The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-11
They Try to Bre a k
Through Line and
Are Arrested.
FOLLOWED TO JAIL
BY JEERING CROWD
Prisoners Say They Did Not In
tend to Insult His Majesty, but
Only Wanted to Present Pc
tition for Votes for Wo-
men-King Opens Par
lament.

London, March 1g--FearS lest the
| militant sufragists might annoy King
George and Queen Mary and create a
disturbance made the royal opening OF
Parliament and the procession from the
palace to-day an occasion charged with
nervousness. Nor We're such anticipa- :
tions groundless.
Five women attempted to break
through the Gordon of troops while the
royal procession was traversinG st.
James's Park, with the intention Of
throwing petitions into the state coach.
They carried the petitions in rolls tied
with the suffrageltc colors and brand :
ished them enthusiastically.
1T is doubtful. however, If the King
and Queen saw the performance The
police pounced upon the women before
they could get through the line Of sol
diers and led them TO jail. an enorm-
Gus jeering crowd following in their
wake.
In their petition 10 His Majesty the
sunragists declared that law and ord
er could not he re-esta ablished in the
realm until women had been given the
vote.
The five women arrested gave their
names az Lillian Wilcox, Dorothy
Smith. Kathleen Paget Gertrude
Vaughan and Grace Stuart They were
charged with interfering with the po-
lice. Miss Vaughan described herself
as an authOTcSS, ana MISS stuart said
she "as an actress.
Mrs. Emmelne Pankhurst. address,
ing large meeting of militant suf-
faGists this evening, said it was not
the intcn;ion Of the women TO insult
the King, but that they intended to use
their constitutional right OF petition
Ing His Majesty
Threatened With DucI.ing.
Two other suffragis;s were arrest
cd in the vicinity of Marlborough
House, and cscapcd rough handling
only through the energetic efforts OF
the police. Shous Of Duck them
Into the lake with them:'' brought to-
Scther a mob OF 1000. all bent on talk
ing the women from the hands OF the
olice. An extract from the petition
which the sKnragists tried TO present
to Ills Majesty says;
"If law and order are 10 be re-es-
Ia ablished In this realm, women must
have the vote. for ii is the only cure
for militancy.''
King George opened the third scs-
sion of the present Parliament In the
House of Peers, after the procession
from buckingham Palace to Wcstmins-
ter Hall. Drzzling rain fell through
out the day, but this had no effect up
on the tens of thousands OF sightseers
The Kings speech was devoted chief
Is TO the Balkan War. expressing the
earnest desire OF the European powers
TO hasten the conclusion OF peace. He
said:
Il am hopeful that the consultations
between the powers will enable them
not only to secure a complete under
standing among Themselves but to eX-
ercise benefcent influence in hasten
ing the conclusion of the war"
The forecast OF legislation TO be in
troduced was restricted TO narrow
limits Apart from the Introduction
again OF the home rule and the Welsh
d!sestabHshment bills the only i'm.
portant measures will be bills to
facilitate land purchase in Ireland the
guarantee of a sudan loan for the de-
velopment of cotton growing, TO pre-
vent plural voting al elections and a
measure for the developments of a
national system OF education.