WOMEN’S FRANCHISE

Otago Witness, Issue 3101, 20 August 1913, Page 24

WOMEN’S FRANCHISE

LONDON. August 12.

Mrs Pankhurst, who was accompanied by a nurse, received an ovation at a suffragist meeting in the Kingsway Hall. She attributed her immunity from rearrest to- the presence of the Medical Congress, whose members might think that the Government’s action in dealing with the suffragettes was overstepping the rules of humanity. At the unveiling of a cross at Grist-ley Lord Han-wood, commenting on the disuse of the village stocks, said it would be an appropriate form of punishment for suffragettes. August 14. Sylvia Pankhurst and two other suffragettes have been released under the “ Cat and Mouse ” Act. Suffragette incendiaries damaged an intermediate school at Carnarvon. August 15. The burning of the refreshment pavilion in King Edward Park, Willeeden, is attributed to the suffragettes. August 16. Mrs Pankhurst s departure for Paris is regarded as an indication of her triumph over the “ Cat and Mouse ” Act She lately attended several public meetings, but no attempt was made to arrest- her. Miss A. Kenny has also gone to France. It is alleged that Airs Pankhurst intends to resume her militant campaign in the autumn. WASHINGTON, August 14. The suffragists throughout the United States are planning concerted action to secure a Federal vote by resolution of Congress. A convention representing 4,000,000 women voters has resolved to formulate an aggressive campaign, abandoning the present methods of securing votes State by State.