The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-29
March Through the Streets
Smashing Glasses of
Shop Windows
"ANSWER TREACHERY
WITH MILITANCY"
Crowds Show Little Sympathy for
Indignant Women - Some Are
Jostled in the Street as They
March to Prison

London January 2S.-As a protest
against the withdrawal of the franchise
biIl by the government the suffragists
resumed their militant tactics tonight.
While deputation, which the chancellor
OF the exchequer, David Lloyd-George,
had refused to see until tomorrow morn
ing. was trying to force its way into par
Lament against an overwhelming force,
and women We're being arrested for re-
sistlng the officers, other bands of wom-
en- went through Whitehall breaking win
dows of the government offices and
through Cockspur street. where the great
Late glass windows in the establishments
OF shipping companies were ruthlessly
smashed.
The women also visited Oxford, Regent
and other streets in the shopping district,
where similar damage was DONE. Later,
roail boxes were attacked, quantities Of
liquid being poured into them.
In the outlying suburbs, too, the suffra-
settes damaged property.
Twenty One Arrested
Twenty-one women were arrested in the
vicinity of the parliament building, but
were allowed out on bail after the house
Or more prisoners charged with destroying
property.
The demonstration in Whitehall was not
MS large as some of those previously held,
The force of police and a drenehing rain
initiating against any great turnout. The
Widest excitement prevailed, however,
snc besides protecting property and ar
resting women engaged in window smash
ing or who refused to move on when or
dered. the police. had the greatest diff
Guilty in protecting the women from an
unruly crowd of youths who gathered and
Justled every woman wearing suffragette
colors.
In several cases the women were rough
~ handled An attempt to duck four
of them in the fountain In Trafalgar
square was frustrated by a police posse
which had to ride through the crowd
The entire deputatian of q women who
attempted to make their way into the
house of commons to interview Chancellor
Iioyd-George was arrested. The pris-
oners included Mrs. Drummond and Sylvia
g'dnkhui'st, who marched in front Be-
fore starting on their mission the dele
gates listened to addresses by Mrs. Em
incline Pankhurst and other leaders.
Asquith Is Criticised
Mrs. Pankhurst said the withdrawal Of
the franchise bill including the speaker 8
ruling, was a plot decided on long ago.
and Premier Asquith was aware Of it,
THE answer to this treachery,'' she de-
CARED, ''is militancy.
sylvia Pankhurst declared their inten-
ton was TO hold the speaker in the chair
snd leave MIR Asquith on the bench, and
With this the deputation started The
IL lice gave them safe escort as far as the
entrance of parliament, where an inspec-
to, Informed them that the chancellor
of the exchequer would be unable to see
them until morning.
Mrs. Drummond retorted, This is TOM
colry. If you do not let us in there will
lie trouble"
At that the members of the deputation
thew themselves at the police who stood
sin deep across the entrance and in the
scramble Mrs. Drummond and another
woman were either thrown or fell to the
ground The police gave the women sew
erai chances to withdraw quietly, but as
tney refused all were arrested The crowd
cwed little sympathy for the. women.
whom they tried to jostle as they We're
eng led to the station. The authorities,
il Is understood. contemplate arresting the
leaders for melting their followers TO
break the laws.
Christobal Pankhurst, who is often re-
feired to as the brains of the organiza-
ton, Is believed to be in London. direct
jrg the demonstration. She is known to
have left Paris, where she had been liv-
irP since warrant for her arrest was
issued at the time her mother, Mrs. Em-
rneline Psnkhurst, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Iethick Lawrence were convicted and all
trace of her was lost.
The damage to property tonight would
have been much greater had not shop
keepers taken the preeaution to board up
their windows.