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use of the tube. and so injured the
nasal passages that the next day it was
impossible to pass the tube through her
nose and resort was had to the use of
the more dangerous throat tube. She
was fed daily in this manner until her
release. Only once during the whole
time did her spirit waver. and that was
when she called at midnight for a hot
water bottle. She collapsed several
times, but she took both Christmas and
New Years dinner through the tube. one
pint of fluid being given at 10 o'clock
in the morning and another pint at
in the evening.
Lady Constance Lytton.
q Most notable among the scores of in
cidents relating to the treatment of suf-
fTagette prisoners in British jails was
the case of lady Constance Lytton-
Shortly after the suffragette riots in
October, 1908, lady Constance Lytton
was sentenced TO serve a term in New
castle prison. She refused to eat and
after SIS hours of the hunger strike she
was released without being subjected
to forcible feeding on the recommends
tion Of the physician who-said that
she was suffering from a serious heart
disease, which made the process of for
chile feeding utterly impossible. as it
would cause her death
CHdESSS were maze lLdI S0e was re-
leased on account of her high social
position, TO which the home secretary,
Herbert Gladstone. made reply that
the statement that her rank or social
position had anything to do with her
release was wilful and deliberate mis-
representation. and that she had been
released solely because of a serious
heart disease"
Arrested Second Time.
One day in January OF the present
year the same lady Constance Lytton
was one of mob of women who at
tackled Walton gaol in Liverpool as a
protest against the i'll treatment of suf-
fragette prisoners therein confined Be-
fore joining the mob she had exchanged
clothing with a poverty stricken work.
ing girl When she was arrested she
gave her name as Jane Warrior, a seam
stress.
Again she declared the hunger strike
and refused 10 eat No physician at
food she was bound. gagged and for
chilly fed by means of a stomach tube;
although no physician was in attend
ance and her heart had not been ex-
amined at all. Lady Constance, fortu-
nately for her, has a very good heart,
as a matter of fact and the ordeal
through which she passed did not bring
ABOUT ReT QedIH, az ndQ DSen proQlcLeQ
by the physicians of Newcastle prison.
Identity Discovered.
Perhaps English medicine makes a
difference between plain Jane Warrior
and lady Constance Lytton- Certain
IL is that English prison regulations
make the same invidiOus class distinc-
tiOns which are TO be seen everywhere
in English life. By accident the true
identity Of the seanstresS Jane Warrior
was discovered by the prison officials
and she was at once released from
prison.
The discoura ging feature Of this bust
ness is that this complete exposure of
the essential snobbery of English law
and English Institutions created little
or no Indignation among any class OF
English people, except only the suffra-
gettes. The vast majority of the Eng F.,
lish people seem to take it as a matter
Of course that lady Constance Lytton
was entitled to better treatment in jail
than was Jane Warton. seamstress.
Their only quarrel was with lady Con-
stance because she so far forgot her
station as TO deceive the snobs who i'm
prisoned her.
The government made many polysyl-
Liable refutations of lady Constance's |
charges, but they Were wholly unable |
to overcome the fact that lady Con- |
stance hE ton IN newcastle mao weak |
heart, and that Jane Warton in Walton |
had a strong one
Will Get the Votes.
Suffragette leaders in England make
the most OF the narrowing experiences |
of their devoted followers in prison, |
and make imprisoned pleas to other /
women to follow in their footsteps The !
English government in the goth century |
will not go so far as 10 take the life Of /
suffragettes must make the best pos I
sible use Of such means of martyrdom |
as are at hand
The ultimate outcome of the cam /
paign for votes for women is no LONGER /
in doubt INT women will get the
If Great Britain were not now en-
gagged in a tremendous political struggle !
over other issues, woman suffrage !
would come within the lifetime Of the
present government. AS it is. the day
or triumph for the suffragettes is post
poned, but only for time
TOmorrOw-Patriots' Day