The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-02
Militant Women March on
British Parliament.
MORE THAN 100 ARE ARRESTED
Premier Asquith Refuses to Receive
Delegation and Mrs. Pank-
hurst Slaps the Face of
Inspector Jarvis.

London, June 80. The thirteenth
vain attempt of the militant suffra
gettes to obtain access to Premier AS
quith by deputation resulted in eXcit-
ing scenes in Parliament square and
the arrest Of 112 women.
Those put in Jail included Mrs. Park
hurst, Mrs. Solomon, the Hon. Mrs.
Haverfeld daughter of Lord Abinger;
Miss Margesson, daughter of Lady
Margesson; Miss Maud Joachim, niece
of the violinist; Mrs. Mansell, wife of
Colonel Mansell and granddaughter of
Lord Wimborne; Mrs. Frank Corbett,
sister of Il member of parliament;
Mrs. Rose Massey, wife of Colonel
enty-nine years old.
The expectation that more deter
mined attempt than ever was to be
made to force Premier Asquith's hand
attracted an enormous crowd to the
parliament buildings. Probably $4,000
persons gathered at the scene. Within
the Gordon Of police were members of
OOth hOuSSo VI SCOreS
Of distinguished persons. Among these
were Lord and Lady Granard, Lord
Morley, Lord Wolverhampton and
Lord Althrop.
Great excitement was caused among
the crowd by the movements of the
equestrian suffragette, Miss Vera
Howe, who in riding habit and derby
hat rode backward and forward, car
rying messages between the different
deputatiOns, until she was arrested.
Next appeared the deputation under
command of Mrs. Pankhurst, and it
was received by the crowd with wild
cheers. Escorted by the police, the
deputation arrived at the st. Stephens
entrance to parliament, where it was
met by Chief Inspector Scantlebury,
who handed Mrs. Pankhurst letter
from the premier regretting his in
ability to receive the deputation.
Angrily throwing the letter on the
ground, Mrs. Pankhurst exclaimed, 81
stand on my rights as the kings SUBJ
ject TO enter the house Of commons"
and she endeavored to force an en-
trance.
The police tried to induce the We
men to disperse quietly and then be-
gan to take the members of the depu-
tation by the arms to lead them away.
To the surprise of the spectators, who
were massed around the entrance, Mrs.
/ Pankhurst slapped Inspector Jarvis in
the face, knocking his cap in the mud.
/ There were cries of "Shamew and
/ several of the spectators told the suf~
fragette leader that she had no provo
cation to do such thing.
A moment later another member of
/ the deputatiOn, Mrs. Saul Solomon,
knocked off the inspectors cap Sec
ond time, while others made deter
mined attempts to rush the Gordon of
police. Eventually the entire deputa-
tion was placed under arrest.
/ BY this time q second deputation
had left CaXton hall, accompanied by
some hundreds Of suffragettes and 9TH
ers, and an attempt was made to
reach the house of commons through
the underground passage leading from
Westminster bridge.
This, too, was unsuccessful but for
! two hours the whole district was in a
state of uproar the police dispensing
the crowds and arresting women by
the wholesale. The windows of many
of the government buildings were
smashed with stones wrapped in pa
per.
Throughout the demonstrations the
police behaved with the utmost for.
bearance, but the suffragettes in many
cases forced them to some amount of
rough handling. There was much
screaming and in some cases fainting
and many women had to be taken to
! the hOSDitalS in n state of collaDSe