Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-20
HEAP |ND|CN|T|ES
ON SUFFRACETTES
Crowd of 10000 Pelts Women with
Turf, Oranges and Other
Missiles.
HATS AND CL0AKS TORN OFF
London Police Lead Unfortunates
to Tube Station, Bar Men
and Are Blamed for In
terfering.
HATS AND CLOAKS TORN OFF

London. March l6.-Tho suflragottes,
who again attempted to hold a Sunday
mobbed by crowd of 10000 persons.
They were pelted with clods OF turf, or
anges and other missiles, and when the
police were escorting them from the
scene the rioters tore off the hats and
cloaks Of the women and even struck
some of them in the face.
For two hours the park, where demon
STATIONS until recently were held in
peace. and oxford street nearby were the
scenes of widest disorder.
The trouble began when Gen" Mrs.
Flora Drummond mounted a wagon and
started to speak to the great assemblage
which was largely made up Of youths,
who had armed themselves with ammuni-
ton of various descriptions. or with
trumpets, mouth organs and bells. Her
appearance at the front of tho platform
was the signal for an outburst of deafen-
ing noise and compartment Of missiles
She had hardly uttered a word when a
clod Of turf struck her in the mouth
Mrs Drummond maintained her good
nature, smiled at her tormentors and
continued her speech amid veritable
tornado OF abuse, Eat calls, ragtime Choir
u.es and cries of eco home to your chill
drcn."
At last Mrs. Drunmonds speech, Of
which not a word was audible, came to
an end, and younger woman took her
bo
lice. realizing the danger the women were
in, called upon the chairman to close the
meeting.
ALI. HAD THEIR CLOTHES TORN
\ large force Of police, mounted and
atoot. drew in about the suffraGctte
wagon, and undcr this escort the women
were led out OF the park. The police on
dcavorod to pilot the women to the tuhe
station. but the crowd brushed them aside
ana dragged the women up and down tho
street one woman lad an eye hlackenod
and all Of them had their clothes torn
and dishcvcled
The police after half an hours struggle
got tn" upper hand and succeeded in
getting the badly maulcd women into the
tube from which all men were barred UNI
til order had been restored
The attack on the suffragcttes was pre-
conceived lorE before their wagon enter
Cd the park. Hundreds of boys had as
scmblcd ready for mischief and they Great
Cd a scene when the women arrived such
as is seldom witnessed in London park
where freedom OF speech is accorded the
adhorents OF every propaganda. The dis
order continued despite the efforts OF a
A., particularly strong force Of polio"
one Of the speakers. a Mis-, Rogers.
whose clothes wcr" despatched with mud
and eggs. collapsed as she WAS being es-
cored from the park. ard her clothes
were on ,he Point OF being torn from her
when the police succeeded in r"sculng the
woman.
suddenly the cry would 30 up heres
one" and the police would fight their
way to a fanting woman wearing the
unpopular badge OF the Women's Social
and Political Union. Every woman thus
adorned was greeted with cries of "Lncen-
diary" "ShOphreaker,' Take her to the
Serpcntinc," an artificial lake in the
park, while the crowd sang ION You
Beautiful Doll" and 'ther ragtime melo-
dies
While these scenes We're in progress the
spiritual militant suffra sists. in their cos
tunes III black with orange scarfs, at
tended the afternoon service at St Paul's
MRS. DRUMMONp BIAMES POLICE,
Mrs Drummond, speaking of the Hyde
Park affair this evening. declared tina,
the crowd had shown no hostility and
that the trouble was caused by the police
| in interfering with free speech and. In
thclr olicious manner trying to escort
the sulfraeettes from the park,
Mrs Drummond concluded by saying
I'VE didn't want an escort and we don''
fear the mob, and because We trusted
the mob and refused an escort the police
| assaulted us"
At Hampstead Heath another suffya-
ectte meeting was broken up although
the crowd did not attempt any violence
Tha people who mad assembled satisfied
themselves with drowning the women
speeches by shouting, singing and booing
| The police finally mad TO order the women
| away.
The Referee, sunday journal devoted
to sport and the drama, says that the
details Of an elaborate suffragette plot
to carry off David I.loyd-George, chan
ccllor of the cXchequer, are only just be-
ginning to leak out.
THE whole thing says the paper was
well organized, but was given away by
| the ovcr-zcalousncss of one of the APP
pointed ahductors. The retreat of the
honorable gentleman had been carefully
arranged in an unfrequcntcd park In the
country. \ subterrancan suite of apart
ments had been prepared for the captive
| and he would have had every attention.
| when the government learned Of the
daring nature of the plot the number OF
detectives guarding Mr., Lloyd-George was
largely increased
| Sunragettes are supposed to have sci
| fire to newly constructed house to-day
| at Chcam Surrey, six miles from Walton
where Chancellor Lloyd GEORGES house
was damaged by bomb recently.
The Cheam residence, which was burn
cd t. the ground, was not occupied Meth
er the owner nor the agents are In any
way connected with the suffrage move
ment or the government. SuitraSette pla
cards were left nearby.
WITH THE PAST.