Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-08
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Baked IN ITALY |
BY POLITICIANS
GioLitti Declared Enemy of
Equal Rights by Leader of
Milan Organization. ),

MILAN. Aug. s.-Not the least eager,
Cor the resignation Of Mr.. Gio1itti as pre-
mier are the women who are working for
suffrage in Italy.
''Mr Giolitti has been the most phleg-
matte and impregnable enemy Of woman
suffrage in all Italy said Prof. Mar
gherita Ancona, chairman Of the Milan
suffrage organization, in an interview.
The situation for suffrage, according to
her, is very bad; but the imminent end
Of Giolittis administration win do much
to raise the hopes of Italian women
Twice bill has been passed by the
Chamber of Deputies of Italy granting
suffrage but both times new election
has been called before the question was
taken before the Senate, and so has had
to be introduced again to the Chamber.
LIKE POLITICIANS
OF OTHER COUNTRIES.
Politicians in Italy" she said, ARE
like politicians In all other countries on
the subject of woman's vote The Pop
clare declare that woman suffrage VIII
add votes to the Socialist Party. The
Socialists declare 1t will bring votes
to the Popclare, and the Constitutional
lists are afraid Of both. In addition, there
are those conservatives who want TO limit
the vote for men and so would never
dream of giving votes to women. How
ever. If the government introduces bill,
which we hope 1t will whenever there is
a change of premier, the Socialists and
Popclare will both have to vote for it,
and it will again pass and go to the Sen
hte-if the next premier does not go to
the country again before that
Despite the general discoura cement Of
the sufragists, there are few opttmistS
who are already preparing for the day
when women will have the vote. Signora
Besso of Rome has organized a WON
ans party, the Unione Politica Nazionale.
which, she declares, Will work for the
interests of women, and will enter the
elections, when women have the vote,
with its own electoral lists.
OISSENSION
WITHIN RANKS.
Already the women of Italy are dfvid-
ing on this question Of whether or not
there should be a woman's party.
Within the ranks of those who ara
lighting for suffrage there has come a
further split with the recent election.
1 split that grew out of the fact that
many women took part In the party prop
Uganda preceding the election. In Milan,
as we'll as elsewhere. the more progress
women should urge the election only of
those men who had pledged their votes
to suffrage-a program very like that OF
the National Woman's Party Of the
United States. This policy was defeated
by women who were eager to support one
party or another, however.
Professor AncOna, who was particularly
opposed to women taking part in the
election, except on the suffrage issue,
says:
THE reason we don't get suffrage In
italy is because the politicians are not
afraid Of US, as the American politicians
were OF the women there. 1t would be
impossible to adopt a feminist militant
movement in Italy, but 1t would lie an
excellent thing If we could. Probably IL
Mr.. Giolitti had been made as uneom
Portable as Lord Asquith was in Eng
land or President Wilson in America, he
would have done something for suffrage
instead of fitting dumb"