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THE WOMAN'S REBELLION THAT IS SETTING ENGLAND AFLAME
suffragette food into a Government
FIGHTING HAYE HOW
PUNISHED: Fed; Imprisoned
trikefMtmy Beaten S ; nger
Many Bea ten; nger
and Police, by Charged
Undismayed. Are They
WOMEN FIGHTING WHAT
DONE: HAVE
Fences;
Wrecked Mails; Destroyed
Telegraph Cut Windows:
Authority.
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the by Lady
companion for Women,"
witn glass
shoe*. her Mar- Sellna 1910,
Mar- Selina 1910, fed un- forcibly They
ginger tin they weaker, daily growing
Asquith'a <belioving Lytton, Lady
they jail too, Refusing hard
fed un- forcibly They last" window*! '-In grand ";
they were weaker, daily growing V eay.'itjwas gettes
released. influential and of wealthy .property
(believing Lytton, Lady bringing nome ,-citizens.
prison Sihe .the them to
herself rank, got \ : Hun- the of
Warton, were'broken|in?the dreds
days' She hundred West
too, she, Refusing and stations, railway
fed. forcibly ;buiiding8 several wero •other parlts;
window- grand links • Many
suffra-breaking March* in . suffragette
against gettes The. raided. London the
influential and wealthy -property telegraph found: police
home bringing citizens hook cutting
the for their them to gallon knives;
Hun- the of "misdeeds ham- stones, saws,
the were windows of dreds identification false mers,
hundred were Two West climbing ropes,
made. breaking, poles
and stations, fire stories, upper
several were other 'buildings warfare. of other and
I golf Many and Liverpool
ruined. jam, places
Marcn* in arsenal suffragette In and treacle paraffin.
The. London the fire. on set letters
telegraph of sets found: police Scotland, savings
wire cutting apparatus with hook
knives; four bottles and a gallon can
of corrosive fluid; saws, stones, ham
mers, false motor <*ar identification
numbers; ropes, leg-irons for climbing
poles , , collapsible ipoles for breaking
windows of upper stories, fire lighters,
warfare. of other and into. .broken was
and Liverpool various fire ■•■False given
adds, with filled were other places *of \ and
In some and treacle :paraffln. wires cut telephone TelograiJh
fire. on set letters else* Birmingham Nottingham,
A savings bank at Dundee, Scotland,
was broken into.
False fire alarms given in various
parts of London and Manchester.
Telegraph and telephone wires cut
at Nottingham, Birmingham and else
where.
following was
letter is
hateful the Government work,
be that be there
law order until get
vote." The 1903,
trouble began 1903,(When Mrs. Pankhurs-t founded*sthe
when Mrs. founded the■ Women's Union,
Political Social Union, independent and
a society independent of all class and
party distinctions and devoted to the
sole purpose of obtaining for women
recognition of political rights; but
there were no arrests until October,
! 1905, when Miss Christabel Pankhurst
and Annie Kenney, a little factory girl,
•were arrested at Free Trade Hall,
Manchester, for interrupting Sir Ed
ward Grey in a speech by asking him
what the Government intended to do
•
distinctions the to party-: for women. votes
sole; obtaining for women first demonstra- suffrage
rights;;Mbut political tion in Square
.there October, the 1906. month May, following
Christabel be so may
andfAnnie little Kenney, factory; Billing-
Hall,<wereVanvMpd Asquith's meet-
HlrSEd|, for Manchester, and on Northampton
him by ejected the a from
,to|do intended effect. with whip
for women. votes im- of political
first demonstra- woman'suffrage the the throughout
tion held in.TrafalffarlSquarejJn demonstrations, suffragettes
190 G. month May, the of to climbing
violence, it first;. the hall interrupting meeting
BlUtngi things. throwing speakers,
Asquith's meet- to began September,
and on Northampton feed-■ that press appear
the a ejected pris- ing
effect: whip jailers
im- of political die. them not
the throughout had re- prisoners suffragette
demonstrations, suffragettes .. either fare, prison
the of to (Climbing The class. first,
the interrupting meeting oatmeal of
throwing speakers, pudding, potatoesporridge,
to began September, and water.
feedrj little prisoners
to,' pris- and prisoners,
jailers them. to may
them not fed Among
had prisoners ilHUherto the who citizen, an Paul,
either, prison ordinary Mr. As-Lord Mayor's
The class. third first, "Votes quith r
oatmeal consists •third ;'of pudding, potatoesporridge,
and water. little prisoners
and class than better prisoners, lna^ialso';have.:food ,
was) Alic e; Among American' thecitizen, Paul, an/
M As-Lord .■banquet, Mayor's began "Votes speak, r
by militancy
the Po- and
litical Union of consists
legal and in attacks on
The the that only
militancy is human that
life be what othei respected.
revolution that set?
six militancy has one
been lost, of
themselves." suffragists
the editorial Miss
Christabel Suffra
!gette,
bugle offensive militancy.
five that ! elapsed
these attacks appeared
Cabinet destruc- and apon
and property
almost brought
the terror reign
British Isles.
The Suffragette was founded last
October by Mrs. Pankhurst and her
daughters, when Mr. and Mrs. Pethick
Lawrence, unable any longer to ap
prove the offensive tactics of their as
eociates, withdrew their financial sup
port from the union and took over
absolute control of the paper Votes for
Women, thus depriving the "wild wom
en" of an organ. Miss Christabel
Pankhurst edits the paper from her
hiding place in Paris. The Suffra
gette's circulation averages 30,000 a
lliau week.
last founded Suffragette first the appear-Simultaneously
.October Pankhurst by the news came Suffragette
Pethick Mr. daughters, nine of sentence Cragg's
to ap- any been having
their as- the prove picklocks, night
sup-'sociates, to Intent articles, keys
took over union the port Har- Lewis the
for paper it.court
"wild wor- the depriving Pank- this after Immediately
Christabel organ. , Hall in a made speech
her from paper break- law to women Inciting openly
Suffra- The in place Epsom race ing.
30,000 a averages immediatelycourse
' week.' . and then boxes Letter after
first appear-Simultaneously the often have
the news came Suffragette destructive rmr.t eases cities, I)ig
nine of Cragg's pillarpoured
been for hard having In throiiEh. boXM
picklocks, nightfekevg' to intent articles,
Lewis of house the it.court
Pank- Mrs. this after Immediately Hall in a hurst speech
break-, law to women inciting openly Epsom .ing.
immediatelycourse and then Letter after
in pillaged destructive;,
pillar -poured being anertuf In ■ thrnuch oita
