The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-10
Airships That Pass in The
Night Cause England Worry

as in the case of the ship that flew
over Cardiff, and be back at her base
before morning. Those who claim to
have evidence that this flight was
made from Borkum go further and say |
that the German government has sew
eral airships at Emden, and that when |
a flight over England is projected one
of these crafts is taken to Borkum
and the start made from there.
According to official returns Ger
many had twelve airships of large di-
mansions at the end of 1912, and it
is believed that she has added to this
number since. There are also ten priv
ately owned airships in Germany.
Against these England has three air
ships of very small dimensions, and
one large airship now under construc-
ton in Germany. England has a great
err number of aeroplanes than Ger
many however, and when a prospec-
tive battle in the air is discussed
British officers argue that an aero
plane, acting as a destroyer, could
very easily put a night-prow1ing air
ship out of business.
Women's Suffrage Problem.
Those Liberal members of the
House of Commons who support wom-
ems suffrage have agreed upon bill
which will be introduced at the next
session of Parliament, but they have
not been successful in getting the I'm
ionists and Laborites, who also believe
in giving the vote to women, to act
with them. In fact there is very
wide difference of opinion among the
suffragists as to how broadly the fran
chise should be extended in the case
of women.
The bill of the Liberal suffragists
would confer the parliamentary fran
chise on Cd women whether married
or unmarried, who, if they We're men,
would be entitled to be registered and
! to vote in respect of a household quail
ifioation, /. e., as inhabitants or &C.
cupiers of dwelling houses, and 90
the wives of such inhabitant occupiers,
residing on the same premises as their
husbands. The bill would restrict The
franchise to women over % years of
age. This bill would receive the sup
port of those members of the Cabinet
who support the vote for women.
OF the other suffragists in the House
the Unionists would not go so far as
! the Liberals and the Laborites would
go further. The former support what
is known as the Cancellation bill, which
confers the vote on women property
owners or women who occupy houses
independently. The Labor party is
out for adult suffrage for both men
and women who reside with their par
ents, or at any rate have no indepen
dent place of residence.
The Liberals intend to frame theiI
bill so that amendments can be in
troduced, and the House given an OPP
portunity of deciding which, if any
form of suffrage they wish to extend
to women.
Mr.. Asquith May Retire.
The report has again been revived
that Mr. Asquith is preparing to re
I eio,,, +l,, ,,ro,, iopgIir ond that b,f,,.
long he will return to the House Of
! Lords. There is no doubt that he
would like to resign and get out OF
| the turmoil of politics, but it is just
as certain that he will not give up
unless, of course, forced to do so, un
til the home rule bill finally becomes
law, which, except for accidents, il
should do in May, 1914 Mr.. Asquitf
has pledged himself to do his best tC
give Ireland self-government. and be
sides he is anxious that his name
should be identified with the accom-
plishment of this measure as Mr.. Glad
stones was with its advancement
Some of the proposals of the Radical
members of his Cabinet are not alto
gether to his liking, and latterly he
has found it more and more difficult
to curb some of them. So that wher
home rule becomes an accomplished
fact, and the end of the present Par
lament affords the opportunity, it is
expected that he will hand oyer the
reins to some younger man.
- ezza, As~tTrAENr