The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-17
Activities Of Militant
Suffragettes Have
Not Ceased.
THEIR CAMPAIGN
GROWING FIERCER
In Past Week Fight Has Been
Waged Against Post-O Office,
Boxes Being Filled With
Varnish and Letters De-
stroyed-No Big Or.
ganized Orgies.

Especial Cable 70 The Times ptspateh.)
London, November ls.-Mattsrs OF
great and universal interest. such -
the Balkan war. and others OF sudden
and startling appeal. such a. Weines-
DAYS and Thursdays scenes in the
House Of Commons, are always apt
temporarily TO hide away the move
ments OF q lower growth As far -
the notice taken by the press 10 con-
cerned, the surragisO might be
Imagined TO have retired from the
arena But to imagine this would be
o great mistake They have never
been more active and nave never
worked and organized harder thso IN
the last few weeks. There have been
no big organized orgies such - WIN
AoW-smashing and other outrages. but
the militant all over the Kingdom arc
Keeping their hands In. At big mass
meeting In Victoria Park On Sunday.
which had been practically aanetaeed
By the press Mrs Drummond. one o.
the chief militant leaders. advocates
violence with utmost energy.
"Destruction Of propsSSy Win - Q
oarticular Job In the future" she de-
clarsA. ana the great crowd vas WITH
her.
During the past week In all parts
Of the Kingdom. especially In London.
Birmi n CHAM and Dublin. the miittants
have pursued relentlcss campaign
against the post-o ONCE. Pillar boxes
by the score have been d!iod with var
nish and some sticky black nuid. which
rendered hundreds Of envelopes IL
legible. and has given the general
post.ofhce endless troubls In deeiphsr-
ting the others.
Can't Get Heassns.
John Burma. the president Of the
local government board. 1t . nom
political meeting in his own constttu-
ency In Battersea. was practically un-
able to get Q hearing. and had 70 sus-
pend the proceedings for twenty min
utes while be personally superintend-
ed the police who were throwing out
men and women suffrag ists. Even then
he could not carry on the opening
ceremony Of a harmless flower show.
George Lansbury, q prominent Labor
member Of Parliament. has resigned
his seat in the House. and will recon
test for election from the Bow and
Bromley division In order to dxht In
the constituency ~ . pure sunra-
gist candidate.
The current number Of Su6ragette
shows q collection Is1beang made Of
25a, coo pounds. sterling. and the fund
now totals $4,000 pounds. steriinS.
while the local reports never noticed
in the daily press. show that en-r
thusiastic meetings are held daily AL
over the country. At all these meet
ings funds. big and small. come In.
Last Sundays meeting Of non-mtli-
tant sufYragisss at Albert Hail gath
cred an enthusiastic assembly OF more
than 10000 persons. and more than
$4,000 was collected on the spot
Mrs. Fawce,t. a su1ragfst fighter for
fore than twenty years. presided. and
Lord Robert Cecil made . strong aud
impassioned speech. but no London
paper gave more than q few linse TO
the meeting. and some did not notice II
at ALL though q little sporadic window
breaking on quite Q small scale. which
occurred on the same day. secured q
fair amount Of publicity, q fsct which
the militants have been using since 20
Justify their policy OF violence.
No, II must not be thought that be-
cause the suflra gists. both militant and
law abiding, recently did not secure
much public notice that they have
ceased from making r. ,uble. 1t will
be strange II the mflitants do not break
out again very soon
Quote Paersek AenTy.
The Pankhurst organ. Su6ragstte.
this week has Tor It's front page an
editorial excerpt from Patrick Hears
famous declaration, Give me liberty
or give me DEATH" the passage start
ing with the words. shall We try
argumentT
The report Of the Reyal commissioa