The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-23
Camnairp wa1Inr Warm.


field had been contested.
Campaign WaIIHE Warm.
London, Nov. 22.-rhe political cam
paign is being waged with 1ierceness
almost unknown in London, both by
politicians on the stump and the SUI
fragettes on the battlefield
The battle OF Downing street, fought
this afternoon when several hundred
suffragettes attempted to storm the
premlers residence assaulted Mr. As
Quith and Austin Btrell. chief secre-
tary for ireland, and broke many VIM
dOWs in the government oIflces. sur
passed ali previous ipectacies or the
sort. About $50 women and several men
supporters are IN re police station
tonight.
Following an announcement by the
prime minister in ths house or com
mons that il he wee stlll IN power
a. the next session q parliament, the
government would ave faculties AoI
the consideration Of q suffrage bill a
large body OF women inflamed rather
than placated by mi promise which
Was characterized as nothing more
nor less than insult O The cause, lett
CaxtOn hall in scare OF the pre-
mier.
They came upon hin on the way 10
Downing street am Immediately
formed a hostile e0rdn around MI.
Asquith. who recently has resOrted TO
self clear of the hans OF the mill
tant women. one OF hem, Henrietta
Williams, struck the gO'ernment leader
and the premier would lave fared bad
Is had not large deta0mentE OF po-
lice come 10 his rescd. The police
had great difficulty in putting down
the disorders and many Of the women
had 10 he dragged from he scene with
clothes half torn from teir backs
The rioting continued until evening,
when squads of women attacked the
residences of Sir EdWau Grey, the
foreign secretary. Of WtlstOu Spencer
Churchill the home SECRETARY, and, or
Lewis HarcOurt. secretary or state LOT
the colonies. Stones crashed through
the windows of the hOueS, Sir Ed
ward Grey's bearing the runt Of the
one band spied MT BirHII strolling
through St James 10 the Athenaeum
club. and sWOOped down upn the aged
statesman. knocking his ht over his
eyes and kicking him abou the legs.
When help came and the women were
driven off Mr.. Birrell llm.ed TO his
motor car on the arms OF policemen.
Mrs. PankhHrst in all.
Ms. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader Of
the suffragettes, was amos those
taken 10 Jail. Her sister, Ms. Grant
denied admittance. threw a missile
through the jail window. SheWas also
iucarcerated. Miss Grace Johnson was
the only American arrested. iiss An
10 the police station on Friday nd was
released. was not among those arrested
tonight.
Mr.. Churchill addressed a bis meet
ing this evening. from which everal
men adherents of the WomenS cause
were dragged out BY the police MT.
Churchill strongly defended tht pro-
priety of Irish Americans contributing
10 the home rule cause The ey OF
American dollars was likely 10 beused
nv IL =
since Waldorf Aston had announcedthat
he was again the candidate OF hetOn-
serVatives Tor Plymouth.
Battersea promises TO be an lnteest-
ing campaign ground. Sir John lar
ringIon, who married the daughte. of
Senator Mcmillan. having thrown Own
the gauntlet as the Conservative On
didate 10 John Burns, president OF he
local government board
Piacating LHbOrites.
The principal move Of the day WIS
Premier Asquitns attempt 10 placae
tie LabOrites by promising 10 intrOdue
LEGISLATION solving the difficulty Whlc
has arisen on account or the osborn
Judgment, which was that labor union.
could not use their funds for the pay
ment OF their representatives in par
lament.
The governments legislation giving
20 trades unions the right TO provide
funds Tor use in parliamentary ant
municipal campaigns and Tor the sup
port OF labOT's representation, provided
there was no cOmpulsiOn on members o.
the unions 10 contribute 10 such funds
The Labor party met tonight and de
ciared the scheme suggested by tht
premier wholly unsatisfactory.
The United Irish league has issued {
manifesto against the lords, calling
landlordism and the house Of lords
synonymous.
The manifesto. which is signed by
John r. Redmond and T. T. O'COnnOr, Is
violent arrai gnment Of the house OF
lords as the only obstacle 10 home rule
Il describes l.ansdOwne as an Anglo
Irish landlord whose full name is writ
ten deep in that coffin ship. tine Lans-
doWne hospital ward and in thousands
of unmarked graves where persisted our
people driven from the LansdOWne
property in the days OF the famine.
At the door Of the house OF lords.
continues the manifesto, lies mainly
tie guilt for all those laws for an in
crease in landlord power and for the
rejection OF all measures for tenant re-
lief, whereof The great famine and the
great exodus were the plain and direct
consequences ana 10 every irishman OF
this generation appeals the stories OF
a million OF our people who died OF
hunger and five millions driven To exile
10 dethrOne the iniquitOus body 10
which they owed their boundless SUI
farfnR"