FUTURE OF SWEDEN
WOMEN'S ENFRANCHISEMENT FORESHADOWED. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. STOCKHOLM, January 18. (Received January 19, at 8.50 a.js) At the opening of the Riksdag-, King Haakon announced that there would be an increased expenditure on armamenti, -which would be met by a special tax on larger fortunes and higher incomes. The. Speech also declared that justice and the welfare of the State demanded the extension of political rights to women.
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Evening Star, Issue 15394, 19 January 1914, Page 6
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71FUTURE OF SWEDEN Evening Star, Issue 15394, 19 January 1914, Page 6
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