on monday, a special feature was the speeches of five women members of parliament—helen ring robinson (state senate), colorado; elna munch, denmark; annie furuhjelm, finland; lady astor, great britain; tekla kauffman, wurtemberg. in all, nine women members of parliament attended the congress. the others, who spoke at later meetings, were frau burian and adelheid popp of austria; mme. petkavetchaite of lithuania and adele schrieber-krieger, whose election to the german reichstag was announced during the congress. on wednesday at the great meeting in the hall of the reformation, three-minute speeches were given by representatives of each of the enfranchised countries in the alliance. yet another new aspect was illustrated by the meeting of thursday, addressed by women from india and china. the speeches showed how similar are the difficulaies of the women of both the east and the west and how much new ground has still to be broken before the object of the alliance is achieved."