THE SUFFRAGETTES.
AN APPEAL FROM NEW ZEALAND. [by telegraph. —own correspondent.] CnßisTCiiußCir. Saturday. Tire Canterbury Womens' Institute forwarded the following letter to Mr. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of Great Britain, on July 31 :— " Sir,—As enfranchised women, owing their political liberty largely to the work of noble English men and women, who in the last century laboured for the. civil and political emancipation of women, we again protest to you, on behalf of the devoted British women now suffering vindictive punishment for conduct called forth by the attitude of the British Government. We believe that by the persistent refusal of the Government to acknowledge womans' rightful claim to full citizenship, England forfeits her position as the foremost Christian nation and the most advanced in civilisation. Wef therefore again appeal to you to amend your policy in regard to our women fellow subjects resident in Great Britain, by extending to them tho rights of citizenship. By such action your Government will, in our opinion, most assuredly further the course of social evolution."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15069, 12 August 1912, Page 5
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