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Show WOMEN OF SWEDEN TO HAVE SUFFRAGE PTOCKHOTM, Pweden, Dec . Sweden, Swe-den, the only one of the Scandinavian countries In which women do not enjoy the same right to vote as the men, must at best wait some five years before complete com-plete enfranchisement of its women, but that the goal will ultimately be reached not only hare, but in other "backward" countries. Is the firm conviction of the National Swedish Suffrage association, which has just finished Its annual convention. conven-tion. Reports made at the convention showd a greatly Increased interest In the movement move-ment throushout Sweden. There are now nearly IT. 000 women enrolled In the association asso-ciation and some ?01 branch or.ifanl2,i-tions. or.ifanl2,i-tions. Particularly gratifying to the lead-j lead-j ers was the report of a great growth of interest among the country's clergymen, as well as amon men generally. Men's ! associations for woman suffrage were I forme-i d urine: the year at Kris t Ian s tad and Malnio, ard some of the best known Swedish men are beginning tn interest J themselves actively in the movement. |