WOMEN AS VOTERS.
SUPPORT IN* AMERICA. A, and NX WASHINGTON, Sept. 80.'
Addressing the Senoto, whore a difference of opinion exists on women's suffrage, the President advocated the early passage of the measure on the ground of national efficiency in wartime. Mr. Wilson pointed out that both parties were agreed on women's suffrage. This was a, people's war, therefore we must unite'the people for its prosecution. <■ The United States wan unable to profess democracy abroad unless they practised it at home. Through many channels, intimations had Reached White House of the,people's real views. He did not heed tho,voijss of agitators, but realised that tho time had come whon, if democracy were to continue beneficently, women must be placed on the same footing as tho man. Women Were partners in war, and therefore should' be partners in peace. The President concluded that without the ( counsellings of women the nation was only half-wise,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16970, 2 October 1918, Page 8
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