Arizona republican., 1913-03-31
With Attacks on Property and Resort to Arson the Suffragettes Have Arous- ed Antagonism all Over British Isles
QUIETER METHODS
 DESTINED TO WIN
Effective Work is Being Done by Those who are Endeavoring to Get the Vote by Constitutional Means
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 LONDON, March 30.-While the militant suffragists, with their at tacks on property, have received the lions share of publicity since the question of votes for women became a really live one in England some I very effective work has been done by those women who adopting the 1 quieter methods of their American sisters. are endeavoring to get the vote by constitutional means
 The work of the latter, in the inds of many of the politicians of the country, is far more likely to lead l to success than the more strenuous efforts of the miitants The argu ment is advanced that the miitants | by their methods. have estrangeC many men supporters, and especiall, l since their resort to arson and their 1 attacks on the parks. they have un- 1 d"ubtedly aroused certain elements l of the population to make counter demonstrations. with the result that l a suffrage meeting is now seldom | held in peace.
 The women who are making the suffrage fight in the usual way. by | attempting to convert their oppo- rents by press and platform argu-
 n,ents. have banded themselves to- Sether under the name of the Ma 1 tional Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, and are carrying on a campaign throughout the country. They have been holding meeting at the universities, in the hope of mak- 1 inG friends Of the younger men of the country: they have had demon- strations in most of the large cities. and whenever an opportunity offered they have taken part in bye cleo tions
 One of these opportunities came in the election at Houghton- -le-S Spring This constituency has for years been represented by a liberal and the last majority was so large that unless a | third party interVened, the unionist would have had no chance of elec- | tion. Even though the unionist was | opposed to them, the women decided | to support him in preference to the
 liberal. as their policy has always 1 been to keep the government can didate out" At Houghton. however, they found in Alderman House, a 1 third candidate nominated by the la bcr party. a man whom they could l support with heart and soul. for not only Mir. House but his party is l r,edged to give votes for women equally with men.
 l Mrs Henry Fawcett. one of the
 first women in England seriously to l take up the suffrage question. is the head of the non militant organiza = l tion. and with her lieutenants she 1 carried on quiet propaganda work in the HOughton constituency which if it did no great good this time. she hopes will help materially in the fu- ture. The Union has raised d biz 1 fighting fund. and each election will find the members in the field tc lsupport those who favor their cause If they have not got friend among the candidates, they will at least en- deavor to keep out the supporter o the government which refuses then the franchise
 l The anti suffrag gists also are by nc
 means idle. and their campaign
 which has the aid of such men a! ! Lords Curzon and Cromer and el eat many men and women of abili ity and influence. goes steadily along 1 In the meantime the matter 0 l most immediate necessity is to fin,
 some means of dealing with the law
 br eaking militants. They are usuall caught, convicted and sent to jai
 but as they immediately start tn
 hunger strike and are released tn
 campaign of destruction is not re
 strained. The press and publi
 blame Reginald 'McKenna. the hom
 secretary, who should. they say. in : ing served. Thousands of letter have been written to the authOritie making suggestions of how the mill
 tants should be dealt with. Tn I most popular one has been that t | the, women would not take food the I should be allowed to starve 2 death.
 g The retort of the women to thi I suggestion invariably has been brute l or something worse. It is no secre g that MT McKenna and the othe = members of the cabinet are seriousl V nonplussed They know that th
 | English conscience would be outrage : should woman die of starvation = an English prison. and that the pee Q plc in return would in all probabilit Il demand the life of the gOvernmen e which they would hold responsib
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