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Show Belgians Vote in Favor 1 of Woman Suffrage LONDON, March 4. The Belgian clumber has voted in favor or votes; for women, 21 years of age as fell ' as men In communal elections, savr the Brussels correspondent of the London Lon-don Times. All the Catholic members1 voted for the measure and all lhe lib eral.? except Paul Hymans. minister of foreign affairs, and Burgomaster Ma againsl it. while the socialists -were divided between their general nrincl pie ol equality and fear of religious influence. in-fluence. The liberals considered thai women are not yet ready for. the vote. An amendment offered by Burgomaster Burgo-master Mai, excluding women of "notorious "no-torious misconduct" was adopted. In view of the fact that voting at elections is compulsory, the presence of only one woman In the public gallery gal-lery during tho debate would seem to indicate how little interest the womci? taks in the question. |