The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-10
LONDON NEWS LETTER

London, Nov. 10-The opening gun o;
the busy autumn campaign of the Ma
tlonal Union OF Suffrage societies, the
constitutional organization of the
sufragists. will be fired in November
In the form OF q concerted stack on
the constituencies OF the cabinet mem
bers who oppose women's e~nfranchise-
Inent.
This preliminary attack will take the
form OF political support of certain
TABOR candidates. h expect to op-
pose the anti-suffrage cabinet members
at the next general election. The gov
eminent is being attacked because, al
though 1t has a majority in favor OF
Wpmen's suffrage, 1t refuses to make
their Acknowledgement a government
measure. The labor party will be as
sisted because 1t Is. SO far, the only
party which has placed women's sum
rage. In Its official platform. The un-
ION itself Is non~partisan, embracing
members from all the parties, but IT Is
the considered opinion Of the officials
that the hand of the government
should be forced by opposing it's anti
suffrage adherents.
The educational side of the campaign
show the public quite clearly one at
least of the reasons why the union de-
sires the enfranchisement of women.
This reason will be expressed In terms
gratnme has been arranged under the
general title of The Child and the
State" The campaign will be carried
on under the various heads OF infant
mortality, children I'm the schools, de-
f%cctive children, delinquent children,
state children, employment Of children.
and the legal position of children.
The police have been subjected to
considerable criticism for the small
number Of arrests they made at the
recent Bow. Baths riot in the east end,
when SylviA Pankhurst was rescued by
her followers. but modesty has pre-
vented the London, policeman from
coming orwar with a perfectly adP-
quate excuse for his small sutfragettc
bag.
The story of the newest form OF
militant strategy might never have
been made public had not some Of the
victorious s~uffragcttes boasted about 1t
to their friends. According to these
lighters every time a policeman grasp
ed a s~uffragette one of her comrades,
told off for that purpose. would rip
open the officers coat and cut his sus-
penders. Torn between conflicting
senses of duty and modesty the con-
stable had to sacrifice his capture or
his dignity, and everyone who knows
the London bobby" will guess that the
prisoner escaped.
The troubles of the much-abused
police did not end with the escape of
their prisoners, for when they were
lined UP before the inspector to report
off duty, they got a rating for their
failure to stand at attention with
hands at their sides. The chatting of
their comrades in the station house.
when they discovered the cause for
this ~slackness, did not add to their
happiness.
1t is said that when Miss Pankhurst
was arrested the next night at Poplar
hall, her captors had provided for
q reception of the attack by ~anchoring
their trousers so securely h a a mere
shipping of the suspenders did not
cause them any concern. |
Never was a greater contrast be-
tween two queens afforded than the
together of Queens Mary end
Alexandra at the marriage of Prince
Arthur of C~onnaught and the Duchess
of Fife.
Although common report says the
two women are not on the most friend
~ terms. custom demands that at many
functions they appear together, n at
the marriage at st. James palace they
both entered and left the chapel hand
in hand. OF the two, in face at least,