ABOUT TO SPRING.
■SUFFRAGISTS AND PARLIAMENT. (by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPyniGHT.) • London, Juno 29. Suffragists threaten-that 100,000 of thoir supporters will surround' tho . House . of. Commons to-morrow evening. The Bishop of London; Lord Crewe, Colonial Secretary; Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., chairman of tho Parliamentary Socialist party; and. Sir T. P. Whittnker Were the principal speakers'at a demonstration in tho Albert Hall on May. 16 in favour of the Licensing Bill. Lord Crewe grew very angry when interrupted by the suffragists, and said, "I will deal once and for all with this interruption. I say this—if votes for women are going to be-used in hampering social reforms such -as this I for one don't care how long their grant is delayed." ' ' . ' Several suffragists were" ejected for creating a disturbance. ..... Lord Crewe concluded his speech on the Licensing Bill by saying, "We are going ■to stand to our guns."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 238, 1 July 1908, Page 7
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146ABOUT TO SPRING. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 238, 1 July 1908, Page 7
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