The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
225 SUFFRAGETS
TAKEN TO JAIL
IN LONDON
Women and Sympathizers
Smashed Many Windows
BATTLE FIERCE BUT SHORT
Attempt to Force Way Into House Of
Commons Checked by 1900
Policemen

London, Nov. 22.-The suifragets
Jared badly at the hands of the pol
ice last night They had threatened
TO force their way into the House of
Commons and make protest on the
floor of the House against the prime
minister's refusal to pledge the gov
eminent to bill giving equal suf-
frage to both sexes, but they failed
even to reach the entrance to Parlia-
ment. Thwarted by the police who
made about 225 arrests, the suffra'
gets resorted to campaign of win
dow smashing. Driven from Parlia-
ment square by the police 1900 OF
whom were on duty, the women, ac-
companied by sympathizers and
gangs of rowdies, proceeded through
Whitehall armed with bags of stones
concealed under their coats and
broke the windows in the public Off
ces, the liberal headquarters and the
National liberal club. They even ex.
tended their operations to the Strand
where windows of the postofiice bank
and other private concerns suffered
from the onslaught.
The militant tactics of the suffra-
gets followed statement by Premier
Asquith that the government was un'
able to introduce a bill to enfran'
chise women as the cabinet was div
lded on the question, but would al
! low an amendment to be introduced
to the proposed manhood suffrage bill
leaving 1t to the House OF Commons
to decide whether women should be
given a vote. The suffragets hat
made ample preparations to renew
their attacks on Parliament with {
battle which was expected to surpas'
all previous efforts. They met earl,
in the evening in Caxton hall. lesI
than a mile from Parliament SQUARE
and after adopting a resolution de
claring that the prime ministers de
NAL OF their request was a grave ant
objectionable insult to women. cal
ed for volunteers for dangerous sci
vice"
A deputation OF so women, heade
by Mrs. Patrick Lawrence, and az
companied by immense crowds, star
, ed for the House of Commons [
present the resolution or take wha
ever action was deemed advisable
The police, however, were too niue
for the women in spite of all the
preparations and the assistance {
a hundreds Of sympathizers. Stron
a detachments OF police, both on foo
! and mounted. guarded the street
> from Caxton hall to the Houses ,
Parliament. They broke up the dep
tation into units which when the
n reached the cordons surrounding Il
a square. were arrested and passt
|, along to a receiving squad In Il
square and thence through a doub
3 line OF constables to the police st
zion.
, The greatest confusion prevaile
! Several women we're injured In q
scramble while others tainted or
came hysterical and required Il
n attention Of the ambulance men. TT
battle was fierce but short. An hol
= after the women emerged from Il
. hall, Parliament square had be-
cleared OF the attacking forces, Q
n cept half dozen women who hi
I, chained themselves to the railinl
y and whose chains the police had
: file or break The demonstrate,
= was not so large as those OF Ia
= year. The damage to property VI
. greater than ever, however. and Il
:, number OF arrests establishes nc
record. Cannon Row station
- Whitehall was crowded with prise
a ers and the police were occupied I
u hours In making charges again
~ them. Among those arrested we
Mrs. Lawrence. who Is Joint edit
d OF Votes for Women, Lady Constan
"a Lytton, sister OF Lord Lytton Al
~ Mrs. Eyelyna Haverneld, daughter
- Lieut.. Gen. Lord Ablnger.