THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14512, 19 December 1912, Page 7

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

. $ PILLAR-BOX CAMPAIGN.

United Frew Af*oci»tk>n— By El»rtrio Telegraph—Copynght. LONDON, December 17. Suffragettes have tr.iupoied with every pillar-box in Tuubrid_o Wells.

SMASH AND DESTROY AND BE j SMASHED AND DESTROYED.

(Received DeromHor Rlth, 12.5 a.m.) LONDON' December ltsMrs Pethick Lawrence, addressing tho representatives of the Suffrage Societies, said they must bo prepared to smash and be smashed, and be. prepared if necessary, to break aud destroy tho material substance- of life, and acquiesce if the material substance of "our life is destroyed."

LADY STOUT OX THE MOVEMENT, j

-GOING LIKE WILDFIRE." (SI'KCIAI, TO '•THE TRESS.") AUCKLAND. December IS. "Goinc like wildfire" is tho report ot Lady Stout concerning tho progress ot the .movement in favour ot woini iis t.itfrag* in England Her retuuied to Now Zealand » >' ™« steamer Malwa this niormng. alter an absence of throe years and nine months, in tho course of which she took n prominent pnrt in tho suffragette, campaign. Lady Stout says that, in her opinion tho cause is bound to win out, for tho reason that the strength of its current will bo simply irresistible. "I had hoped to witness tho procession of victory before leaviu_ England, slro remarked. "Pei haps yon may bo privileged to return for that,'' tho interviewer observed. . "Oh," came the answer, "I hope it will occur long before I am able to go to England again." Lady Stout explained that she remained in England longer than sho intended to owing to her daughter's education. Asked approximately how many women had come into the movement in England, Lady Stout replied that at tho suffragette procession just before tho Coronation 50,000 women took part. Each of thoso would represent from 20 to 30 other supporters who i had been unablo to go to London, or who wero engaged at the timo in sellj ing suffragvtto nevspapers ill tho streets. 'Yes." said Lady Stout, ' "women of all stations sell these papers. \Yhv, tho first occasion on wh'.'h i met Lady Constanco Lytton sho had just come from a turn of paper-scllm? on tho streets." In tho procession referred to Lady Stout hooded tho contingent of enfranchised women from New Zealand, which was in' a prominent position, and eamo in for excellent receptions on tho lino of march. Somo of tho 30 suffragette bodies are militant and somo are not, but Lady Stout has' been energetically helping them all. I>id she think that militant tactics were of help to tho movement? —Of course she did, and in support of tho contention that they put tho suffragetto clock f orward mentioned that tho week following the Bcmd r*reet window breaking episode, tho sales of tho "Votes for Women" newspaper increased by 8000 copies. That was how tho movement was growing. Differences in rank were cast aside when women awoko to a realisation of the justice of tho Cause, with th© result ! that m tho procession titled ladies and factory girls marched sido by side. Tlie large bulk of member.- in Engl md was composed of educated and thinking people, more especially of university students. Thtro wero numbers of ladies with claims to high rank and society who actively assisted the Cause, Jind :t was really surprising how readily people of the smarter set came over when once convinced of tho good of the Cause. In comingj too, some of thorn evei: brought their diamonds to augme it tho funds. It was estimated said Lady Stout, that campaign funds wore being raised at tho rate of £12,000 per annum, and the contributions! wero growing all tho timo. Eventually their claims to participation in the franchise must bo lecognised by Parliamsnt. Thoso claims were being advanced too strongly to be resisted. Lady Stout remarked "that besides the *'emalo workers, many men wero coming into tho movement, and the wearing of suffragette badges was becoming quite fashionable