WINDOW-SMASHERS.
SUFFRAGETTES SENTENCED. Br Tolserit/n-Prcsa AssoMaUon-aopyrleta) London, March 10. Seventy more female window-smashers have been sentenced, many to two months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Dr. Kthel Smith, the well-known musical com-' poser, is among the number. Lord Haldane, Secretary for War, sneaking at a women's suffrage meeting nl Oxford, said that became a few misguided women showed devotion and courage similar lo that of Dervishes in Hie desert, there was no need for believers in woman suffrage fo refrain from e.-cprwsiiiif their convict ions. Such incidents occurred in history in connection with all great causes. He would strongly oppose submitting the question of female suffrage to a referendum. The Conciliation Bill was the only practical measure before Parliament. Hiss Christabol Paiikhurst, organising secretary of tho Women's Social and Political Union, has issued a manifesto fnr distribution in the streets, explaining that the purpose of militancy is to create an intolerable situation for public government. Two suffragettes at Carford have been mobbed, and pelted with eggs (uid other missiles.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1386, 12 March 1912, Page 5
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168WINDOW-SMASHERS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1386, 12 March 1912, Page 5
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