hope that it would take the Chinese women under its care. You
have not been, as Mrs. Catt and I have, in the south of the
country, where we saw Chinese women sitting in Parliament but
from whom the vote is now taken away. You have not heard, as we
did, in many towns, the Chinese women speak in crowded meetings
to a mixed, enthusiastic audience with an eloquence none of us
can surpass. You can not imagine how hard is the struggle for
liberty which they have to make. In every town we found
intelligent women with the same love for freedom as inspires us,
who hunger after righteousness just as we do and who devote not
only all their money but their entire life to the struggle for
the improvement of the position of the women of their country.

Many of the Chinese women have already been decapitated for the
truth they have told while fighting their battle for freedom and
all the leaders of the woman movement know that their life is
uncertain and that any day the men may find a reason to silence
them when their eloquence and enthusiasm make too many converts.
In translating the words which they embroidered upon this bright
red satin you will learn what is going on in the minds of the new
Chinese women: "The Mutual Helping Society to the International
Alliance. Helping each other, all of one mind." In the name of
these Chinese women I ask you to accept this banner in the same
loyal spirit in which it is offered and to welcome the Chinese
suffragists into our Alliance.

A handsome banner was presented by the delegation from Galicia. The
president of the Belgian Association reported that Roman Catholic,
Conservative, Socialist and Progressive women had united in a
non-partisan federation to work only for woman suffrage. South Africa,
Roumania and Portugal associations were received in full membership
and also a committee from Galicia, where women were not allowed to
form an association. Greetings came by cable from the women of Persia.

No tribute can do justice to the genius of Rosika Schwimmer in
arranging for this remarkable convention, the first of the kind ever
held in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Both the government and the
municipality made liberal contributions, which the citizens
supplemented with more than enough to pay the entire expenses of the
congress, that was conducted on a liberal scale. A sale of