THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 108, 12 June 1914, Page 6

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

To the Editor of THE SUN. Sir,—Your correspondent of last evening 's issue, ' < Women >s Rights,' 7 has about voiced my views, WEpmen %re fighting for a good cause. My latest copy of the "Suffragette" from Home gives the account of Miss Kitty Marion's imprisonment. .She was forcibly fed 232 times while in gaol.. ,At times she was held by eight wardresses and a doctor—and whyf To tity and alter the laws as they how stand, -to prevent crime and wrong-doing. : A man at home recently charged with one .of the gravest offences, which rightly.,. entitled him to seven or ten years' imprisonment, got l three months. Surely, this justifies women wanting the law altered, either by peace or else otherwise.—l am, etc., : ... OBSERVER.