THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144051, 22 March 1913, Page 3

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

AN INEXCUSABLE OUTRAGE. LADY WHITE’S HOUSE BURNED. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. • LONDON, March 21. A house at Eaglefield Green, owned by Lady "White, widow of the late Field-Marshal Sir George White, tho defender of Ladysmith, has been dcstrojod by fire. The fire is attributed to the suffragettes. It is believed that the perpetrators of the outrage entered Lady White’s empty mansion with skeleton keys and saturated tho basement with petrol. The outbreak was discovered at ton in the morning. Messages inscribed “Votes for AVomen,” and “Stop torturing our comrades in prison” wore found. Two suspected women wore seen cycling in tho neighbourhood after tho outbreak of the fire. Tho damage is estimated at £4OOO. Tho women sprinkled spirits on the main stairway, from the garret to the ground floor, and fixed the windows open to create a draught. The whole 'building was aflame simultaneously, and burned for seven hours. Lady White was absent in the Riviera. Both she and her lato husband were quite unconnected with the suffrage movement. Tho golf house at Western SuperMare has been destroyed by fire. It is believed to be the work of suffragettes. Correspondence found in Hoeken’s studio includes a letter from Mrs. Pankhurst, inciting to acts of violence and outrage. TELEPHONE LINES CUT. (Received March 22, 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, March 21. Eighteen trunk telephone wires, each eighty yards long, were removed near Hull. The suffragettes arc suspected.