quite encouraging, neverthe-
less, at this particular moment, the
subject would probably be hung up.
The government had recently ex-
tended the franchise, and about $780,
600 men had been admitted. The
usual result of such extensions was
to call q halt for the time.
In answer to the question as to
which country, In her opinion, had
made most rapid advance recently,
Mrs. Gait said, that, as might be ex-
pccted, the most rapid advance had
been made by those countries where
the question of woman suffrage was,
as they put it on the continent, a
question actual" 1t is, she said,
q question actual" in Sweden, Hol-
land and Denmark, and there great
progress has been made recently, :
and specially in Holland where it is
expected that the granting of votes
to women will not now long be de-