VIRAGOES ON THE WARPATH

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2157, 25 May 1914, Page 5

VIRAGOES ON THE WARPATH

THE RAID ON BUCKINGHAM PALACE' WILD WOMEN BEFORE THE COURT EXTRAORDINARY SCENES '. ORGY OF VANDALISM By TaletTODli—Press Aeooei&tion— CotsyritrM =•. London, May 23. Further descriptions of tho events which featured tlio Suffragette raid on Buckingham l'alaco" show that one hundred women nm.relvtxl to G-rosvenor Street, and hurled themtseives agasnst tho closed gates. , On Constitution Hill, women n.rmod with shears tried to cut tlio bridles o4 the mounted police. Others, with Indian clubs, attacked tho constables or fimig themselves (in the ooticc, but were thrown to tTio ground. Whilo a policeman was temporarily blinded with paint, a woman si-rock li'tn with a club, and lie was taken to tho hospital in an unconscious state.

Infuriated Clergyman.An infuriated clergyman, in Jiis sliirt sleeves, had many scuffles, but tho police repelled tho more- serious disorders. A number of bedraggled woiuen i' sn tlio gauntlet of an unsympatbetio crowd, and were later arreetcl and carried to the Wellington Arch, ivliere they were looked in a roon.. They shmslmh] tlio windows of tlio room, and broics nfr'tlK' furniture. Tho crowd recognised Sites Billingtqn, who was severely ma'troated. Tlw poJicn found her orying bitterly, and escorted her to safety. Sixty-seven arrests wero ing soVeral who took part in {Hstiirbanqos during the night at Whitehall, •where the Government offices are strongly mtarded. Tho prisoners from IVoHinston Arch wero taken to Scotland Yard. Many escaped to the roof and. addressed tho crowd on tlio Embankment. They were recaptured.

RIOT !N THE POMCE COURT. LAWLESS VISA GOES .TOFOBTC THE MAGISTRATE. London, May 22. Tho Suffragettes arrested nen.r tho Palaco behaved riotously when brought up at the Bow Streot Polko -Court. They hurled shoes and jxipcrs at the Magistrate, and tried fro climb over tho dock railings. . , Packets of white powder wore htt-rira indiscriminately by the cmwd in Court, which was cleared after exciting struggle*. Ono woman wns sontcnewl to. . ten days' imprisonment, ami othprs wero' bound over. (Roc. May 24, 5.3 p.m.) London, May 23. Disturbances occurred in most of t'hs Police Courts where the- Suffragettes woro charfcefi, and pandemonium reigned, especially at Bow Strcct, jvliow sixty-five women -stnistgled «»d yelled.. Their inalo and female, syitjpatlß-SK-l's joined in tho uproar, and blows ivorci exchanged with the police before tho Court was cleared. Ono hiitles3 Suffra-pctte tlirew ft honfc at tiio. Bench. Tho Magistrate deftly caught it in his left hand. ÜBIQUITOUS NUISANCES. THE KING- JEERED AT IN THE THEATRE, Loiidan, May 22. The King and Queon attended a njati-' nee at His Majesty's Thc-atte, A Suffragette chiiuiod to a seat in the stalls addressed King George. She shouted, "You ai'O tho Tsar"' and was removed struggling. Another, chained to an adjoining seat, shrieked, "Gagged I".until a. nieekanic removed the seat bodily. ■ A third clambered on to tho stage and harangued Kiiig Georgo. Shis was pushed into tho auditorium by the actors. A similar interruption followed, seven women and two men, being ejected. Tho police were- eumpsflsd %o rescue £ho ejectods from a hgstUo fti'owd ill Uva street.

Sultragettes explocted a bomb at the Eoschall Churclij Edinburgh, tittle damage was done. (Hoc. Jfay 24, 5.5 p.m.) \.msm, May 23. Documents whkh were found in th-a Snitragotto rooms nt Maidw Vab after tho raid included plans of a country house and several coils of inflainmaWo cord. Tho Suifragette, Annie Ivcnnoy, interviewed tho l'riinato of Jinglaiid (Dr. Davidson) and intimated' her intention of remaining at Lamboth Mace. She was finally arrested under the "Cat iUHi Mouse" Act. ' . Besides tho attempt to harangue tho King.at tho tlieatro, leaflets were show, ered from tho stalls past tlie front of tho Hoyal box. Their majesties sat unmoved tliroußlmut. but the aitdk'nee, of which two-thirds were women, exhibited intense indignation. GLASGOW'S WATEH SUPPLt' MENACED. (Eec. May 23 midnight.) LOfttfon, May 21. The Suffragettes placet! bombs alongside the pipes conveyinp; tho water from . Loch Kntrino to Glasgow. The fuse, liowever, was blown out before rciichinp; the detonator. The explosion Would have cut off half of Glasgow's water supply, RAID ON THE VANDALS' HEADQUARTERS. (Rce. May 23, midnight.) uncton, May 24. The police raided and occupied the j Women's Politico) Union Offices, snd j ai-rostcd Grace Rae, il\o General Secretary, who was clirargcd with conspirinu with Nellie- Hall' to damage property. THE HATCHET VANDALS. I RAIDS ON THE WCTUIE GALLERIES. ) London, Mn.T 23. i A. Suffragette snms'fierf five pictures / I in the Xai'iona) GaNery. ) Another smashed pictures m the { i Rovni Academy. ) TUo woman onteretl the Venetian j room with a Imm.mer coneßßieii m her \ clotlifiiEC, aiirf smashcrf all the pictures within her readi. Sne s\\»\>fl>; tlio "Jlfadoniia end Child, with In font Saints," "Mnrtonna. M\A Cftuu, "Christ's Aepnv in the fiarden," a. partrait of a Dogo of Venice, avid others. Tlio woiiinn -was arrested. SinuiltiVnomislv another Sufl'sMßoito v.t tho Academv with a nlcavor sinasiied (icorjZP Clausen's "Primavcnv," winch was diimnyt'i in Hie extent of *"')('• Slio also was nvwstcd. (J?w. Mny "i), niidiiipil't.) UMldon, May LM. A .Siiffraßetfe .at Kdiiilinrph gashfd Lavory's picture of the at Iho Scottish Acnd'-'ttiy. Shn ws i Two Suffragettes, spiasliflcl a Emn»«t]

cast- at" the" British '"Museum.'" '"■ Tho'cnntents. however, wore not daniiigcd. One of them, nnini'd was senlf-uced to two-'nionths'}iiiiprisoiimoiit,.: and the' otlier,.iSay, to u montli's.coal;:.;-- , /-.' "'fr ■>!'? i ■•>■ < GALLKniES:CLOSKn: r ; ; v": '^, ;' "".;■■ (Hflc.-May.aj.Tj.n p.m.)-:'-' ,1 -' ?V ■' ; '■'';''■ .■'■'■> :.j"\\- London,. Jlay- 95.,,. , , " The> Xutionnl' ; Gnlii-ry ■" and tho Wai- | Iwo Collection-' have Leon..'dosed,;..'.-.ill* definitely. ■'' ■ ■ ■" . ■'>;V i ;:-vV\:. l ''