Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-20
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
British Government HaIts on Verge Of
Preeipioe.

London, May 16.-The militant suf-
fragettes campaign Of placing bombs
in public institutions to coerce the gov
ernment into granting the parliament
tary franchise to women was carried on
in several quarters Of London and the
provinces today.
A workmanlike canister of explosives
with a clockwork attachment was found
in the Rotherhite Public Library in
Southeast London this morning. It was
labelled Votes for Women" According
to belief in some quarters 1t was placed
there by man. Indeed, the police sus-
pect many men have been engaged by
officers of the militant suffragettes' So
ciety for this work.
Another machine was found today in
the letter box Of the Wandsworth dis
trict postoffice in Southwest London. It
consisted Of glass tube containing
fluid. A partly burned fuse was at
tached to one end. The police declare
the bomb was apparently set there by
militant suffragettes.
Still another canister Of explosives
with a partially burned fuse was found
today in Holy Trinity church at Has
tings, a popular watering place on the
south coast, where the militant suffra-
gettes have been most active during
the past week.
A defeat has been inflicted on the
government by the wild women" in the
matter Of the suppression Of the mill
tant suffragettes newspaper, "The
Suffragette."
After Archibald Bodkin, counsel for
the treasury had announced that the
government would prosecute any one
printing the newspaper in the future
the labor press and some Of the liberal
newspapers which are the strongest
supporters Of the present cabinet pro-
tested that this was an infringement OF
the liberty Of the press. The former
Socialist member Of parliament, George
Lansbury, and the Socialist member
James Keir Hardie, offered personally
to undertake the publication Of the pa
per, but the suffra gettes declined their
offer with scorn.
Thereupon the home Office issued q
statement declaring that Mr.. Bodkin's
pronouncement had been misconstrued
and that the Women's Social and Po-
litical Union, or any publisher could
issue "The Suffragette" SO long as II
did not contain any indictments to
crime
Sydney Drew, the former publisher
has written to the home office that he
not hereafter directly or Indirectly take
part in printing 1.-The SuffraGette" OF
any other organ Of the Women's Social
and Political Union, and he wants to
know what steps are now to be taken
to protect him from this undertaking.
The special interest taken by the Ia
Dor party in the question Of "The Suf-
fragette" was aroused because the la
Dor newspapers frequently come into
collision with the government. This Is
the case in regard to general conscrip-
ton for the army and in the event OF
this becoming the policy Of the govern
ment, which the labor party fears, the
labor newspapers propose to urge the
workingmen Of the British Isles to re-
sist 1t.
The militant suffragettes again COM
plain that the government discrimina-
ates between them and the Ulster Un-
ionists. They point out that Sir Ed
ward Carson has gone to Belfast to
open the new hall Of the drilling club
there, the object of which is to resist
home rule II 1t should be established
and they ask why Sir Edward Is per-
mitted to advocate rebellion, whereas
they are imprisoned for doing 80.
This weeks number of "The Suffra-
gette" appeared today and was freely
circulated. The general tone Of the
newspaper is much milder than it was
before the raid on the militant suffra-
gettes' headquarters and printing Of
fee.
Miss Zelie Emerson, the militant suf-
fragette of Jackson, Mich, was operat-
ed on today for appendicitis which is
said to have developed owing to the
privations she underwent while she
was carrying out hunger strike" in
Holloway jail.
She was released on April s because
of her weakened condition, and some
time afterward was taken to a private
hospital to prepare herself for the OPP
Grafton. She was sentenced to six
weeks Imprisonment on February IA
for smashing shop windows.