BRITISH POLITICS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10640, 8 May 1913, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE SUFFRAGE BILL DEBATE

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. London, May 7.

The House of Commons was crowded for the suffragette debate, which was characterised by conflict between party friends of both sides Mr Asquith declared that the social structure would not be strengthened by grunting the;women the right to vote. He regretted the differences with some of his colleagues. If they had hinted at a change in leadership, he was prepared to resign, but the faint had not been given.

Sir Edward Grey emphasised that Mr Asquith’s fairness to his colleagues who favoured the Suffrage Bill, and'suppoxters of the [suffrage, was a reason to deplore the unconsidered criminal conduct of the militant few.

" Sir Edward Grey and the Hons. Lloyd George, Birrell, Buxton, Runcimau and Acland voted for the Bill, and the Hons. Asqnitb, McKenna, and Harcourt and Colonel Seely against it. The majority of the Nationalists opposed it, while there were a number of abstentions on both sides, and 32 pairs.