New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
Social and Business Life OF
Great Britain Interfered with
by Militant Band.
LIFE QUITE A GlDDY JOY
Extraordinary Precautions Are
Taken to Guard Premier
Asquith and His Ministerial
Colleagues from Attack.
10y cable 10 The Tribune. J

London. Feb. 22.-After brief inter
val of quiet the militant suffragettes
have walked things up in lively fashion
this week. The average Englishman
now searches beneath his bed at night
tional burglar He has given up play
ing golf until the women get the vote
He sends his correspondence by aand
instead of intrusting ii to the post. He
dresses his show windows with .Wo-
inch blanks on the outside instead Of
With laces and silks on the inside. He
has given up carrying a latchkeN. for
women have taken 10 filing the key
holes with shot and the latchkeys Will
no longer open the door for the small
and early" with his shoes in his hand
Life is a giddy joy in the British
Isles these days Even the King and
Queen have not escaped. According 70
THE Birmingham Daily Post a gross
affront was offered 10 them in Their
own grounds by female suffragist re-
Gently. Even in Buckingham Palace
she women presented at court this sea-
son are scrutinized closely.
on account Of the window Smashing
in the West End firms some of The big
business houses who have been victims
Of the women's attack have decided TO
take Independent legal action as test
against the suffragettes. The business
men first applied 10 the Home once TOT
advice and protection. but were toiu
they could not get redress for the loss
OF thousands Of dollars.
The firms are therefore bringing an
action against Pethick Lawrence. fof-
mer treasurer Of the Women's Political
and Social Union. and others on a
charge Of conspiracy. a similar charge
in separate action being brought
against Mrs. Pankhurst and others
Both cases are entered for trial by
Special Jury in the high courts.
Sentiment Crysta!iizing.
g. Meanwhile the government seems
HELPLESS and terrorized. Mrs. Pank-
hurst parades the country Shouting
treason and sedition. Mrs. Drumniond
apulauds and encourages the laWbreai'-
crs and an occasional suffragettc ar
rested throws book al the judge AMI
next day obtains her release from jail
10y the threat Of hunger strike. There
has been no official word from the gov
eminent since the franchise bill was
killed. but signs are not lacking that
the sentiment of the man in the street
is crystallizing.
Every Cabinet minister is being
CLOSELY guarded. When Mr.. Asquith
leaves his house his automobile draws
as closely as possible to the entrance
10 the building. When he reaches the
curb he gi1es his chauffeur instructions
and before he is seated those instruc-
lions have been communicated TO
Scotland Yard officer. who has mean
while approached the other side of tho
car. Before. the Prime Minister car
has started the police officer will nave
jumped into another automobile, when
chen precedes Mr.. Asquith's car. while
third car. with two other officers. one
inside and the other beside the chau:-
feur. swings out from the rank and
follows in the wake Of the other two.
Should ministers walk detectives VIII
follow them unobtrusively, but some OF
the ministers whose welfare is beng
thus looked after can scarcely conceal
their Irritation at the shadowing 10
which they have to submit.
A Terrifying Precedent.
In the frantic search FOR an effective
means Of dealing with the suffragette
raids some one has dug up the follow
ing entry. in the Privy Council book,
preserved among the historic records
Of England:
AT st. James's the third day Of
April. lJ43. the Earl of Surrey. being
sent for 10 appear before the Council,
was charged by the said presence Of Il
nwd and unseemly manner of walking
in the night about the streets and
breaking with stones of certain win
dows. He could not deny but that he
had practised these evil doings ana
submitted himself to such punishment
az should be thought good. Where
upon he was committed 10 the Tower.
The record further states that the
noble earl had 10 do time, being incar-
cerated in the Tower for one calendar
month. He was ultimately liberated
on his own recognizance of $1,000 to be
Of good behavior. A little later he was
decapjtatcd on Tower Hill at the early
age Of thirty. This positively looks