THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2113, 2 April 1914, Page 2

THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT.

;. raAREIJNIONS HELP. . Ma.ny.a. meeting en. behalf of.warren's , suffrage 3ms boon feid.in the Atberf iit&ty tiondoii states "Tho Q'iic.eu" ${. ' FobriJary 'M, but never ones nfiiclt \viis m iijiprftssite as tliat.-of i-ast -gatHiidsy,fffr tfie. whole of tlio gjjeat -space- in ilio ■ o,rdiß3tra, tifir on tier, .was desupied by ntcijL ft'-ho came to i-cptesent -emiie af the fcadiiig trade um'on-s. ai-ifl kbour- QrojiwV isatigns : froin the-"t'ltifiia Tlmto" of ilio.■ Of-cha-rclians and ti-w fehctlaiiil Cmility '-. Goimcil to Brisk* , ),. '■ ■ Ihs IQfiOQ wham the Iml'l-wjll soaii' jveife--sooft -iissett.bjefl,\-attd: aniong ffere men and. wisnven 'who havo let-L; ttoiigh-l? both iii politics, iii-.seciety,- iiti liteirijtor-'o, -art,- and th* Press— tady. &cl'bofne, Mrs,-- the Duel-iess cf M.B.rlbo.rg.ugit, Geiiiitess Missoyy ILady'■ ]jefty #ffiottr, .Utika loxsjio^S?a-n.ba'tifiit^- ; Princes? Duleop M}4h 'Mm .Sitluejr Webb, Mr. licnry • Mr, CmV phapjiinu, .J.P.... jslr>.:gta4te : Ooit, Bw/.-. I{ediord'fe)v(V.iblfc;: r Milty, Stradicy, O'ib&y l\6f. Pfoiojspf: BclKuufr! -Mr. ■β-acjfliaro' and. ilj-e.; ytmk-haft-j P;l/.G., a'fld Jiiv;itat.-io»s to'be seat .had liy'LolxlfHijtitlo,: Mr. Tom (irajloft, Frofesser .'Ketford:, Sir Victof Harste}', § : ir Sidhey .JJE'fe, Mr.i Sidjioy lafjiv, IwosSo.r. L&tliaby,. Mj l ,. , tffini Magefield; Ai-c]i!jishbp,> JlpthfeAv,': jir, Aj'ltner .'Alaii'is, Mr.''.Pcfix" jSJEps* chc-lcs,' Mail , ,' Jljv Nfsmson , , Bh' HuMr-t: I'arrj, Mv, p. Van JJapJtc, Sir..: fell ijateigi), Mt. Sohnilaphahi, (Jawon RaffiiSJeVi Sff Adai'iiiEgid, Mr. J.i.osc:' hM<#iM&, Sir Erntsi, fru&elb-fil, Bmfesso'r % «le.-SelinCTtK't, Sir W> !H; 'iFrcaciiq-r, H-eaftAiaimfaJ 'W ».pJ)j ' '&, - fisher Ifiuvfti,. M.r- Kohai€ 'WhitesHg,. afld Sir Roland Wilson, . .

'Ihete was a great cutb-uest of prt&asi.Ssin, as Sirs Ifafractt, t-tas p-csideiit of t'Jjo Na#Qiial Uijion/ u-ift tS6.'aßeakcfS, entered tio liall and ascended tie: pjat-t' form, the wlioie .doneciia'se af peo.pto ris* ■ing and cheering, "ftis .great tnertfiig,'"" ; sb&saiqt ill her I'euvarfes, .'looks . Very mtfei'lfte tlio , get-back favtJio wpUien's Sflfege cause, of fiftiieli jn'gii.y pdiiticiaiia ntn sq fond of telling nfi/ , it was, s'lis.oofltiWied, uiipieccdcnbed in ; the history of the ijitherio ■ tioj' had fcliptl, ■ anil .riglitly nMed, niftiiily 6n «-oni.6n .and. ivp'.mba'j ©rgaiiisa*, ■ tiQjis-, But -that nigti't tiitij relied' .maiftri l : y jtfft men and moix's qrganistilionfcs "i'hese -liie-n ropreseJitai a- great, poiitrea! force; antl '-wfoft «ss>M • shut' tteir eyes aiii to votofese. , w'otaetf 1 were tp-iok to io tear men who jijcrasos.se.d- the Havliaineiitai-y veto. Tl?on she' tirrnssd to toij-s-kler the faet that the I'rinie .^ljiiistej'■ had 'bfeeil- a.sks-d to m--ceivo gotli a deputation from tliat-eijor' f.iions meeting and a from Scotland, %.eiie& hy fite Lotet I'fttvfls-t : of Sk-sgo* (ill aceorctance with a vote Cfiried by 60 to- 27 in-tke Oity-fisuii- ' eil)j-and hat); rofnsei to receive thij-in, To esj>fo?s tho fcel-iiig ef-'herself and. the audicuee 'about the matter, slra tlpft ftioveil a te-soktioa; "That <;lijs ipetting expresses profou-iid indignaiion tA Hißrefusal of tho IWttio jklhrisfccj: to receive; , a, deputation- from Uie 5&2 men rqk-e----eentiiig 3.42-•organisation-Sj and fron-i tho. nia.nj- li.U3i.dreds of 'men iii their ijjdi* yiituaj capacit) , atteitdiug this meeting. Str, Asq.tiifii has declared that Jie has. . yet to'be *ouvincetj that ttero is lie- . nmiid foi' ivoiiion'H suffrage in tlio'coJ.-iiK try, and , i'itis .ihootiiig pretests'nsaiiist ; (ji-H refusal to irifofin himsoll. -of tile demand fry hoiH'ijog tho views «f these aisa who , represent all. sitate , <yf, opinion ii.i evory p«rt oE tho ceautry." .' 'Tiie reselitUen' ff»s st'cO-iicli'd by MrWilliam Ba-rton, U.V-, or ' Ql&am, and. famed. .... .-■■ ■. Mr. Ai'tlmr HeiiiterspM ftiovcd a resolutioii to demand <i iioyvrmwml' inea* euro for-the cJifeuicllisonJen't ■ «i! «x>men.' Miss Maude Eojfdcii. seconded Hie resotutien, whiel-i, after bang sup- , ported by Mr. Fcmwr Bwekway,. was , carried una-i'iimo-Msiy. ' A folle&tion towards tW Siiftrage jlawlaic Ftiiid w;i.s talrou,. iinti JLfs, .Aufirbach, the treasurer, ed -contributions' -among which y?er« £1000 froin'Mrs. tflos, th,j fof'mw.Mnyor' of dldhaiß, £200 i'ram CofiiK-illnr 3J»i>. garct Aslifoii. £100 from Mtes Courtmild, and £&i from Sirs. Fawcatt. -Al--togother, over £6000 was received be-, fore tli-B'collection tnlten.Jii the liall Jm-sl liceH fiounted. . ■