Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-06
While Addressing WOnan's
Suffrage Meeting Suffrag-
cites Raised Hades
We're Found Chained to Chairs
When Effort Was Made
to Eject Them

London, Dec. 5.-The gulf between
the suffragists and the suffragettes,
tine latter being the term generally
used to describe the militant section
of the female agitators who believe
in street riots and attacks on cabi-
net ministers as the quickest means
of attaining the suffrage for their
sex, was further widened this after
stration INDUCED in this afternoon
by the suffra gettes at Albert Hall
against David George, chancellor of
the exchequer.
The chancellor was addressing a
suffrage meeting under the auspices
cf the Womans Liberal Association.
He had hardly got beyond announc-
ing that he was present with the OBJ
ject of making known the govern
ment's intentions regarding the prob
lem Of human suffrage when a great
shout broke out Voices from all
parts of the hall shrieked:
Eve want deeds, not words
The stewards of the hall, and there
were $50 on hand to deal with the
anticipated disturbance, at once moF-
ed down the aisle on the women who
Lad interrupted the speaker with the
idea of ejecting them. They found
h oIoi -
There was then confused strug-
gle between the men and the women
before FINELY the chains were cut
and the suffragettes expelled.
But the numbers of the disorderly
seemed to increase rather than to
diminish. Some of the women were
armed with whips and they repelIed
vigorously every attempt to eject
them. There were fierce tussles ev-
ry few moments in different parts
of the hall and every time Mr.. George
| made an attempt to speak his voice
| was drowned with mingled groans
| and cheers. y.
| Finally the chancellor, who for
quarter of an hour had been trying
to get in word, sat down and the
organist tried to sooth the hysteri-
cal sisteraood by playing What Can
the Matter Be-" That was of no
luse and pandemonium reigned.
| The uproar was at its height when
a dozen suffragettes who recently
had been released from prison divest-
ed themselves of their outer wraps
and appeared in their Jail garments.
These clothes were literally stamped
with broad arrows. This exhibition
lacted on the sisterhood like red
rag on a iull.
/ Bells were brought into use and
the noise became deafening.
1 The stewards at length lost their
tempers and as they continued their
| work of throwing out the demon
strators, the clothes of many of the
women were torn off their backs.
& AT the end of half an hour or more
, the opposition became worn out and
George was able to continue his
speech with only an occasional inter.
lluption, He assured his audience
which totalled fully 500 people, thai
there was majority in the cabinet
iaud Liberal party in favor OF woman
suffrage and that a suffrage CLAUSE
) would be included in the govern
I ment's franchise bill, which. however
y could not be introduced until the ev,
of the dissolution of parliament. Tn,
chancellor added that the time of dis
I. solution had not yet arrived, thougl
j the end Of this parliament was no
s SO distant as some thought. TIL,
{ Liberals, however. still had severa
! accounts to settle and they woul
! demonstrate to the house Of lord
: that the house Of commons was nr
50 impotent as was imagined