Show PRESIDENT WORLD SUFFRAGE WILSON PROCLAIMS POLITICAL FREEDOM OF THE WORLD AS WORLDS SOLEMN DUTY expresses hope that senate will pass the suffrage amendment to fed eral constitution before the end of this session washington president INo woodrow on june 13 proclaimed political free freedom dont of the world ns its the whole wol worlds ads solemn duty replying to a memorial signed by the woman suffrage leaders of england france bel glum italy and portugal presented by a delegation headed by mrs carrie chapman catt asking that lie he address the world on the subject the president declared after reciting the service women of all nations have rendered lu III the war it is high time that sonic some part of our debt 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 the president also again expressed his 1119 wish that the senate pass the susan B anthony amendment at the present session the presidents message was as follows 1 I have read your message with the deepest interest and I 1 welcome the opportunity to say that I 1 agree without reservation that the full and sincere 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 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 forces of action the services of women during this supreme crisis of the worlds history have been of the most signal usefulness and distinction the war could not have been fought without them or its sacrifices endured it is high time that sonic part of the debt of gratitude to 0 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 to this qu question estfon by passing the suffrage amendment to our federal constitution ution before the end of this session |