FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12419, 8 December 1908, Page 3

FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

LIVELY MEETING AT THE AtiBEKT JJAJDI/. "JLft LLOYD GEORGE AND THE, SUFFRAGETTES. [United Press Association.] London, Dec. 6. Mr Lloyd George, Chancellor of tbe Exchequer, attempted to address a crowded meeting of the, Women's Liberal Federation upon womanhood gjtfrage nt the Albert Hall, but militant suffrages refused to give him a hearing. The stewards carried out dozens of wom9n struggling and fighting, and others o.hairied themselves to pillars and chairs, finally ftlr £.loyd Ue'orge was compelled to atop. ,- I .. S mistimes twenty scrimmages wera proceeding simultaneously. Some women t'nraw uside-.their cloaks mci appeared in prison dress. Several interruptors wore very badly handled by the stewards. . Mr Lloyd George succeeded in stating that the Government would draft an Electoral Reform Hill enabling a women's suffrage amendment to be introduced, and if carried, they would, accept the responsibility. But they were unable to introduce a Bill' themselves, as a sincere and powerful minority in the Cabinet was opposed to the principle.