The Washington herald., 1918-06-14
ANSWERS MEMORIAL
FROM FRENCH UNION
Senate Urged to Pass Pend
ing Amendment
AT Once.
MRS. c. c. GAIT AT WHITE
HOUSE WITH DEPUTATION
Chief Executive Gives Glowing Ap-
probation of Womans' Service
In War as Invaluable.

leadership in movement for
worldwide woman suffrage.
In striking response to a me
mortal from the French Union
for Woman Suffrage-endorsed by
the suffrage organizations of Great
Britain, Belgium, Italy and Portu-
gal-he went on record that equal
suffrage rights for women shall
be definitely established among all
nations, as a principal achieve
ment in the winning OF permanent
peace.
His message. transmitted through
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. presi-
dent OF the International Woman
Suffrage Alliance, follows:
His Deep Interest
have read your message with the
ItSt interest. and | welcome the
r1rtunity % say that lgree. with
- reservation. that the full and
.""Cre democra tic reconstruction Of
I; O." world, for which we are striv-
iN'-. and which we are determined
10 bring about at any cost. will not
have been completely or adequately
attained until women are admitted
to the suffrage: and that only by
that action can the nations of the
world realize for the benefit Of future
generations the full ideal force of
opinion. or the full humane forces
OF action
The services OF women during this.
supreme crisis of the worlds hi;-i
tory have been Of the most signal
usefulness and distinction. The wIr
could not have been fought without
them. or its sacrifices endured. It
~ high time that some part of or
debt Of gratitude 10 them should 6c
acknowledged and paid. and the Only
acknowledgement they ask is the.r
admission to the suffrage. Can We
justly refuse it
As for America. IL Is my earnest
hope that the Senate of the United
States will give an unmistakable an
swer to this question by passing
the suffrage amendment to our Fa /
cral Constitution Uefore the end o.
this session. Cordially and sincerely
yours. 'WnO3ROw WILSON"
The French Memorial
The memorial of the French Union
for Woman Suffrage-"Union Fran
caise Pour lie Suffrage Des Danes"
is the official title-was as follows:
In the historic message which
announces to the world the entry
into the struggle of American force
and thought. you declared unforget-
table formulae upon which your
great Republic awaits a victory-the
right of peoples to self-determina-
tion and durable peace for gem
erations to come.
The French suffragists and those
OF the allied countries have heard
your beautiful and strong words,
and they unite in prayer to YOU for
the accomplishment of the following
resolutions:
Considering that from this war
there has come a new international
right. founded upon the right of
peoples to self-determination,
That nothing can be claimed to
speak authorita lively in the name
of the people, which excludes
women from the life of nations,
Value of Their Work
Considering. moreover. that
4,
have shown the value of the social
WORT: which they are capable of
performing.
Considering that the participa-
tion of wives and mothers in the
suffrage would be the greatest
guarantee of the peace to come: the
need that the belIigerent countries
have of their help in the present
conflict: the sufferings. moral as
well as physical. which this war has
cost them. have given definite proof
that no longer. without inequity
and imprudence, can one refuse to
give them their vote and influence
in the undertakings, which, decide
peace and war,
The women Of the allied countries
express the wish that President Will
son, in one OF his future messages,
will proclaim the principle OF woman
suffrage one of the fundamental rights
of the future
I'VE have read with emotion, Mr..
President, the very profound words
which you have spoken in response
10 the delegation of women from New
York. II we recite them here, IL Is
because they are the same words that
We would ask you to address to all
humanity. in one OF your declarations
which resound throughout the world:
The Deepest Issue
80 1T Is a struggle which goes deeper
and touches more of the foundation
of the organized life OF men than any
struggle that has ever taken place
before. and no settlement of the ques-
tions that lie on the surface can sat-
isfy a situation which requires that
the questions which lie underneath
and at the foundation be settled end
settled right. am free 10 say that I
think the question of woman suffrage
Is one Of those questions which lie at
the foundation
81 beg you to accept. Mr.. President
the expression of the great apprecin.-
ton Of our American sisters, and our
profound admiration for the high
moral tone of the declarations yhjch
you have uttered in their name. II Is
this which encourages us to esk your
aid. which viii be a powerful infiu-
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