The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-23
DEMONSTRATION
BY SUFFRACETTES
Militant Women Attack English
House of Commons.
SMILING fOLICE ARE ON GUARD
and No Damage Is Done Save
to Window Glass in
Neiehborhood.

} London, Nov. 22.-Having promised
to return to its formre tactics, tie
militant section of the suffragettes
was not long in making the promise
good.
The suffra gettes warned Premier
Asquith of this last week and last
night some 200 suffragettes were
marched tenderly by burly London
hobbies to various police stations in.
! the neighborhocd of the house OF COM
mons. They made a fine 6eInonstra-
ton, but it suffered in comparison
with their earlier ones.
The program which was announced
well beforehand was for the women to
assemble at their headquarters in
Caxton hall, march to Westminster
and make demands from the foor OF
the house. They gathered at Caxton
hall in gcodly numbers, but fewer than
On previous occasions, and speeches
were made vigorously condemning the
governments manhood SURFACE bill as
an insult to woman. Miss Christabel
ing. Resolutions were adopted de-
handing renewal of the franchise
rights for both sexes. .
Then the chosen deputation marched
forth to storm the house of commons.
A large force of police Immediately
broke up the procession, the members
C which made their way by twos and
threes to Parliament square.
Here, and at all the approaches 30
the parliament buildings, several thou
sand people had gathered to see the
fun There was also an army of po-
lice, probably a couple Of thousand,
who effectively preserved the pre-
cincts of parliament from the slightest
Dissertation. \ solid, smiling Gordon
surrounded TIE buildings, held every
approach, kept the crowd moving and
invested the whole proceeding with a
sense Of good-natured, smiling els
cipline. So long as they kept moving
en-lookers might go anywhere except
through the gordon which was guard
ing the parliament buildings. Wheeled
traffic was impeded, but not stopped
anywhere.
The suIragettes, unable TO ap-
! proach in force, could not make very
| imposing show. The usual method of
securing arreet was for two or three
/ to run up against a solid line Of bob
bies, who would gently push them
back into the laughing crowd II this
course of action was persisted in often
enough it would secure an arrest.
| Three policemen would be brought out
| from their reserves behind and they
would take the suffragettes to the 70
| lice station, a mounted policeman max
! ing way for them through the crowd
In this way 223 suffragists, including
! three men, were taken to the police
stations.
There was one new feature, name
| ly, window smashing This was not
done by the "hooligans" in the crowd,
which was chiefly composed of re-
spectacle men ard women, but by fly
ing squadrons of suffragettes.
Three girls threw stones through a
large window CT the dining room Of
the Westminster Palace hotel The
room was full CT diners at the time,
but fortunately the table by the win
! dow which was broken had not yet
been occupied. There was scarcely a
building on the left side of Parliament
square which did not have is win
| dows smashed. The war office win
doys suffered extensively, as did those
of the National Liberal club. An
other flying squadron Of danger vol
unteers" sma shed windows IN the
STR nd