An interesting "bird's eye of the Suffragist movement through-font the world was given on Tuesday afternoon at a gathering of the American Woman's Club in the Palace Hotel. The speaker was Mrs. Cart, President of the International Suffragists' Alliance, and her rapid survey of the world-wide movement, from the domain of controversy to sensational militantism, was sympathetically listened to by numerous audience. The speaker traced the progress of the move: ment from the declaration of the Rights of Woman which followed upon the rejection of American women delegates to the Anti-slavery Convention in London in 1845, and showed how the claim for equality with men in respect of civic activi-ti education and property, cul. minated in the demand for the vote. Twenty-six countries were, she said, now grouped in the international organization, and they hoped soon to welcome China In reviewing the progress of the militant campaign, Mrs, Cart said that its originators were advised eneral'"' Booth not to conduct it upon democratic lines, but to be itant; not to take the votes of members upon questions which came up, but get them to follow the leader. The campaign began with,|the time-honoured British privilege of "heckling", and had been continued with bravery, ingenuity, originality and courage. She did not like the policy of window smashing. It did not appeal to her. But everyone who was familiar with the movement would be compelled to admit that the work of the militant suffragists in England had given the movement a boom throughout the world. The policy of the Gov-riginal from
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