MISTAKEN FOR A SPY.

Taihape Daily Times, 5 November 1917, Page 5

MISTAKEN FOR A SPY.

Miss Sylvia TPankhurst, who was one of the speakers at a demonstration in connection with the national suffrage movement, held in Trafalgar Square recently, was shouted down. An attempt was made to rush the "platform," and a scuffle ensued with the police. During this Miss Pankhurst made her escape to Charing Cros under the escort of two male sympathisers. Here things looked threatening, as a portion of the onlookers who had not been at the meeting, believed her to be a German spy under arrest. The traffic was held up, and a constable dashed off to secure a taxicab. Into this Miss Pankhurst and her friends were hustled, and the cab drove away amid groans, boos and cheers. Rolled-up newspapers were •hurleH into the vehicle.