The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
LONDON CROWDS MOB
TWO SUFFRAGETTES|
Police Save Militant Women
From Rough Treatment by
Angry Englishmen.
SHAW PREDICTS LYNCHING
Court Ball, with Army Of De-
,ectives,. Proceeds With
out Disturbance.
sgec,a cable Despatch 10 ruE su..


LoSpoN, June 9.-The court bail at
buckingham Palace tonight was not dis
turbed by sufrragettes There was an
unprecedented number of detectives and
police inside and outside the palace and
all the invitation cards were scrutlnized
very closely.
waiter Hines Page. the American Am
bassador. and Mrs Page and all the mem
bers OF the American Embassy staff we're
In attendance at the ball.
Women who were selling the SutTTd-
peite. the official organ of the Women's
Social and Political Union. were mobbed
ct two places in London this evening.
Their papers were wrested from them, torn
into shreds and trampled upon The
arrival Of the police saved the women
from rough treatment on both occasions.
George Bernard Shaw. replying 10 the
question. Should the militant hunger
strikers be allowed to die?" said to-day ::
AS we have neither conviction enough
TO dare to starve the militants to death
nor common sense enough to pledge our
selves TO the inevitable reform. there Is
nothing to be done but to wait until the
women provoke a mob to lynch them and
tne Government hangs a satisfactory num-
Der OF the mob In expiation. Then the
women will get the votes after the last
inch OF mischief and suffering has been
slueezcd out OF a situation which several
civilized. reasonable countries have al
ready disposed of without the slightest
trouble. That's England all over
Several clergymen also approve the pro-
posai. Father Bernard Vaughan. the cele-
brat"d Jesuit priest. said
There is nothing officially wrong In
letting them die. Let them start at once
and make up for lost time
The Rev. A. j. waldron, vicar OF st
Matthew'S. Brixton, said that he does not
believe In forcible feeding and that II the
women refused food they should be al.
lowed to die. The Rev. Richard Free
Vicar OF St Clements. Fulham. said that
he thinks the proposal very good one
~ have advocated 1t for many months.
he said.
Interviewed by an EueninO STANDARD re
porter Sir Philip Burne-Jones suggested
new form OF treatment for the mill
tants
~ should place plenty OF food neal
them" he said, land then summon {,
the prison their fathers, mothers. sister,
and any other relatives and admit then
10 the cell. II the women still continue,
20 refuse food believe a majority o
people would be for letting the law taxi
It's course"
suffragette invaded the Corporation
Art Gallery at Birmingham to-day with g
butchers cleaver and attacked RomneS
painting. IA Portrait OF Boy" Sh,
hacked the picture several times befor.
guards reached her and turned her over
10 the police. She fought strenuously
against arrest. The woman gave tn,
name Of Ryland. Art experts say ths
picture can be restored at a cost OF about
5000.
The police raided the new headauarter.
~ the Nomen's Social and Political Cnior
in Westminster, which. the mUitants hav,
occupied since the raid on the headquar
ters In kingsway month ago. anC
searched for further documentary evi
dcnce against the organization. A guam
tlty Of books, documents and letters wa,
seized. The women in the offices were
taken by surprise. They were driven out
but no arrests were made.
Ivy Bonn, the militant who slashed tive
pictures in the Dore Gallery last Wednes
day and then made a savage attack or
the attendant with her Ratchet. was sen
fenced to six months Imprisonment to-ds Y
This was the maximum sentence tina
could I've imposed under the law. TIL,
soran screamed necessarily during tn,
proceedings In court.