IMPERIAL POLITICS.
MANHOOD SI FFRAGE BILL
WOMEN NOT INCLUDED
London, Xov. 8. Replying to a m-tnliood suffrage deputation Mr. Asquith said that a man's right to v-.te might to depend nn his citizenship. The* sole rational iGiirn* was to alioi'sh the present qualifications and give every citizen who was :*. Lona tide inhabitant the* franch-’e. An aineinntically simple bill v.oulel be inirctim-ed in 1912 with that object. The bill would not inelr.de women, but ii was. open to the* House of ('.jinmon:; to incluele women if they pleased. Great .astonishment is expressed in the lobby. It is understood that the Government contemplate a six months’ residential qualification. Mr. Philip Snowden declares that Mr. Asquith’s action is a clover move.
Till women’s suffrage is granted the Wom< n’s Political Union threatens to revert to r.n anti (lovernment policy.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 275, 9 November 1911, Page 5
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