Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-21
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Rulers 10 Ropulai.
4: Attention
Admiralty and Maritime Re-
forms Also Causing Wide
Discussion

London. Feb. 20.-Ncxt to the Home
Rule question the most absorbing PROB
lem faced by the present scssion.Of Par
lament concerns the attitude Of the mil
liant 'suragettes. Supporters of the gov
.ern1nent declare that recent inactivity
of the ,suffragetleS sipdleatfS tina the
Ca and MbMse'M ast,dass accomplished
far. more than itjsptpA s,Gisuinc defend
ers ever expected and that there is little
to fear this year. On the other hand the
militants declare that the prevailing quiet
has only been a lull before the storm
aud that their apparent submission to
the hated act was deliberately planned to
give the mice" an opportunity to re.
coup their forces for T. campaign which
wifi make all their former battles with
the government seem comparatively in
significant.
According TO figures supplied by the
Home Office, only 48 suffragettcs have
been imprisoned in England and Wales
since the "Cat and Mouse act was pass
ed. nine months ago, as compared with
400 sufrragette prisoners during 1912. At
present writing only two suifragettcs re.
main in, prison, Six have completed
their sentences or paid their fines, two
have been discharged upon giving
pledges of good behavior, and 81 fled
while temporarily released III order to
escape further punishment. The odd one
is Sylvia. Panklurst who was recently
released and who has been recovering
from, the effects Of her latest hunger
strike. {.
~lf threats which the lDilitants have
made are carried out, however. the year
viii .outrank any other for troublesome
times. The effort to reach the King at
buckingham Palace, announced as part
Of the program proposed at the first meet
ing Of the Wonan's Social aud Political
Union this yc;n', is only one Of the ways
In which the women Intend 70 keep their
cause before the public. The m%i'itants
claim thai their treasury is Overlooking
and that the ranks, depleted for a time
by illness and prison bars, are again full
Of fighters ready for a long campaign.
Never. since the Women's Social and
Political Union !. occupied its big build
hlg o. kingsway has the place been: So
quiet rs during the past few months, but
il. issail that much Of the work Of pre-
parati1n for this years campaign has
been going on at the home of members
or .0tlier places SO that Scotland Yard
will have some difficulty in repeating its
famous raid upon the wolnen's, head
quarters. "a +.
with the recent laying down Of the
battleshipaa Royal Sovereign and Royal
Oak at PORTSMOUTH, and Davenport a
new. departure was made Ly the British
Admiralty. These two ships with three
others to BE laid down at private yards
this year, will be considerably smaller
and slower than their immediate pred.
ecessors, aud they, vii, also be coal burn
--ers, carrying oil only as auxiliary fuel.
This means a saving. boil, in the cost
-of construction and operation, but it is
believed thai the Admiralty in making
the decision was guided more by the oli,
ion that battleships have grown beyond
the most practicable size than they were
by economy.
1t is believed that the new ships viii
have a displacement Of bout $4,000 tons.
thus being smaller than any battleshipS
under construction, except those of
France, which are about the same size.
IT would seem that France and England
had an understanding in the matter, as