THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11231, 21 March 1908, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

PEACEFUL AND" MILITANT. LONDON', January 21. . The suffragists are to follow the ex- • amplo of the Salvation Army. They announce that February 15 to February 22 (inclusive) is to be a. period of selfdenial. "••."'■ . ' / During that time it is expected that they will refrain from making bids, by raids on Parliament and police courts, for fleeting fame. It is certain that they will endeaVor to secure more substantial results in th c shape of pounds, shillings and pence. ' '■'.;■ Collecting cards arc to be iasued, and these are to be filled by sympathisers and suffragists £hemselves. "Brilliant suggestions ' \for ' self-denial ar e invited, and the following . have already been submitted :— Feminine adornment, such as frills and. feathers, to be discarded, and sold . for the good pf : the "cause." Mr Asquith's nam e not to be mentioned under the penalty of a sixpenny fine. Each suiTragist to work as housemaid or nursemaid, and hand over her wages' to the funds. No chocolates or tea to be taken. The superiority of "mere man" from a subscription point of view, to ■be temporarily confessed. There is to be another move. From February 15 to March 14, suffragists ar e to , wear their badges, and "chat" in railway carriages, tramway cars, and omnibuses. Lively! times are in. store for "mere man." Mr Asquith consented to receive a deputation from the National' Union of Women's Suffrage Societies on January 30. < This organisation comprises the "peaceful" suffragists as distinguished from the militant body, of which Mrs Pankhurst is the leading light. The union recently communicated with themore important Ministers, asking them to a deputation. The replies, briefly, were as follows :— Mr Asquith : "Yes, January 30." Mr Gladstone : . ,'.'.No '—deputations until 1 Parliament , opens." Mr Haldane: "My views are ro well known (in favor) that a deputation is 'hardly necessary," Sir Edward Grey: "No deputations except on business connected with the Foreign Office." Miss Corbett, the secretary of the union, said to an Express representative yesterday : "I f Mr Asquith '" can give us an hope that a Bill may be introduced giving women the suffrage, we can "continue to work in our, steady, orderly way. If w e get no such assurance, I fear that many of our members, who do not at present belong to the militantsuffragists, may join their, ranks." The Bishop of Stepney, speaking at Cricklewood yesterday, said, with reference to the suffragists, that some of their sex were trying their hardest to' drive out any instinct of chivalry there might be- in men. Despite that, however, he believed that men would still do all they couia to protect women. . :