The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-03
WOMEN IN
LINE TO BECOME
SUFFRAGETTES
Activity in Behalf of Monar-
chial Movement w ould
Make Mrs. Pankhurst's Fol-
lowers Hump to Keep Up.

tAssaelated rrsss correspondeneei
Peking, oct 2i.-Chinefe women
have entered INFO the monarchial
movement with a ychemcnce which
would do credit to Mrs. p%anIthurst
and her most aggressive followers.
Miss An ShianE-Suu and twenty-cight
OF her supporters. chiefly schooi mis-
t%rcsses, set the bali rolling IN Picking
by Issuing q manifesto urging he wo-
men OF China 90 participate ln the
movement to restore the monarch.
! This manifesto Immediately called
forth o protest from "a large body OF
women u~nti-sutfragc ties. who Ieplor-
ed the effort to involve women in The
political movement. These protest
ants not only denounced the attempt
20 enlist women iu the political agl-
tation but were harsh In their crit-
icism of the monarchial movement
They declare that the men who were
attempting TO restore he monarchy
expect TO receive some rich reward,
such as titles Of nobility from the new
government for their services Their
protest .hen inquired What motives
have actuatcd a section OF our women
to participate in this campaign DO
they aspire Tor a space In the new cm-
pcrors hnrem as cons0rts or maids.
of-hOnor?'
Those protesting women urged ma.
the women OF CHINA have not the iu-
telligence necessary To- q proper dis
c]ussion OF the affairs OF state and that
they should not Interfere with politics
In II way.
The View OF Mics An Shiung-sun
ana her followers are set forth in
the following petition
Since the Chou An Hui made its
appearance, the cry for "a cnnstitu-
tional monarchy has echoed from the
lips OF everybody ald the whole couu.
Try has responded to the call. From
mere theoretical study OF tho Ques-
tiun, the movement has materialized
into % practical campaign. People
in every walk Of life have raised their
voices in favor OF a monarchy. But
Go our great disappointmen.. not a
single word has been uttered Ay our
women, nor has there been a single
one among our sisters n has fol-
lowed the lead OF the men in this
movement. And the men engaged iu
the campaign have tlso omitted 60 re-
mind the wumcn of the country of
their neglect of duty. Are not We wo.
~ NAn hNtN w 'iNNn I''NA'NNN # AN'
men think tina we women ought "a
be excluded from participating ii
such "a momentous movement as IN,
one mat is now leading us an To- Ia,
foot of "a thrulo'
According TO the constitutions
compact the soyerciguty of the Cuuu.
try b. vested boz the people ~ tn,
whole country. The people of n,
whole country naturally means IN,
people OF both sexes. out OF me
100000. 600 people, half are women
~ We let tho men alone promote this
movement, not only viii the move
mo1t be- incomplete but h will seen
that men alone are catI'Icd tu right
THAT belong equally To women II
our women do ont un lerstaud the i'm.
portaucc Of this g. may be due &,
sheer Ignorance, but if come OF then
understand. yet remain Inactive and
indifferent To- the movement they vii
bee guilty of neglectIng their du-y q
the country.
we admit that The intelligence o
the mass OF our women is stll at ,
very low standard, but h % they hay
- the same interest IN the country am,
s have the same desire for the snfctl
#. of their person and property Is IN.
|. | lA'Nf wy NIi'htN WV N'tNI'N I'iANtAl
I passive without raising e hand 90 sup
port the movement Being women
we are of IRAN constitution and linn
@ itcd education. yet We have bee
deeply concerned with the unsottlc'
= conditions OF the countr. and cduuo
hut express our anxiety for its wei
fare. Il is sincerely hoped that th
two hundred million women of IA,
country win awaken Go thc import
ancc OF their duty ANA follow 'h
y lead of the patriotic mol hy petition
, ing the government tor the rcstura
ton of q monarchy
Nerunculur papers contain report
of associations of women organizia
in various Chinese ci;ics, and thcr
arc repeated efforts of the rival CT
= carnations to discount each other
strength. Apparently there is ltu
fear Of libel ip the Cniuc. papers, q
communications are priu,ed WhIc
mako direct attacks On the person,
character of women leaders.