WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 295, 8 December 1908, Page 2

WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.

MU J.I.OVJJ CiIiOUGK KEFUSED A JIEAUINU, London, December «. •Mr 1). Uoyd-tieorge, Chancellor of the l'..vchc,|uer, attempted to address a crowded nifftiiijr „f the Women's Liberal l-'i-ili-ratiun nl .vib.'rt llull ~pou women's null rage. .Militant suil'rairists reluscd to give hint a hearing. Stewards carried oul dozens of Women, struggling Hi |,| lighting, uihew L-huiiu-.l t.hcnischc, to jiillaiß and chairs, J-'imilly .Mr Uoyd-licorgc was compelled l» stop. Sometimes twenty scrimmages were proceeding simultaneously. Some of the womea threw aside their cloaks and appeared ia prison dress. ■Scleral of the interrupters weie fery Iradly Handled by the steward*. Mr Uoyd-tieorge succeeded in stating that the (lo\eminent would draft an Electoral Kel'onn Bill and would give an opportunity for a women's suffrage amendment to be introduced. If such an amendment were carried the (joveruiuent would accept the responsibility of passing the measure, but the Government was unable tu introduce a, I Women's Suffrage Bill itself, since a . sincere and powerful minority of the . Cabinet members was opposed to such . a Bill.