THE FRANCHISE BILL.
United Press A.B«*cistinn—By Elee**** Te,ejr»ph-Ccpjr:sht. '
LONDON, July 14Mr Balfour, in the debate on tho Franchise Bill, said that tho Premier occupied an absurd position. While his colleagues defended the measure on tho ground that it gave everyone an equal right, tho Premier was of opinion that to grant women a vote would be a national disaster. If tho House accepted women's suffrage, the Premier was bound to ns, the Parliamentary machinery to effect what he considered a disaster.
Mr Asqnith repudiated the charge that the Bill was introduced to catch vote?. He said it was a policy that the Liberals had advocated for 30 years, and he did not think the House would stultify itself by reversing tho judgment it had previously expressed on women's suffrage.
Sir Edward Grey, Lord Robert Cecil, and several Liberals tabled amendments admitting women to the franchise.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14408, 16 July 1912, Page 7
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