The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06
WOMEN RIOT IN
. EFFORT TO WIN
RIGHT TO VOTE
London Suffragettes Thrown
2. From Hall Where ChanceI-
lOr Is Speaking
Chained TO Seats and Armed
With Whip, Militant Sister
hood Offers Battle
Urganist Plays "What Can the
Matter Be-" While Pande-
mOnium Reigns

- LONDON, Dec. 6.-The gulf between
RE suffrsgists and sufragettes. the
latter being the term generally used to
describe the militant section OF women
Ssitators who believe in street riots
and attacks on cabinet ministers as the
quickest means of attaining the ballot
for their sex. was further widened this
afternoon through fierce demonstra-
lion INDUCED in by the sunragettes at
Albert hau against David Lloyd
George, chancellor Of the exchequer.
The chancellor was addressing a suf-
-frage meeting under the auspices Of
the Women's Liberal association. He
lad hardly got beyond announcing that
lie was present to make known the
governments intention regarding the
problem Of woman Suffrage when a
great uprosr broke out. strident voices
from all parts OF the hall shrieked:
I'VE want deeds. not words
Chained 10 Seats
The stewards Of the hall, and there
were $50 on hand to deal with the an
:.Ijcipated disturbance, at once moved
down the aisle toward the women who
:-sad Interrupted the speaker to eject
::tAem. They found the women chained
10 their seats. There then began a
.-confused struggle, but finally the
-.ohains were cut and the suffragettes
expelled.
:. But the numbers OF the disorderly
-seemed to increase rather than dimin-
ish. Some Of the women were armed
with whips, and they repelled vigor-
. .Ously every attempt to eject them
There were fierce tussles every few
!. moments in different parts OF the hall,
and every time Lloyd-George made an
attempt to speak his voice was drowned
by mingled groans and cheers. Finally
the chancellor. who for quarter of an
hour had been trying to get in a word.
sat down and the organist tried to
soothe the hysterical sisterhood by
playing What Can the Matter Be27 but
II was OF no use and pandemonium
continued to reign.
In Jail Garments
The uproar was at its height vher
a dozen suffragists who had been re-
Gently released from prison divesteC
themselves OF their outer wraps and
appeared in their jail garments. These
clothes were literally stamped witt
broad arrows. This exhibition acted
on the sisterhood like a red rag on Z
bull Megaphones and bells were
Brought into use and the noise became
desfening. The stewards st length los
their tempers and as they continued
their work OF throwing out the demon
strants the clothes Of many OF tbs
women were torn of their backs.
At the end Of half an hour or more
: the opposition became worn out and
Lloyd-George was able to continue hi:
speech with only occasional interrup-
rion. he assured his audience, which
totsled fully 5000 people, that there
was q majority in the cabinet and thu
liberal party IN favor OF woman Eun
a-sge. and that suffrage clause would
be included in the governments fran
chiss bill which, however, could no
be introduced until the eve OF the dis
solution of parliament The chancellor
added that the time Of dissolution had
rot ret arrived. though the end Of thii
parliament was not so distant as som'
people thought