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 WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN MANY COUNTRIES 795 party each nominated a woman and by tbe most heroic effort and a combination of fortunate circumstances the latter, Mrs. Vikova- Kuneticka, a prominent writer and suffragist, was elected on June 13. The Governor of the district, doubting her eligibility, de- layed issuing the certificate; the Diet did not meet; the War came on and after it ended Bohemia assumed her own government with equal rights for women, and she took her seat. In the newly organized country of Czecho-Slovakia woman suf- frage prevailed throughout and in 1920 thirteen women were elected to the Lower and three to the Upper House of the National Parliament. The new Parliament of Jugo-Slavia voted against woman suffrage. It is practically impossible to give an accurate account of the situation in regard to the suffrage and office-holding of women in the re-alignment which took place in central and southeastern Kurope after the war. The States which were formed with new or changed boundaries all began with the declaration of absolute democracy, equal suffrage for men and women and eligibility to all offices. At their first elections women in some of them were elected to the Parliaments and city councils of the new regime. ml, restored, gave universal suffrage, and elected eight to the Parliament. Its women are strongly organized and very 'It-. It is not possible to foretell the future of these experi- ments in democracy. It has been reportd from time to time that had been given to women in Bulgaria. Roumania and Serbia and thai denied but at present they do not seem to be ng it, ( H) jo.) swn /! : Hand, like l-'ran- epublir only in name, as women .vhollv di-l'ranrhi-ed. I' I the only country uliere the ion of woman siiffr lunittcd to the- individual women the francbi-e Eor th( :ncil that body must submit the qu. and to IMYC it in each Canton of the 22 lW ii II, this body mn<! submit the sub- mitted by tl il ("Mimcil. which holds that il nni t IMM U*