ly paper, _Jus
Suffragii_, and changing the place of its publication. After most of
the delegates had expressed opinions the whole matter was left to the
board of officers. Miss Martina Kramers, Netherlands, declined to
stand for re-election to the office of recording secretary and the
editorship of the paper and a standing vote of thanks was given "for
her seven years' hard work, with the hope that her name will never be
forgotten in the International Suffrage Alliance and that she will
always be appreciated as the founder of _Jus Suffragii_.[225] Miss
Chrystal Macmillan, Mrs. Marie Stritt and Mme. Marie Verone reported
that the book Woman Suffrage in Practice, which they had been
requested at the Stockholm meeting to prepare, was finished and the
English edition ready for this convention; the French and German
editions would be published in a few weeks.

The treasurer, Mrs. Stanton Coit, made a detailed and acceptable
report and said that, with new headquarters, a paid secretary, an
enlarged newspaper and many publications, 2,000 pounds would be
necessary for the next two years. Pledges were made for 2,510 pounds
($12,350)[226].

Mrs. Catt having served as president nine years earnestly desired to
retire in favor of a woman from another country but at a meeting of
the presidents of all the auxiliaries she was unanimously and strongly
urged to reconsider her wish. She reluctantly did so and was elected
by acclamation. The delegates decided that the ten persons receiving
the highest number of votes should constitute the officers of the
Alliance and the board itself should apportion their special offices.
Mrs. Fawcett, Mrs. Coit, Miss Furuhjelm, Miss Bergman and Mrs.
Lindemann were re-elected. The five new officers selected were Mrs.
DeWitt Schlumberger, France; Miss Schwimmer, Hungary; Miss Macmillan,
Great Britain; Mrs. Stritt, Germany; Mrs. Katharine Dexter McCormick,
United States.

The persistent requests that the Board should and should not endorse
the "militant" movement in Great Britain, which had assumed serious
proportions, caused it to recommend the following resolution which
was adopted without dissent: "Resolved: That as the International
Woman Suffrage Alliance stands pledged by its constitution to strict
neutrality on all questions concerning national policy or tactics, its
rules forbid any expression favoring or condemning 'militant' methods.
Be it further resolved: That since riot, revolution and dis