"FEMALE HOOLIGANS."

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13070, 9 May 1913, Page 3

"FEMALE HOOLIGANS."

MALICIOUS MONKEY TRICKS.

LONDON, May 2. Sir A. Conon Doyle fiercely denounced the suffragettes 'at a meeting at which he spoke in Wells, Somerset. "It is necessary," said the famous author, 'to differentiate* between the honest, constitutional suffragettes and those female hooligans. But even' more contemptible is that class of people who find them the means* with which to' carry out their malicious monkey tricks. It would seem tliat the only thing the militants can do in tihe way of meanness is to blow up a blind man and his dog. They imagine that in a proud old nation like ours they can move men ■ by an appeal to their fears to do something which their knowledge tells them is not right. We can proudly boast that in our country are some of the best wpmen in the world, but I would not be honest if 1 did not admit that there were also some of the worst, who had let down the fair, name and dignity of English womanhood."

Sir Donan Doyle pxophesied that the right to vote would not come to the women for a generation.

The Home Office revoked the licence on which Mrs Pank'huri*.t was released, because of her failure to comply with its conditions- A warrant having been issued for her re-arrest, Superintendent 'Quinn and the Medical Inspector of Prisons went to the militant leader's house in Norfolk-square at noon. A crowd of suffragettes that gathered outside vigorously boo-hooed the officers, and taking up a stand in front of the doorway, prepared to dispute their right to enter. The superintendent and the inspector, however, made their way through the women and forced an entry into the house. It was , subsequently reported that the condition of Mrs Pankhurst was such that it would be inadvisable to remove her, and the execution of the wan-rant was therefore deferred. The suffragettes show no disposition to discontinue the destruction of, property. They set fire to and practically destroyed a two-storeyed, building at Hendon. Posted on some of the'' doors were placards on which wore printed the word, "Votes! Votes! Beware!" Further outrages were reported to-day from Plymouth ami Oxford. At the former plaoe women smashed the windows of tho Government' offices, and at the latter 18 telephone trunk lines wero cut.

Suffragettes in Birmingham broke into the quarters of a tennis club last night, und did a good deal of damage, chiefly tb the courts, the tua-f' of which was destroyed- by means of acidDespite the police inhibition, the militants managed to publish their paper, Tho Suffragette. The journal, however, was only half its customary size, but an interesting production. 'The front page was a blank space, except for tho one word "Raided!" printed in largo type.