SYLVIA PANKHURST
BOLSHEVIK SYMPATHIES. Prees Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association "LONDON, May 2. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst led a section «f the May Day processionists to Westminster and attempted to force an entrance into the House of Commons. She was arrested, (Received May 7, at 9.20 a.m.) v Sylvia Pankhurst was charged at Bow Street with obstructing the police. She claimed the right to enter the House of Commons, but mounted polioe dispersed the procession en route from Hyde Park. Miss Pankhurst said her object was to protest to members of the House of Commons against the wars with Russia and Hungary, and to demand the introduction of the Soviet system in England. She declared that the dock workers of London were working harder than ever they did during the period of the war in shipping ammunition to Russia. Miss Pankhurst refused to be bound over to be of good behaviour, but subsequently she was discharged.
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Evening Star, Issue 17037, 7 May 1919, Page 4
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SYLVIA PANKHURST
Evening Star, Issue 17037, 7 May 1919, Page 4
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