Morris tribune., 1914-09-25
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN SWEDEN

Advocates Encouraged by Progress
Movement Is. Making-NorWay Look
ing for Help From Her Sons and
Daughters in America in Case of
TroubIe-PeopIe of Copenhagen Not
Worried over Attack by Germans.
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Ellen Key, the renowned Swedish
authoress, says in regard to the prog
ress of the Swedish woman suffrage
movement in Sweden: Swedish
women have been encouraged not only
by the fact of a government suffrage
bill last year and another one to come
this year, as the first one was reject
ed by the upper house, but also be-
cause our suffrage movement has eX-
banded to include 210 affiliated asso-
Citations spread all over the country.
Besides, there is an organized OppoSi-
ton, represented by the powerful Con-
sentative party. 1t proves that the
political power when a leading party
puts an anti-suffrage plank, in it's
platform. 1t is undoubtedly an adj
vantage to have an open enemy, rather
than sneaking opposition working
in the dark. Furthermore, the other
two political parties, the Liberals and
the Sociahst-D Democrats, have suffrage
planks in their platforms, and about
two years ago the National Suffrage
association declared that it was will
ing to endorse both these parties in so
far as they worked for women's suf-
frage That declaration made great
stir among the members of the asso-
citation. The conservative women,
fearing the Liberals and Socialists
would neglect the question of our ma.
tional defenses, which is now, two
years later, brushing aside every other
political question in Sweden, refused
to affiliate with any other political
party than the Conservative one, and
on this account the unity of the ma
tional association was severely threat
ened. However, peace was restored
for, after all, suffrage is too great g
question for people to split over fol
long. The annual conventions of the
| association held since that event, I'm
der the leadership of our beloved
president, Miss Anna Whitlock, have
been remarkable for the united en-
thusiasm and good will expressed by
the members"
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Telegraphing from Stockholm, Swe
den, the correspondent of the Wash
ington Star says: There is grea
anxiety felt in the Swedish capital be
cause of the efforts Germany is max
ing, as shown by articles in the Ger
man newspapers, to induce SWedel
to abandon it's attitude Of neutralit.
and take the field as an ally of Ger
many. The object sought is to weak
en- the Russian attack in East Prus
STA by means of Swedish attack OF
Finland" The exigency of seeinl
Sweden attack Finland, which wa
once her own possession, is, however
rather far reaching and Swedish read
ers will take but little stock in thi
report Sweden's aims and desire
are wholly of a neutral character.
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individuals and firms have mad
efforts to get possession of the silve
coins, evidently considering thes
more valuable than currency in time
of war. Their efforts seem to hav
been successful. Silver coins are nov
very. scarce in Stockholm. At the res
taurants the patrons have hard tim
paying, owing to the lack of change