Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-30
Mrs. Panllhnrst Declared She Stood
i On Her Fight as a British Subject
+ To Enter House Of Commons

a To Enter House Of Commons.
/. London, j une aa9The thirteenth vain
attempt OF the militant suffrage To-
4 obtain access to Premier Asqulth re-
suited in exciting scenes in Parliament
than 100 women,
The plan of campaign followed tile
Tires previously employed by the SUI!
i fragettes. The wonian's parliament as
ssmbled in caxton hall and sent a de-
1 putation, headed by Mrs. Pankhurst,
\ TO see the prime minister, who had pre-
4 yiously decided not to receive theru.
i Enormous crowds assembled in the
/ Vicinity OF parliament house before the
| time set for the raid upon the house.
around which several thousand police
Iihad taken up strategic positions. IKE
| first noteworthy incident was the ar-@
i rest, after IL great deal of trouble, OF a
Ibuxom equestrian suffraget tie, who tried
to penetrate the police Gordon to take
| a message to the premier Next ap-
peared the deputation under command
| of Mrs. Pankhu1,st, and twas received
| by the crowd with wild cheers. Escort
ed by the police. the deputation ar,
rived at the st. Stephens entrance to
parliament. where it was met by Chief
inspector Scantlebu1y, who handel
Mrs. Pankhuast a letter from the pre-
| mier, regretting his inability to receive
the deputation. gi5 II
MRS. PANKHURsT1s RIGHTS.
Angrily throwing the letter on the
ground, Mrs Pankhurst exclaimed:
IT stand on my rights as the king i
Issubject ito enter the house OF com
| mons" and she tried to force an ems
trance.
to disperse quietly and then began to,
lead them away. To the surprise OF
the spectators, who were masssl
around the entrance. Mrs. Panlshurst
slapped Inspector Jarvis in the faces,
knocking his cap in3$the mud. There
We're cries of shame" and several
spectators told the siffragptte leader
she had no provocation to do such a
thing. 81 n Il
A moment later another member oil
the deputation, Mrs. Saul Solomon,
knocked off the Inspectors cap sec
Sond time. while others made efforts to
rush the Gordon OF police. Eventually
the entire Reputation was placed UNI
del. arrest.
s BY this time second deputation had
left Caxton hall. accom- panied by some
hundreds OF suffragettes and Others,
and tried to reach the house Of COM
mons through the underground passage
leading from Westminster bridge. This,
too, was unsuccessful, but for two
hours the whole district was in an up
roar, the police dispensing the crowds
and arresting women by the wholesale.
The windows of many of the govern
3ment buildings We're smashed with
stones wrapped in paper.
Altogether IL women were arrested,
including Mrs. Pa.nkhurst. Mrs. Solo
mon. the Hon. Mrs. Havar1eld, daugh-
daughter of Lady Margesson; Miss
Maud Joachim, niece of the Sviolinist
and many other prominent women
GATHERING OF THE CLANS.
Probably $4,000 persons gathered to
watch the attempt of the sufragettea to
force Premier Asquitll's hand. A II ave
snues OF approach were cordoned by
police and alnbulances were provided to
deal with cases Of accident Within the |
Gordon were u large number of memr
sbers Of both houses Of parliament and
Among these were Lord and Lady
Granard, i Lord Morley, Lord yVover-
hampton and Lord Althrop.
DUST before o'clock the prime min
lister himself drove away from the
house ilnobserved by the crowd. In
Miss Beatrice Forbes Robertson, Miss
Elizabeth Robbins and Miss Beatrice
Harradsn, besides all the well known
suffragette leaders.
Great excitement was caused among
the crowd BY the movements1sof the
equestrian suffragettes. Miss Vera ]
Howe. who rode back and forth carry
ing messages between the different
deputations. and which ultimately We're
arrested.
Throughout the demonstration the
police behaved with the utmost fore
cases forced them to some rough
handling.
The great crowds INDUCED in consid-
cradle horse play. but generally no
active sympathy was extended to the
suftrag ettes. At . o'clock the police
had orders to clear the whole vicinity
of parliament and they gradually !
pressed the crowd back. Ono of the |
spoIicemenis horses was stabbed by |
man In the crowd and a constable
was badly injured.
The first deoutation comprised Mrs
Pankhurst. Mrs. Solomon. Miss Mar
gesson, Mrs Haverfeld, Miss Joachim.
Mrs. Manseill, wife of Col. Manseill, |
and granddaughter of the late Lord
Wimborne. Mrs. Frank Corbett. sister
sin-law of the late member OF the house
and Miss 5Neligan, who is 70 years old.
They We're all arrested.
According to one report, Inspector
Jarvis will bring a. charge of assault
against Mrs. Pankhurst.
Mrs. Solomon also struck him. DR..
Clifford, one of the supporters of the
suffragette movement, In an Interview
.afterward. said he greatly regretted
Mrs. Pankhurst's action. Such things,
he said. helped to lock the lips of the
advocates of 5women's rights.
II have supported womans suffrage
for many year. he added, .:but when
I see such scenes as this, how can
say anything"
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DIR. WILL u. ELLERBECK.