SUFFRAGETTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 662, 12 November 1909, Page 7

SUFFRAGETTES.

• ' '.'■.'.'' -.;'••"•" : ",:-'\-.''-:;.' THE, GUILDHALL WINDOW-BREAKERS. :.O-.-; : v : ■'■■ ; .SENTENCES. :/ ; ; WITHU STOMACH PUMP. . f ; (I)yi Tclccraph.-Prcjs Ai»nc)«ll^n.— OooTrlcbt.l. '■f; '■''■'.'.<■'. (Rec. November 11,40.85 p.m.) ',■,',■■;- J.- ;>' ! :;■'::-..■■'!■;■■ '■ London, November 11. •■"'.The Suilragottodemonstfatinn "at tho Mayor's ij'anq'oet at the Guildhall-where two women, Who had secreted,themselves, brote h stainedglass . window, portions of which fell near the Prime Minister and struck Mr. Henniker Heaton on the head-resulted, in tho bftomlors appenring to-day before tho Court. They-are Amelia Brown, described, as of no occupation, and Alice. Paul, a .student. ?. ■'.■■. , • '■■■ .The. presiding Alderman Commented severely pii. the hysterical tactics of'the Sufirftgettee knd their, inexcusable action in damaging a historic building; The accused. wero. each fined .£5, with costs, ill default one months imprisonment; ■;''.' '~..'. ■ ■■ ■; , ■'■ ■■■. ' .-..". ■;■;, ... : : Tho prisoners obtained admittance to the Guildhall as. ohanromen, and pafticipated in preparing the room for the banquet. They then concealed themsolves. .' .■'■ : ' ■ When arrested, they were found to be in possession of a bottle of milk- and. a etomacli pump, which they Intended to .'present to Mr. Asquith :as an Illustration of the foi'dblo feeding methods adopted in the gaols,in dealing with Suffragette ; "hungor-strikers." . : FORCIBLE FEEDING DESCRIBED. The: Natioknl, Women's Social Political Union has distributed the following circular:— "The process .of , forcible feeding has been dosoribea by Various medical authorities. It consists' in 'inserting an indiarubber tube with a hard end either up through the.nostrils and down the throat or through the mouth, and down the throat into the pit of the stomach. In the latter caee a gag is used to keep the mouth open. Liquid food is then either, poured down the tube "by means of a, funnel or forced down the tube hy a stomach pump. ; ; "Tho effect of the feeding "is variously de- . scribed. The effect of passing tho tnbe down tho throat is such as to cause a horrible: nausea, and whore, as is probably the ease of the Suffragette-prisoners, resistance is offered to the administration of; the food, the operation' Iβ attended with grave risk to life.".