Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24
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worse They are driven 10 the Yoshlwaras or vice
districts by sheer necessity Of making living
They become virtual slaves under the burden Of
debt necessarily incurred to equip them for their
profession They are openly bought and sold
Again. In Japan one 6nds the coolie woman not
only helping to coal ocean liners, but assisting lH
driving piles for the building Of bridges and
carrying burdens of every kind And among the
factory workers Of Japan-in some Of the Iaetafes
shifts are said to be changed once every twelve
hours-bo per cent are women. And these Wemen
according to available statistics, are paid between
thirteen and fifteen cents day.
Japan Is provided for In the program Of the
Centenary. Japan's women are to be relieved Of
their yoke, as we'll. So are the women Of Kores
and Malaysia of Mexico and South America.
Where Neither Childhood
Nor Motherhood Is Sacred
So are the women Of Africa--those 4o,ooo,00e
wild creatures Of the jungle who are the prey OF
the strong, whipped and worked like beasts bought
and sold and inherited like property; neither their
childhood nor their motherhood held sacred
In North Africa, and all through the countries
Of the orient, millions Of Mchammcdan wonen
must be liberated, not only from the purdah but
from the zenana and the harem--the forbilden
place Of women.
The Eenana and the purdah are obligatory
upon all women who recognize the Koran Both
are symbols Of the subservienee and inferiorsy Of
womans position under Mohammedanism. and the
zcnana carries always the implication Of poIygamy.
The yelled women of Islam are innumerabe. The
secluded number many millions In India alone
there are 100000 Of the latter, and In North
Africa, II Is estimated. there are 200o0,O0o more
The seclusion Of the hsrem deprlves women Of
outdoor liberty and recreation. II affects the;
health and the health Of their children Many OF
these imprisoned women die Of tuberculosis
Limited In their experience permitted to see only
husband father, brothers and nephews. their
knowledge Of life Is small, lhelr minds seldom more
than child minds. as-.--------
What the Freedom of o
Women VIII Mean
For the sake Of world democracy Mel6Odism In
America believes that these wrongs must Be
righted, these women lifted out of the subjectioa.
the servitude, the contempt which surrounds all
women Of the oriental countries
Freedom for the women of the world means to
the church the dspellng Of ignorance through
educnton, the substitution of Christian ideals fos
superstition and for creeds that have made poe
sIble the wrongs Of women.
The program for attaining these ends Is definite
and detailed Schools. seminsrles. colleges nd
universities are to be built In many countries
Hospitals are to be founded and equipped. and
made the center Of systems Of dispensares. Teach
srs, physicians, nurses sre to b sent fro. this
country.
An these viii have behind them the major puE-
pose Of the Methodist Centenary movement the
establishment Of the ideals Of Christianity IN every
country, hs foundation upon which women maT
stand IN The work that Is primarily theirs. he
Suilding Of The world democracy Of the future