THE SUFFRAGETTES.
HARANGUING THE KING. TROUBLE AT A MATINEE. i '". (Received 10.25 a.m.) London, May 22. The King and Queen were appearing at a matinee in His Majesties’ Theatre when a suffragette who was chained to the, stalls addressed King George, and shouted: “You Czar!” She was removed stniggling. ctonhrA- etaoin shrdlu cmfw Another woman chained to the adjoining seat shrieked: “Gagged, ’ i>ntil a mechanic removed the seat bodily/. Another clamboured on to the stage and harangued King George, but us ikished into the auditorium by an actor. * ' ,5 ■ Similar interruption followed bv seven women. Two men were ejected, and • o police were Compelled to rescue ojecteds from the hostile crowd i the street. A suffragette exploded a bomb in Rosehill Church, 'Edinburgh, but little damage was' done.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 27, 23 May 1914, Page 6
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128THE SUFFRAGETTES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 27, 23 May 1914, Page 6
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