THE SUFFRAGETTES.
PANEHURSTS ARRESTEjD.
TRYING TO BREAK CORDON
6y Telegraph.. —Press Association.— CpprriKh* London, Thursday.
As a result if t'ria announcement that the suffragettes wnald endeavour to present a potitipa to the- King today, the neighbourhood of Buckingham Palace was like a camp..,. Police surrounded the building two deeD, with a ring o£ bayonets; behind, while another thousand police were held .in readiness,. ... l .
The taidj Vffhi'eif'tofirk-feTiiee-in the presence of thousands of spectators, proved a fiasco. A little band of : rwohisn *%aded by Mrs Pankhurst, Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, and l\Jts Take; quitted the crowd and rushed towafds the polica cordon afc the top of Constitution Hill. . "
Mrs Pankhurst was seiza:l and placed in a tiskicab, shouting"That's right, I' am arrested ai;- the gates of the Palace; tel! tba. Kios^" Miss Sylvia Pankhurst wss also removed to Holloway.
Much hand to hand fighting'followed, several police bein™ injured. Women thraV/V7bite and green colouring over the police. Forfj'-two women and three men were arrested.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 671, 23 May 1914, Page 5
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161THE SUFFRAGETTES. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 671, 23 May 1914, Page 5
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