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Show lififflTlGES ; WORLD SUFFRAGE WILSON PROCLAIMS POLITICAL FREEDOM OF THE WORLD AS WORLD'S SOLEMN DUTY. Expresses Hope That Senate Will Pass the Suffrage Amendment to Federal Fed-eral Constitution Before the End of This Session. Washington. President Woodrow Wilson on June 13 proclaimed political freedom of the world as the whole world's solemn duty. Replying to a memorial, signed by the woman suffrage suf-frage leaders of Kngland, 1-Yance, Belgium, Bel-gium, Italy and Portugal, presented by a delegation headed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, asking that he address the world on the subject, the president declared, after reciting the service women of all nations have rendered in the war: "It is high time that some part of our debt of gratitude to them should he acknowledged and paid, and the only acknowledgment they ask is their admission to the suffrage. Can we justly just-ly refuse it?" The president also again expressed his wish that the senate pass the Susan B. Anthony amendment at the present session. The president's message was as follows fol-lows : "I have read your message with the deepest interest and I web me the opportunity to say that I agree without with-out reservation that the full and sincere sin-cere democratic reconstruction of the world for which we are striving, and which we are determined to bring about at any cost, will not have been completely or adequately attained until un-til women are admitted to the suffrage, and that only by that action can the nations of the world realize for the benefit of future generations the full ideal force of opinion, or the full humane hu-mane forces of action. "The services of women during this supreme crisis of the world's history have been of the most signal usefulness useful-ness and distinction. The war" could not have been fought without them, or its sacrifices endured. It is high time that some part of thadebt of gratitude to them should be acknowledged and paid, and the only acknowledgment they ask is their admission to the suffrage. Can we justly refuse it? "As for America, it is my earnest hope that the senate of the United States will give an unmistakable answer an-swer to this question by passing the suffrage amendment to our federal constitution con-stitution before the end of this session." ses-sion." . |