Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-18
ASKS SENATE TO PROBE
 NATIONAL WCMEN's PARTY


 At the home of the president, Mrs. ] Daniel 4. Markham. in Hartford, a , very enthusiastic meeting was held last l week by the board of directors of the | Connecticut State Association Opposed l to Woman Suffrage. The following i resolutions were adopted by the na- | tional board of anti suffragists and i have been presented to the United | States senate:
 Whereas, There is an international propaganda for the overthrow of con- stitutional democtacy and for the sub stitution of Soviets and foreign ideals of class rule for the representative government u1lder which America has prospered for over a century, and
 Whereas. The senate Of the United States has resolved to investigate this radical propa sapda, and
 Whereas, As part Of this propaganda for interrationaiisna and revolutionary socialism and felninisra radicals of both sexss are seeking to arouse and organize discontert among our citizens to promote class and sex antagorisni and to discredtt the constitution, the laws and the political institutions Of l the United States, and
 Whereas, The president of the Na- tionai American Woman Suffrage as- soc!atiosl is also president of 3 so- called International Suffrage alliance
 and has officially announced her deter
 imitation to organize an International l Women Voters of the World-a new l.
 W. W-to include women of Austria,
 Hungary, Finland, etc. and to inhu,
 snce the governments of her own and
 other countries, and
 1 Whereas. In August, 1914, the Inter- national Suffrage alliance held an ex~ eeutive meeting in London, at which
 elaborate plans were made to hold q
 world convention or women in Berlin,
 and at which Frau Rosilza Schwim-
 mer, secretary of the International Suffrage alliance and president of the Hungarian Woman Suffrage associa- ton, was appointed to bring to the United States a set or petitions for
 immediate peace" alleged to be from
 the women Of the world but actual ly written by Frau Schwirnmer herself at the London office of the 1nterna tion- al. and
 Whereas, An accredited investigator
 of the United States military intelli-
 gence service has testified before the
 senate committee investigating German
 propa gaada that Frau Schwimmer was
 undoubtedly an agent Of the German
 government at the time of her activi- ties on behalf of the adoption of wom-
 an suffrage in the United States, and } Whereas, Bernard Eon Dernberg former colonial minister of the Ger. } man empire, Frau Sehwinner, 8 Ger man agent, and other Germans assisted at the organization Of 9 so-callet
 German American Suffrage commit tee' in New York city on Feb. 10th , 1915, which organization meeting wa: attended and approved by the presi l dent of the National American Woman Suffrage association, and
 5 Whereas. At the height of the grea P German military offensive in the sprinl 5 of 1918 a booklet was issued by tn
 president of the National Americal \ Suffrage association entitled "Wa [ Messages to the American People" ii
 which (on page ID Americans wer
 asked to send the German women ; ray of hope" by the adoption of fed
 eraI suffrage amendment and
 Whereas, The first political dernan of inc socialist party is for the passag e of a federal woman suffrage amend l !nent, and
 [. Whereas, Certain members of tn Q "a 'onal Wonan's Party, an orGaniza il t.tsl seeking a federal suffrage amend ? ,nent, recently collected money for an 0 helped to arrange two BolsheviTt meet 5; ines in the city of Washington, 3 Il Polis theatre and the Masonic Templ
 Resolved, By the executive commit
 tee of the National Association Or
 iposed to Woman Suffrage Ia fedora ton of 26 state associations with 8 = enrolled membership Of over 5000 L. American women) that in the name ( ,s patriotism and for the good Of Amer 5 can political institutions, the senate { "a the United States be- and is herel.
 respectfully petitioned to inyestigat e the National American Woman Sui
 frage association, the Information; al Woman Suffrage alliance and the Ns ,e tional Woman's Party, to deternlir " what relationship exists between thes [, orgaliations of socialists and fenlir ,- ists ill Europe, and to discover n wh; II. manner the vast sums of money 9 2 legged to be raised ard used by the! 1e organ! !zations are being employed ,@t effect legislation in the United State m and be il further
 ar a Resolved, That the National Ass, Ia ciation Opposed to Woman Suffras ,o submit to the United States sena i7 all evidence and data in it's possssstc M regarding the facts listed above, t ,d gether with any testimony as to i li own orsanization that the senate rn the United States may desire,