New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-09
GENERAL" FLORA DRUMMOND.
WHEN ARRESTED FOR LEADING A
DEMONSTRATION.

in the northeast Of London, and bust
| of John Redmond in the Royal Hi
| bernian Academy. at Dublin. was dis
| figured with green paint The act was
f! evidently due to disapprobation OF
the action of the Nationalist member
Of Parliament in voting against the
woman suffrage bill on Tuesday. for
the woman had attached to the bust
card with the following inscription:
~ traitors face is no ornament TO our
picture gallery
The woman declined to pay the FIVE
imposed. prefcrring to serve few DAYS
in Jail in lieu thereof
Big Problem for Police.
one Of the most battling problems
facing Scotland Yard in connection
with the suffragette outragos is the
source from which the women obtain
their bombs. The authorities believe
that somewhere hidden in an out of the
way corner Of London there is bomb
factory working in connection with the
suffragette movement. y number OF
suspected houses are under the closest
observation. while detailed inquiries
have been made with the object OF
tracing all purchases of gun powder
and nitroglycerine and other explosives
within the London area. I'm no single
case. however has any information
been obtained from the hundreds OF
dealers visited that would point TO
solution Of the problem.
The Times" says that the bomb
found in ST. Pauls contained dyna-
mite. Some Of the cathedral officials
however. are of the opinion that the
lever was placed in such position tha'
the bomb could not explode and mat
the real object was to attain notoriety
by attracting the attention of the whole
nation without committing actual dam
age.
London. May S-The militant section OF
the British suffraeettes intends 10 maui
gurate campaign Of even greater Nio-
lence than has hitherto been used IN or
der 10 avenge the defeat Of the woman
suffrage bill in the House Of Commons.
Votes for Women" the woman suffrage
newspaper edited by Mr. and Mrs. Pethlch
Lawrence. SAYS in its latest number:
We see before the country a period oil
disorder such as has not been known for
decades. perhaps for centuries. We see
a prospect Of violence being answered by
violence in a terrible cTescendO. We fore
see the likelihood of crimes being sym
pathized with. if not condoned and APP
proved, by many OF the most respected
law abiding members Of the community.
The authorities have secured evidence
that many Of the former constitutional
suffra gettes have joined the militant body
since the defeat of the wOman's Suffrage
Dill. and they say there is no way TO tell
what may happen next
The damage to property in the British
Isles caused by the militant sunragettes
during the last three months amounts 10
upward Of $4,000. according to an esti-
mate made by the authorities al police
headquarters i'm Scotland Yard. TO this
sum they say must be AIDED the Increased
cost Of protecting lives and property.
Three detectives have been assigned to
watch over each member Of the Cabinet
at all times. while all suspected persons
are Swallowed by plainclothes men and al
public buildings have been placed under
special guard.
Another blow at suffrage milltancy was
struck to-day by the owners Of several
! public halls where the women were ac-
customed to meet issuing a notification
! that the doors would be closed to them
| from now on.
| Much indignation prevails among all
| classes Of society that during the coming
holiday period Windsor Castle will be
wholly or partly closed. together with
the. Tower Of London. the British ana
other museums, cathedrals and pubic
buildings. owing to the fear Of SUI
! frage outrage.
| The Society of American Women IN
London celebrated its fifteenth anniver-
sary at a luncheon to-day in which some
three hundred participated. Mrs. Carrie
| Chairman Gait. OF New York, was to have
been the guest Of honor. but when she
| was informed that suffrage talk was
barred at the function she suddenly re-
membered she had a prior important en-