WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.
WAR TO CONTINUE. MR ASQUITH WILL NOT BE DRAWN. 3Y TELEGRAPTI——PHESS ASSOCIATION—COPY3IBHT (Rec. June 24, 9.62 p.m.) ■ -• • London, Juno 24. The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, has informed Miss Christabel Pankhurst that ho has nothing to-'add to'the statement he mado on May 20, when replying; to a deputation of members, of Parliament. Miss Pankhurst,-in a lottor to the newspapers, states, that the Prime Minister's, reply is highly'".unsatisfactory, and that the Suffragists inust therefore continue militant measures; : ■ A PERSISTENT SUFFRAGIST. Mr. Asquith, who individually has been one of the Ministers most liatod by the Buffragists, made ; quite a considerable advance in his reply to. the deputation referred to in the above. cablegram.' He said ho recognised the impetus' that the movement'had gained 'in recent years. . Ho was not. convinced, but had an open mind, and if,' in connection with a comprehensive electoral Reform Bill, which the Government'intended, to pass before 1 the end of the present Parliament, an amendment was proposed in favour of women's suffrage, tho Government 'would leave it to tho decision of tho House, :and would'- not oppose it if tlio A cliango was proposed: to be made on domooratio lines. Mr. Asquith added that he was aware' that two-thirds of his Ministers favoured 'women's suffrage.
, i?r'om these' remarks. rLiberal newspapers drew the ' inference that " practically adult suffrage" - is intended by. the Government. Miss Pankhurst's : obvious intention was to nail the Prime . Minister, for in. forwarding the Hyde' Park resolution she not only asked for a reply before June 30 (when,the National Convention of Women . will bo held) but 'plainly .intimated .the sort of reply that would ■please;' She suggested that'a satisfactory settlement' would,'be the immediate extension: of the franchise.-ito ... women, ,who - possess tho qualifications that entitle' men to vote." This is. not. greatly in advance of the Liberal 1 papers' interpretation of Mr. Asquith's .previous, remarks, but the Prime Minister is not'to be further, drawn; ''
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 233, 25 June 1908, Page 7
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319WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 233, 25 June 1908, Page 7
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