WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
CABINET DISAGREEMENTS
LONDON, January 10
Emily Davison, who was arrested on December 24 for placing lighted rags in letter boxes, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Prisoner asserted that her conduct was by way of protest against the iujuries to the women during the suffragette raids. Three of the latter were dead.
January 12
There are fresh indications of a split in the Cabinet over the women's suffrage question. The Daily Chronicle (G.) and Westminster Gazette (G.) support the view of " a referendum of ruin," and the Daily News (G.) reflects on Mr Lloyd George's section, who are against a referendum.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3018, 17 January 1912, Page 26
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104WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE Otago Witness, Issue 3018, 17 January 1912, Page 26
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