tion. There was a spirit of hopefulness that a new regime was
at hand, as many Cantons were considering the question.

The vote was taken in Neuchatel June 28, 29, 1919. A dishonorable
campaign had been made by the opponents, financed by the liquor trade,
and the result in the entire Canton was 12,017 noes, 5,346 ayes. In
the town it stood 1,647 noes, 831 ayes; in the industrial and
Socialist town of Chaux de Fonds it was 2,400 noes, 1,800 ayes. The
Federal Council refused all appeals to submit the question, although
it was discussed in the First Chamber. In October the Council of Basle
by 63 to 24 voted to submit the proposition. The Council of Zurich
also sent it to the voters, adding eligibility to office. On February
8, 1920, the vote in the Canton of Zurich was 88,249 noes; 21,608
ayes. In that of Basle it was 12,455 noes; 6,711 ayes. The peasants
were solidly opposed and the workingmen voted against it.

The suffragists then concentrated upon Geneva and set out to get a
petition from 2,500 electors, which would compel the Council of the
Canton to submit the proposition. In June, 1920, the International
Woman Suffrage Alliance held in Geneva its first congress after the
war. Delegates were present from all over the civilized world.
Twenty-one countries had now enfranchised women. From every point of
view it was one of the most successful it had ever held and it was
expected to influence the referendum on woman suffrage. The year was
crowded with work and the 2,500 names were not obtained until
November. It was February, 1921, before the Council of the Canton
discussed the petition and then it was referred to a Special
Commission, where it was held until September 21 before the proposal
to give full suffrage and eligibility to women was submitted to the
voters. The election took place October 17 and resulted in 14,166
noes; 6,629 ayes.

ITALY.

Woman suffrage in some form had been a number of times before the
Italian Parliament and it was advocated by many of the eminent
university women. At the first congress of the International Woman
Suffrage Alliance in Copenhagen in 1906 Professor Teresa Labriola, a
lecturer on law in the University of Rome, came to tell of efforts
during the past year to awaken interest in the question of votes for
women, due largely to the demand of men for universal suffrage. Some
women had tried to have their names placed on the election lists, as
the electoral law did not prohibit i