WOMEN'S FRANCHISE
DEPUTATION AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
THREE ARRESTS MADE.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
1 LONDON, July 24.
A suffragette deputation to the Home Secretary surprised the police, and entered the precincts of the House of Commons. The police tried to eject them, and there was an unseemly scuffle in St. Stephen's Hall. Mrs Pethick Lawrence and two other women were arrested.
MRS PANKHURST RELEASED
CAUSE OF THE LATEST OUTBREAK,
LONDON, July 25. (Received July 25, at 11.20 p.m.]
Mrs Pankhurst has been released. It is alleged that she is in a critical state of health.
The suffragettes intended to present a memorial against the "Cat and Mouse" Act. Some of them were- admitted to St. Stephens Hall, and accompanied Sir Edward Bu6k,
Mrs Lawrence attempted to addiess members, and a violent 6cene ensued.
An umbrella was broken over a policeman's head, and another policeman was chased with a hatpin.
Mts Lawrence, Miss Sharp, and Lady Sybil Smith were arrested.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15826, 26 July 1913, Page 10
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