The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-27
by United Press.


ROME, Feb 1.-(By Mail)--I nae
an opportunity to discuss woman
suffrage with Theresa Labriola re
Gently and ask her what she thought
of the Intervention of women in the
British elections. Theresa Labriola
is an ardent advocate OF the rights of
women as most persons familiar with
italy know.
asked her first to give her opin-
ion Of Christabel Pankhurst, who
was elected as a conservative.
THE Italian public" she answered,
regarded the British suffragettes as
twin sisters Of the Russian nihilists.
IL had a drop out of the clouds when
it read the election returns from
England in regard to the women who
ran for office. 1t seems inoompre-
hensible in Italy that the woman who
was the audacious leader of the suf-
fragettes should run on a conserva-
tive platf, rm against the leader Of
the laborites.
"Christabel Pankhurst, the most fa-
nous woman Of England, one of the
ncst ardent and open minds among
the spiritual authors of the world
conflagration, ran on that platform
which | have explained several times
to her friends in Italy in private con
versations. That was the strongest
possible denial of the erroneous
idea that femminism and suffrage are
annexed to or connected with social
ism, or the most advanced democ-
racy; and presupposes above all the
ideals Of materialism.
Femminsm Of the Anglo-Saxon Type.
"The English elections give us at
low price the picture of female poll
tics in England which in it's liberal,
nationalist, conservative and impe-
rialist tendencies, even when it leans
toward the extreme left retains GER
tain moral virtues from the ancient
and noble heritage of it's fathers, and
above all a high estimate Of sex.
Nothing is more Anglo-Saxon than
the femminism of Great Britain, of
Canada. Of the United States, of Aus
tralia, of India, of South Africa. |
Nothing is farther from socialism Of
the marxist type, and that morbid |
facility in the violation of biological
and moral laws, which threaten us
on the continent of Europe day by
day and hour by hour than Anglo
Saxon femminism as appears from its
Dral propaganda, its writings, its le-
gal proposals, and the changes it
in the standards Of legisla-
.ion.'
What connection do you see?" l
asked, "between the war and the
actual British suffrage movement"
"The actual electoral movement"
;he answered, 'is directly connected
With its action before the war devel-
,ped by the suffragettes and suffra-
yists. 1t had it's first nucleus in a ;
asst political organization On lines
lalf way between the traditional con-
ieryative party, and the liberal party,
allied the Primrose league.
while on the continent of Eu-
ope, many. causes, not the least Of
which was the hostility to femmin-
SIN among the conservative ele-
nents, the liberals and mild demo-
rats, drove the women toward the
nost revolutionary socialism, of ne
essity, it was noticeable in the
Anglo-Saxon world that organizations
nd states in the hands of the work
ng classes were less inclined to ac-
ept woman's rights than those which
rere ruled by the cultured moderate
= wealthy middle-class
Explains Struggle in United States.
q refer above all to the United
tates, where a formidable struggle
ccurred between the opinions Of the
ultured class and those of the un- Z
ultured in regard to admitting wom- E
n into political organizations and to s
living them active and passage suf- +
age" E
What Of the compulsory service e
W."
when the British suffrage women 8
Il
ldertook their great campaign for f
1mpulsory service Nine. Labriola g
they put into practice n