The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-28
LORD ASHTON LANDS
IN BANKRUPTCY COURT

donated. and loss inclined than any Of
MS civilian pTcdtcessors 20 accept dd
wee from professional soldiers. These
apprehcns. ons have been realized FOR
~ speech before tho House ~ Com
mons the other day no cNpresscf- nis
opinion that auNliiary troops that IS
20 say the feomaury and the Tcrrl-
ioria! Militia are better NEnting mon
than the Regulars. Moreover. he Went
on 70 assert tAnt compulsory military
service, s4cn as exists ~ continental
countries. could not be dreamed or
until after the next war" which can
only be construed as meaning iaat
fresh disasters TO British arms, sucn
as those that character!zcd the begin
n!ns OF the Boer War would have 10
take place before tho govcrrmen- could
be enabled to put the military de-
fences OF Tho empire IN proper order
Incidentally. / may state th4t John
Seelys own briet military career IN
South Africa Us hardly calculated 10
lead aim 10 encourage notions .! dis
as secretary OF State for the War De-
partment. he IS the civ.lian chief For
Ne Was court martialet during he Bocr
" tor risooeQ!eucc 70 the orders
OF MS superior officer. and only es-
capSa the usual consequences OF sucn
MS "!ndlscreet bravery"
No better Instance OF the absolute
craze FOR notor!efy with which tne Eng
bued. can be furnished. than tua case
OF tho Earl OF Lytton's unmarried SIS
ter Lady Constance Lytton Already
arrested on several occasions. she was
always treated with especial consider
atom not only on account o. acr social
position. but because, as alleged. hor
heart is not altogether sound. Deter
mined to become q "uagtyr.' She de-
c!ded TO use her Internationally III order
10 put the authorities IN u. wrong
by going on hunger strike and
getting herself forc!o!y fccl through
the nose. TO the possible octr!ment OF
her health" Forcible feeding through
the nose Is quite harmless Ia itself,
but II Is conceivable that the concOm-
liant excitement and struggling migat
have u bad effect on q diseased heart.
and for this reason suuragettes on
hunger strikes usually undergo q
pnysicai examination before iorciblo
feeding is r.sorteG to-
II was, of course. first necessary for
Lady Constance to get herself arrested
Being too we'll known 10 the London
police by reason OF her suitragette act
| iVrles. she proceeded 10 Newcastle.
got herself convicted under an assumed
name for window smashing. and sem
fenced to a term In Jail where. how
ever. She was recognized and after q
short limo in the prison hospital owing
TO her heart trouble. was set at liberty,
no attempt having been made to feed
her artincially. Very dissatisfied with
this considerate treatment. she sub
scquently went to Liverpool. where she
was again arrested and imprisoned FOR
window shing-this time under the
name OF Jane Wharton" Her Identity
was not discovered, and having refused
to touch her prison fare. or to answer
any questions put to her by the Jail
physicians. she was forc!bly fed some
eight OF ten times, being eventually re-
leased because the doctors found that
for some reason or other her stomach
| did not retain the food.
II is difficult TO see what Lady Con
ing the harmlessness OF artificial feed
ing--admitt!ng even that she Is suffer-
from a serious form of heart disease
The extraordinary feature of the affair
is that woman OF birth and refine
ment. daughter of q peer who ruled
India az V!ceroy. who died as Ambas-
sador In Paris, and was known in the
! literary world as the poet owen Mer-
! edith" should so demean herself for
the supposed support OF a cause that
| In England q least. has been rendered
| utterly hopeless. greatly by the vio-
lenco ana Stiffness of its advocates.
| Copyright. 1912. by the BRENTWOOD
Company