New Britain herald., 1928-09-24
French Women
 Disiinterested
They Seem Very Indiffer-
 ent to Suffrage.
BY MINO1T SAUNDERS

Paris, Sept. 2l.-Havtng failed completely to get hearing from any of the delegates who were in Paris for the signing of the Kellogg Rriand treaty. leaders of the inter national feminist movement battling for an equal rights treaty for wom- en now plan to take their case to the French parliament. They hope in this way to arouse public feeling in France and to interest . larger number of French women in the cause of suffrage.
 The difncuity is that the women of France arc not very much in- terested in winning the right to vote. The Rambouillet incident. wherein eight militant femintsts- all foreign except one-were arrest ed for disobeying police orders when they tried to present 8 petition to President Gaston Doumergue, was treated by the press as . Tight and comic" aflair. There has resulted no widespread demand on the part of French women for what their foreign sisters call equal rights" Gaining Attention
 Tt is obvious that any French government discussion of the Ram bouillet incident. and of our failure to secure cooperation from the men in presenting our treaty. will help our cause greatly" said Miss Doris Stevens of New York, chairman of the International committee and leader of the Rambouillet charge.
 The only government official 70 far to take any cognizapce of the international feninists is M. Louis Marin, minister of pensions and parliamentary leader of the Fem mist bloc In the chamber of deputies He received Miss Stevens, but is un- derstood to have made no promises.
 The appeal to the French govern ment on the part of the internation- al feminists before the signing of the peace pact was ignored and all for eign delegates who were approached by the women to aid them in their struggle for an equal rights treaty refused to consider the question.
 President Maria Verone of the French league for women's rights has protested vigorously against what she terms the highly dis courteous conduct of the French government for not giving the in- ternationalists a hearing. She has also been consulting with tho for eign feminine leaders to formulate a campaign for recognition.
 'Is it good. is it wise. is 1t pru- dent" she asked, that France make enemies of women who in their re- spective nations have a political in- fluence equal to that of men?" And then Miss Stevens added:
 At least the world is acquainted with the fact that women as well as men are desirous of inter. national laws to safeguard their rights"
 Favored Ny Deputies
 But the feminist movement in France remains decidedly minority issue. The chamber of deputies sev- eral times has shown itself favorable to votes for women," but such . policy always has found stern oppo- sition in the upper house. During the last session the senate refused. by . vote of 176 to 1.s. to consider a mo- ton offered by Senator Louis Mar tin requiring immediate action on the question.
 Maurice de Waleffe, we'll known journalist and leader of fashion. sees a mystery in the ble un- concern of French. women about the vote. Writing in the Paris Midi under the heading, The French woman does not wish to vote" he declared, she Is content to sit back and let the man drive the automobile be- cause she knows that she can con- trol the driver"