MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 445, 6 March 1912, Page 5

MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES.

FEMALE ANARCHISTS.

RIOTOUS SCENES AT WESTMINSTER. TWO HUNDRED ARRESTS. in Tolcßrapli.—Press Association— Copyright Received March 5, 11.50 p.m. London, Tuesday. The windows of thirty premises, including four post offices, were wrcckoci yesterday by the suffragette raid. The perpetrators were memberß of I lie Liverpool section., Tiie advance on Westminster in the evening was heralded by the firing of a locket from the head quarters of the Women's Political Union. Strong police reinforcements arrived and the procession was broken mi. There were twenty thousand spectators. A number of windows were smashed in the Government offices. A contingent attempted to enter tho Palace yard and there were brief turbulent scenes when the police were repelling the women, Two hundred arrests were made and occasionally spectators roughly handled the suffragettes. A counter demonstration by two hundred youths smashed the windows of various auffragettp literature Bhops in the Strand. While mounted police were clearing Whitehall the pressure of the crowd precipitated a portion of the maßonry coping of the Treasury into the area. Several people were hurt. The Royal Academy closed the exhibition owing to the receipt of a warning that there was a risk of tho suffragettes damaging the pictures. Emily Pitfield, a nurße, haß been committed for trial in connection with the post office fire. Mr McKenna haß withdrawn from insubordinates in Holloway Gaol permission to receive visitors. The consensus of opinion amongst members of the House of Commons is that the recent action of militant suffragetleß has killed the Conciliation Bill. Questioned regarding legia-, lation empowering the recovery of damages from the funds of tho Women's Political Union, Mr McKenna promised to consult tho Attorney-General. He added that there was widespread opinion that the responsibility should bo brought home to the wretched individuals concerned and others responsible.