toil for
about four shillings per week of sixty hours. The common remark
that the suffrage movement is an amusement for rich women was
once for all disproved as the factory workers and cotton
operatives in their distinctive dress swung into the vast arena.
The group of women doctors in their gorgeous robes were loudly
cheered, as were the nurses and mid-wives who followed, while
teachers of all branches of the profession closed the long line.
There were notable speeches but the real effect of the meeting
lay in the wonderful gathering itself, women of all nations,
classes, creeds and occupations united for a common purpose,
together with men, filling one of the largest halls in Europe.
Mrs. Fawcett, LL.D., presided and the speakers were Ramsey
McDonald, M.P., Mrs. Catt, Dr. Shaw, Miss Frances Sterling and
Mrs. Philip Snowden.

Twice during the convention it came in touch with royalty in an
interesting way. At the official dinner Mrs. Qvam, delegate from the
Norwegian Government and president of the National Suffrage
Association, brought greetings and wishes for the success of the
congress from Queen Maud of Norway, a daughter of King Edward and
Queen Alexandra, to which an appreciative response was sent. At a
morning session the birth of a daughter to the Queen of the
Netherlands was announced and at the request of Dr. Aletta Jacobs,
president of the National Suffrage Association of that country, a
telegram of congratulations from the Alliance was sent.

There was much discussion over the motion that all organizations
auxiliary to the Alliance must have woman suffrage as their sole
object. It was finally decided in the affirmative and a flood of
societies of every description was excluded. The number of delegates
permitted to each country was increased from six to twelve, with
twelve alternates. A resolution was adopted urging the National
Suffrage Association of each nation to prepare a comprehensive
statement of the laws which place women at a disadvantage in regard to
property, earnings, marriage, divorce, guardianship of children,
education, industrial conditions and political rights, and to explain,
when demanding their immediate enfranchisement from their respective
Parliaments, that they consider these injustices can be effectively
removed only through joint political action by men and women. This
was introduced at the request of Lady McLare