“PEACE TO MEN”

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8362, 24 February 1913, Page 8

“PEACE TO MEN”

•WHEN WOMEN GET VOTES” AMPLE reserve of militants READY. fire in kew gardens PAVILION. By Tsleeraph—Press Association —Copyrigin LONDON, February 22. Suffragettes fired the old .Manchester Golf Club pavilion. The brigade extinguished the lire. , . 'iho suffragettes filled the keyholes of many houses in Mosely and Birmingham with small shot, so that it was impossible to insert latch-keys. Since the orchid-houso outrage at Kow Gardens special watchmen have been on duty. They saw flames in iho pavilion and two women running away. They then whistled for the police. The women dropped cards inscribed “ Peace on earth, goodwill to all men when the women get votes.” They wore men’s clothing under their skirts, and it is presumed that they intended to escape in disguise. Forty waitresses have been thrown out of employment by the fire. Mrs Drummond states that Lilian Lenton and Joyce Locke have been voluntary workers in the Women’s Social and Political Union’s office. There is, she says, an ample reserve of militants to carry on the campaign indefinitely. MIXED RECEPTION MRS PANKHURST DELIVERS HYSTERICAL SPEECH. A VOICE SAYS: “PUT YOU IN THE ZOO.” {Received February 23, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 23. Disorderly scenes occurred at a women’s suffrage meeting at Edmonton. . The police broke up the meeting and •cleared the building. Mrs Pankhurst addressed a crowded mooting in Chelsea Town Hall. There was a large force of police outside. Mrs Pankhurst got a mixed reception. She made an hysterical speech, in which she declared that the women would do their utmost to safeguard human life, but they mean to do everything necessary to settle the status of woman once and for all. Mrs Pankhurst defied the Government to arrest her, and declared that it ■was wrong that the women who committed offences should be sent to prison “ while I, who incited them, am free. How is the Government going to end it?” A voice: “ Put you in the zoo.” There was much uproar,. and an angry demonstration outside the hall. FIRE AT KEMPTON PARK ADJOINING ROYAL PAVILION. (Received February 23, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 23. A fire occurred at Kempton Park racecourse in the ladies’ waiting rooms adjoining the Royal Pavilion. The brigade speedily extinguished the flames. The suffragettes are suspected. KIDNAPPING PLOT CABINET MINISTERS ATTENDED BY DETECTIVES. A SUGGESTION BY SIR ROBERT ANDERSON. (Received February 23, 5.5 p-m.) LONDON, February 23. The “Standard” states that the suffragettes are plotting to kidnap members of the Cabinet, and adds that the Government is taking special precautions to prevent this. Detectives are constantly attendant on the prominent members of the Cabinet. Sir Robert Anderson, formerly head of the Criminal Investigation Department, suggests a Bill declaring win-dow-smashers criminal lunatics who should be sent to asylums. GOVERNMENT’S INACTION COMPLAINTS BY SUFFRAGETTE ADVOCATES. LONDON, February 23. One hundred actions are pending against Mrs Pankhurst and members of the Women’s Social and Political Union. Many suffragette advocates and other newspaper correspondents complain of the Pankhurst methods and of the Government’s ineptitude. Newspapers, discussing the problem, suggest heavy fines besides imprisonment. HUNGER-STRIKING SUGGESTION BY AN AUSTRALIAN. An Australian, writing to the “Telegraph,” suggests' that those prisoners who go on the hunger-strike should be supplied with salt water for washing purposes and a diet of milk gruel. It is easy, ho says, to go hungry, but no <ma can withstand the pangs of thirst. INVITING CRIME IF PARLIAMENT GAVE WOMEN THE VOTE. The Right Hon. Herbert Samuel, speaking at Euston, said that if Parliament sanctioned the suffrage it would be putting a premium on disturbances and inviting crime. There was a growing opinion that it was wrong to legislate at present, lest they should encourage men hereafter to resort to similar violence. IN AMERICA A PARADE IN WASHINGTON. A message from Washington says that Lady Patricia Street is arranging for a women’s suffrage parade in 'Washington on March Sid, on the arrival of the suffragette marchers

from New York, bearing a petition to the President-elect, Doctor Woodrow Wilson. GREEK FIRE MORE WINDOW SMASHING. MRS PANKHURST S SPEECH. Suffragettes placed tubes of Greek fire in a Battersea pillar-box, destroying a number of letters. They also smashed fourteen plateglass windows at Ashford, Kent, damaged the golf links at Horsforth, Yorkshire, and fired the shelter. The Government law offices are considering Mrs Pankhurst’s speech, declaring that she accepted responsibility for the instigation of the bomb outrage. The Women’s Social and Political Union has established a branch in Paris, where Miss ChristabeJ PankUurst addresses weekly meetings. She declares that nothing can bo gained without violence, and adds, “We have all the necessary money, and if Mrs Pankhurst were imprisoned she would let herself die of hunger.” Mrs Fawcett, president of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage, Lady Betty Balfour, and several other suffragettes are strongly protesting against Mrs Pankhurst’s methods of violence. Several suffragettes were sentenced at the London sessions for windowsmashing, four of them to six months’ imprisonment. GUARDING OXFORD EIGHT’S BOAT (Received February 23, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 23. Precautions are being taken to guard the Oxford Eight’s boat at Putney against the suffragettes. LETTER-BOX OUTRAGES A POSTMAN SLIGHTLY BURNED. (Received February 23, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 23. There have been three letter-box outrages at Lewisham. A postman was slightly burned.