FIERCE STRUGGLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1912, Page 7

FIERCE STRUGGLES

SUFFRAGETTES AND LLOYD GEORGE INTERRUPTED MEETING AMBULANCE. AID NEEDED. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright, (Deceived July 1, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 30th June. Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressed a meeting of five thousand persons at Woodford on the subject of the benefits of the Insurance Act. Men and women suffragettes constant' ly interrupted th« speaker, infuriating th© stewards. There enßued fierce struggles, during which chairs were broken and women's hats torn off. Many disturbers were ejected in an exhausted condition and bloodstained, and ambulance aid had to be requisitioned for them. WINDOW-SMASHER SENTENCED. RELEASES AT~BIRMINGHAM. FORCIBLE FEEDING. (Received July 1, 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, 30th June. Violet Doubney was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for breaking the window* at the residence of the Home Secretary (Mr? M'Kenna). Eleven suffragettes have been released at Birmingham. The majority of them had to be forcibly fed while- in prison. Yesterday at Leicester and elsewhere, there was more window-smashing. ATTEMPT TO BURN DOWN A RESIDENCE. LONDON, 29th June. j t Suffragettes are suspected of attempting to burn down the residence of Mr. C. E. . Hobhonco, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, at "The Ridge," Corsham, Wilts. In a hole under a door siom>» paper saturated with oil was found, and two ladies were seen in the • vicinity at 4 o'clock in the morning. IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. INEFFECTUAL PROTEST. LONDON, 29th June. The House of Commons, by 213 votes .to 67, rejected a motion to reduce Mr. M'Kenna's salary, as a protest against his attitude in connection, with the forcible feeding of imprisoned suffragettes.