THE SUFFRAGETTE'S "BARK."

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1815, 30 July 1913, Page 12

THE SUFFRAGETTE'S "BARK."

EACH" ENTITLED TO ONE. "A dog is entitled to one bite; therefore n sjuft'ragette is cntitbd to one bark," was the argument advanced by counsel for one of the six women recently charged at the Old Bailey with conspiracy to commit damago in caiincction with the militant suffragette campaign. Counsel proceeded: "This is a woman's conspiracy. It doe.s not matter what the men do; they are all innocent. It does not matter what tho women do, they are all guilty. That is the theory of the prosecution. We have made up our minds that there is to be 110 law, no order, ill this country until-women get the vote. It sounds like a Privy Councillor to Ireland and saying, 'I intend to break every law when I get to Ireland.' When a man says he is going to break every law he can you-may very safely conclude ho does not intend to break any at all. ... It- will be a sorry day for England when men are hauled to prison because in a single speacli, or single action, in language which is obviously tho languaga of rhetoric and emotioni t.liey have stepped over the mark! "The fame doctrine should apply whether it be an inflammatory or incendiary female, or : whether it is the most respected member of the House of Commons or House of Lords. There is a principle of the English law that a dog is entitled to one bite. I ask you to say that this lady is entitled to 0110 bark." (Laughter.)