ASQUITH SURRENDERS
WILL SEE SUF.FRAGET TES
SYLVIA'S HUNGER STRIKE
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' T.ONPr.^ •-.!-, -. 24 Mr. Asquith has capitulated to the suffr'agetes, having consented to receive the East End militants' deputation. * ' Miss Sylvia Pankhurst's attempt to carry out her threatened hunger strike until tho Prime Minister yielded was largely responsible for the latter's decision. Mr. Keir HaTdy, *M.P., and Mr. George Lansbury helped the militant leader to br'ng about Mr. Asqui^i's -h/muro nf anitune . / Miss Pankhurst wa? weak and pale when -sbo was released vest.orday pftfr her, pifrhtK <;u ( ™'~os < =ive huT'.'jer strike. imrr^fliarplv drove to .Westminster Hall, and seating herself on' the steps of the central entrance, up with cushion's.,- 'and supported by a fe\*friends, remained "there until Mr. Lansbiity arrived with news of Mr. Asquith's surrender, i
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Grey River Argus, 2 July 1914, Page 2
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129ASQUITH SURRENDERS Grey River Argus, 2 July 1914, Page 2
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