SENSATION IN ENGLAND

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 28, 1 February 1917, Page 7

SENSATION IN ENGLAND

CONSPIRACY TO MURDER LLOYD GEORGE

FOUR ARRESTS MADE

(By Telegraph".—United Press Association.—-Copyright.Jr .\ (Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.) ■j (Received February 1, 8.10 a.m.) ,'| LONDON, 31st January. :'i Tho arrests are reported of conspirators at Derby m connection jvitli 4 a plot to poison Mr. Lloyd George. ■ (Received February 1, 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, 30fti January. 5 The people arrested on a charge of attempting to poison Mr. Lloyd ■; George are: Mrs. Alice Whedden, her daughters Harriet and Mrs, Winifred ,"'] Mason, and the latter's husband, Alfred Mason. ( ■•■; The women are all Suffragettes, and the man is a conscientious objecto* '■: to military service, and was arraigned at Derby.. , ' , «* '. Later. '•; The accused were brought before the Court at the Guildhall, and charged :? with conspiracy to murder Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Arthur Henderson (the • Labour member of the War Cabinet). „'■ Only formal evidence was given, and the accused .were remanded until ? Saturday. ■ . . ■ ;: A PATIENT SITTER LONDON, 30th January. ..'■ A Suffragette who demanded an interview sat for four hours on the door- :■■■• step of Mr. Lloyd George's house in Downing-street, until Mr. Lloyd George ',< sent a letter declining to receive any deputation until he dealt with the fraai cliise question generally.. .