WOMEN'S FRANCHISE
MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES
Received June 30, 11 p.m. LONDON, June 30.
The threats of militant suffragists that they would .attempt to raid the House of Commons for the thirteenth time, led to. strenuous police measures being taken.
LARGE NUMBERS OF ARRESTS MADE.
Recreivd June 30, 11.15 p.m. LONDON, June ; 30.
Mrs Pankhurat v insisted on the right to enter the House of Commons, and refused to retire, and Inspector Jarvis declined to take a message to the House. He quietly; but firmly reiterated his refusal to take the message, .whereupon Mrs Pankhurst struck him three times in the face with her>pen hand. Inspector Jatvis remarked "that is done for a purpose; I am not perturbed. Thereupon she dealt him two severe blows, and aacompanion knocked his hat off.
Arrests followed, and then fresh rushes were made. Several more suffragettes were amested. The crowd were pushed back, but isolated knots smashed the windows in the Home Office, "Privy Council Treasury, and Hon. R. McKenna's house.
One hundred and eight women and twelve men were arrested. The former include Mrs Haverfield, Lord Abinger's daughter, Maud Jacobsen, the violinist's niece, and Lady Isabel Margesson's daughter.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9531, 1 July 1909, Page 5
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193WOMEN'S FRANCHISE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9531, 1 July 1909, Page 5
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