SUFFRAGISTS' RAID.
■}.*■■ ~, ,-i ; FIFTY ARRESTS.' ATTEMPT TO STOtIM THE- COMMONS. ARRIVAL IN VANS. DY TELEGIUriI—PRESS ASSOCIATIOK—COprRIGBT. (Rcc. Feb. 12, 11.42 p.m.) London, February 12., Suffragists from all parts of England held a big gathering at,Caxton. Hall.^Mr3..Patrick. Lawronco presided,'and' Misses Pankhurst' and Kennedy supported her. They resolved to demand an immediate" ltteasUro'of fratt-/ cliiso, and to appoint a deputation to sco the l'rimo Minister, Sir Henry, Campbell-Banner-; man. . ". Meanwhile", a previously-arranged .raid on, the House of Commons was developing. A pantechnicon van stopped at tbpjentranco to, St. Stephen's. Its back doors swung 'open;' and thirty suffragists emerged and endeavoured to storm tho entrance. The police arrested- twenty, ! 'ahd<the;rest: were repulsed. A, second. van-load..mpt, .with tho same fate. ■ . .. .. . Caxton Hall contingents then'arrived m quick succession with the intention of compelling the police to makq; ISOjarrests, but l the schonio was defeated through 'laclr of spirit on the part of the militant suffragists, and the determination of tho polico to effect only necessary arrests..J v ~» .-. J'--, The total number,,,of .rsuffragists. arrested; by tho'police .wasJfty., /. :A pantechnicon van is a square box furniture van, with two large swing ilnrs at the back.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 7
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188SUFFRAGISTS' RAID. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 7
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