SUFFRAGETTES.
A &38GRAOEFUL SCENE. LED BY SYLVIA PANKHI'RST. I By Electric Telegraph—-Copykiciit] [I * mted Press A.ssoa ation . ] London, June 30. After an orderly meeting in Trafalgar Square Miss Sylvia Pankhurst protested against the resolution not to mention votes for women. She bitterly denounced the Cat and Mouse Bill. Her mother was slowly dying. She concluded by exclaiming, "Let us go to .Downing Street." Surrounded by banner-bearers, she was escorted along Whitehall. Another column of sympathisers traversed Parkview, reaching Downing Street on that side. The police in Downing Street were between two fires. The moo attempted to break through a strong cordon at the chief entrance- to Downing Street.
The authorities seized the red cap of liberty, surmounted by the Social and Political Union colons.
Several plain-clothes men outside the Board of Trade at Whitehall were deliberately assaulted. Finally the mob was driven hack and scattered.
FURTHER INCENDIARISM. (Received 10.40 a.m.) London. June 30. Suffragettes burned Ruehars Junction. The walls alone are standing. Ballikinra Castle at Balfren has been burnt, causing £70,000 damage. The castle was empty. Suffragettes are suspected.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 47, 1 July 1913, Page 5
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179SUFFRAGETTES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 47, 1 July 1913, Page 5
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