WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 57, 2 March 1912, Page 2

WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.

TEX THOUSAND ATTEND AX OPPOSITION MEETING. “A CONSTITUTIONAL OUTRAGE.’’ ■ I I. ■ ■ ■ ! London, February 29. Ten thousand attended a mass meeting at the Albert Hall in opposition to the granting of women’s suffrage. 'Viscount Peel, Lord St. Aldwyn, .Mr Austin Chamberlain, and many other notables were upon the platform. Lord Cromer, who presided, read the Premier’s telegram: (l l have always hold that the granting of the suffrage to the women of Britain would be a grave political mistake.” Mr Joseph Chamberlain telegraphed from Cannes that he entirely approved of the agitation against women’s suffrage. Lord Lansdowne sent a letter declaring that the electors should pass judgment on so profoundly disturbing a measure. The Lord Chancellor, in moving a resolution against the granting of the suffrage, said it would ho a constitutional outrage if such a change were made without the express sanction of the constituencies. Lord Curzon seconded. Mr Louis Harcourt, Secretary for the Colonies, said that to dilute male electorates with a larger mass of less stable female judgment must result in disaster to the State. The true basis of franchise was manhood, with the ultimate sanction of force. The Conciliation Bill would always be a force. , The resolution was carried with en-j thusiasm.