A NEW SUFFRAGE SOCIETY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2013, 21 March 1914, Page 6

A NEW SUFFRAGE SOCIETY

The- new society of . "United Suffragists," recently started in England, aims at securing' the co-operatiail of men and women in the sufirqge move..ment both _as gene/ml member and oil the Executive- Committee,' Only those, who regard women's suffrage "as-tlio foremost political. question of the day, and will work wffiiout coitsictoing the interests of any political party, arc invited to become members. Tiio object, of courso, is to secure a Government measure for t.Ms eilfranchiselnent of women on. equal terms with men, and the- sackt-t hopes to. organise in the constituencies a sigoroiis. ea.mp.-Mgn against any Government that jeinses or ujegtects to introduce such a measiiro and pass il into law. A- point will be made of raising the question on all pos'sibta occasions by, denioiistratiaas,. deputations, heckling at puMic ing's of all kiiids, and etherwiso following "CB.'s" fidvfee to "keep on pestering." Members will he iivrited to act in various ways, according to their ■capacity and eonvietidn, aiid people whra a-grce with the objects and methods will bB t Welcomed irrespective of membership ill any other society-, militant or not. The committee consists of fmjn and women in cqjuai n'umhei's, af«l among the names are Miss Lena Ash* well, Mrs. Harbeu, sfre. Fredei'tclt VFheelei), Mr. Gerald Gould,- Mr. H. \\\ Ncviiison, and Mi\ Johii Sclirr. Dii the list of vice-presidents are- Mt. tmi Mrs. A. J. Webbe, Lady Olivier, Mr. 6. L. Jessop, tlie Ranee of Sarawak, Miss Beatrice Harradei), Sir Repaid R«?ss. Mr. Laurence Hous:iiian,' GrMietal Sif Alfred Tumer, Mrs. Ayrton, Di:. Cobt.*, Dr. L. Garrett Anderson, aim iiuuiy other weil-known people.