New-York tribune., 1912-03-08
S!IFFRAGEHES SPREAD
Terror IN LONDON
uo,,ses of Parliament Closed to
Public, and Court Reception
Guarded Carefully.
RITTER REPRISALS FEARED
,.,;+ical Union Member Says
p~;soners Are Abused and
Brokers Will Strip In
vading Women.

- March The extent TO which
n,raow smashing raids Of the suffra-
Us at have aroused public feeling
rs, them was shown by the large
ss'.' !, foot and mounted police neces-
- protect them from a great mob
'o ..,,S an efigy Of Miss Christabel
n-.tburst. which gathered outside Of
rondon Opera House, where the
-n,or+ section Of the suffragettes held
+. meeting tonight
Tns sneeches at the meeting were
- and there was a noticeable absence
!, All incitement to violence.
nsspite the action Of the authorities
+ raiding the headquarters Of the
Tor,s Social and Political Union md
.r-e,ening the leaders for offences pun
s.,oble BY long terms at penal servitude,
49,, have issued a defiance, and charge
nv are being made martyrs TO the
cause Of suffrage.
yves" said a member Of the union,
a,bA situation is becoming dithcult and
ewing All our shops have been raided
.rd TONS Of literature conflscated. Once
r,o-s the whole press is crying out
sgs,nst us and the police are again en-
outraged to maltreat us.
NAV Strip Women Invaders.
auorrible revelations may be expected
=, The fight proceeds The men on the
s,ock Exchange have a plan Of dealing
NTH the suffragist invasion. They in
tend to catch the women and strip them
raked before a great crowd Of men.
We'll we may choose to let those men
bsvA chance to execute the plan and
see what the civilized world thinks of II.
Magistrates and prison officials, high
and low. are bitterly hostile to us. Mrs
Psnkhurst, Mrs Tuke, Mrs. and Mr..
pethick Lawrence and the other prison
ers taken 10 Holloway prison Saturday
night we're not allowed 10 go to bed
until $50 o'clock in the morning. They
were kept up all night on one pretext
or another, but really only TO punish
them.
our leaders, was put in a cold, damp
cell where the sturdiest British prisoner
scarcely could live, and this although
she was II and in need Of medical at
tention
The auinus against the women Is
seen in the different treatment meted out
70 them and to the medical students who
smashed the windows Of the Woman's
Press Building. The women got the
limit, while the students were let of with
fines Of from half crown go cents) to
ten shillings (s2 4o).
DOUBTLESS the mob will be stirred UP
against US and inevitably we shall meet
terrible experiences in prison, but the
fact that we are not afraid is proved by
the resumption Of window smashing in
London this morning"
Parliament Houses Closed,
Tho panic into which London has been
thrown by the activity Of the suffra-
gettes is reflected in the unusual in
ktructions that have been issued for to-
nights court, that ladies will not be
admitted 10 the palace unless they pre-
sent their invitation cards, and also In
the announcement that both houses OF
will be closed 10 the public
to- morrow.
A woman speaker at a militant suffrage
demonstration held at the Opera House
tonight said that if any woman desired
to Judge the panic the action Of the
s0ffragettes had caused let her 60 to
the nearest store and try 10 buy a
hammer
A large band Of medical students
caused disorder outside the opera House.
The public was practically asked to-
day 10 help the police catch the window
smashers. The Commissioner Of Police
issued a circular calling attention 70 the
fact that urder the common law anybody
Is empowered 10 restrain persons at
tempting 10 Go such damage and hold
them until a policeman arrives, and sim
ilarlv Il detected after the damage is
done
'ihe sufraeettes resumed their win
dow smashing operations early to-day.
Several Of them assembled near the
large drvgoods stores in the West End
soon after dawn, and as soon as the
shutters we're taken down they attacked
the plate glass with hammers which they
carried concealed beneath their cloaks.
The women selected the largest windows
IN all London for their demonstration.
Passersby who witnessed the demon
stration did not permit the suffragettes
TO escape, but detained them until the
police arrived. Six OF the window smash