The evening world., 1913-04-30
RAID SUFFRAGETTE
HEADQUARTERS AND
ARREST LEADERS
Scotland Yard Police Seize Rec
urds of Militants In London
and Close Building.
EVlCTED WOMEN FIGHT.
Several Prisoners Taken Are
Charged with Conspiracy
Another Place Wrecked.
NlCTED WOMEN FIGHT.

LONDON. Aprf1 0.-Ths British Home
o0cs to-day inauguratsd . more &C.
~ campaign 70 put an end to sufyra.
9stts militanoy. The headquartsrs Of
~ Women's Social and Political Union.
~esrs many outrases are said to have
6ssn erganixed. were raided and eccu.
Sled By the police. and oil the active
lsAdsrs taken into custody. Even Cen
sFal" Mrs. Flora Drummond. who was
- on ball. was arrested on . fresh
sharss Of conspirins with the msmbers
II ths Pankhurst family to commi.
malicious damage
Over one hundred policemen and de-
teetivss from Scotland Yard were en-.
gAged In the capture Of the militants'
o0css. They had scarcely taken pos.
session Of the place when General"
oeummond. apparently ignorant Of
Wat had happened. arrived and was
adn1tted. not rsalisin9 that she had
Voluntarily entered the lions den until
~ found hersslf under arrest and on
he way to Bow street police station,
Wesrs she met nvs other active oniciais
q ne society.
The women were later brought b.
tore the police magistrate and remand
- without bail.
TO END STATE OF AFFAIRS
DANGEROUS TO NATION.
Arce,abaM Bod,An. counsel tor the
Nsastry. prosecuted on behalf Of the
Government He saad the procsedingS
Avolvsd . charge Of consplracy, and
Ind been takn With visw 70 bringing
- an end . state Of akaire whioh haA
oocomo dangerous 70 ths civilized por.
uoa q ths community In the British
Ib,A Ths womsn's Social and Pouti-
eaa Onion. ne continued, OF whioh all
ths Attendants were rineleaders. had
bssn responsible for an enormous
amount oe 03ms and vast and Almost
la1ly inoonvenience to the public.
o.. Bodkin irtAmated thta st1ll more
esstous changes might he brought
aGalnGt khs Drisonses when ths police
bed completed their Investigations into
ne ''nsfasdon praotios6 Of ehs organ.
isa&1on.
He then warned aiders and sbsttors
q the society ~ we'll a. its contrtbu-
tors. among whom are many American
womsn. In the following words:
" desire 20 give fair public waxn1n6
tAAt u any person makes . speech In
onoearaeemsnt Of this oanss, proceed
lngu VIII 10 taken against ne spsakss.
r any printer prints or vublishss Liter.
aAuxe originating from tAs Woma1's
Oocial ana Political Union, he may md
hansslf IN vsry awkward position. n
these who have money cannot ana .
SsttsR use for u than S1vtng - 70 this
O1gua1satiou for Tie oomna1saoA Of
sEAns. they viii b prossoassd II ais-
oOVseed."
oUFFRAoErTEs IN ATTACK ARE
DRIVEN BACK.
Miss Barbara Kerr. the Secretary Of
shS women's Social and Political
Union: Misses Lake. Lennox and Bar
rstt and Mrs. Saunders. all of whom
are ofYicials Of tho society and were in
charge of the office at the tims Of the
raid. were arrested. while a large guam
city of documents was seized.
gsveral typists and other clerks were
ordered to leave the premises. which
were then closed and policemen left on
guard.
The women arrested were charged
with conspiracy or with having com.
mitted ofrenses contrary to the clauses
Of the Malicious Damage Act.
A. tho prisoners were led away b!
uniformed men, other sutfragette.
erandished umbrellas and anything they
could lay hands on, but the squad oi
policemen massed in front OF the build
Ing limited their resistance to words.
The suffragettes who were elected
from the Union hesdquarters cnlected
on the sidewalk outside the police lines
ana angrily denounced the officers
Thsy declared that the raid was unwar'
ranted and that the Home Office hat
no, authority for such action.
The women were quickly surrounded
hv.a crowd Of several hundred persons
acme of whom cheered and the res
tssred at the "bashi-baxoukesses." Tn,
taunts of the throng. some OF which
wsre none too gentle. enraged thu
svicted militants the more, and some o
NE women openly threatened that be
FOR. rundown there would be doing
That would make Scotland Yard sit u
and take notice.
ANOTHER BUILDING OF TIL
MlLlTANTS WRECKED.
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