Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-06-10


to prohibit the free exercise thereon, q!
to give g privilege or preference to any.
religion, or to make any religious cere-
3mony q condition OF validity Of any
marriage. The lord lieutenant has the
power to veto or suspend any bill OH.
the instructions Of the imperial execu-.
tive. The judicial committee Of the
privy council is to give the final de-
cis1on as to the constitutionality of any
act passed by the Irish parliament. The
collection of taxes remains in the i'm
perial service, which will pay over to
the irish executive an amount equiva-
lent to the expenditure on the Irish SER
vices at the time Of the passing Of the
act. An additional sum Of $2,6OO,OOO
will be paid to ireland the first year, to
be diminished $250.OOO yearly until it
is reduced to 100000. at which point
1t WILL remain an annual payment. The
Irish parliament is to have power to
reduce or discontinue the imperial tax
es excepting the income tax, the stamp
tax, and the estate duties. 1t will also
have power to alter the excise duties,
but In the case of beer and spirits it
is debarred from adding to the customs
duties anything that will. give a great
err increase than 10 per cent. The
Irish representation in the British Par
Lament will be AZ.
Many acts of violence and vandalism
on the part of the British militant suf-
fragists have been reported during the
month Of May. Several paintings in
II HOY ir1i h
hatchets, among them being Herko-
mer's portrait of the Duke of yelling
ton and J. S. Sargent's Of Henry James,
the latter probably ruined. On May
II buildings at the Birmingham race
course were destroyed by fire. On the
Goth near the Kings and Queens tent
at Aldershot a great brush fire was
lighted; and next day a deputation of
militants fought fiercely with clubs in
an attempt to present a petition to the
King at Buckingham palace. Mrs.
Pankhurst, her daughter Sylvia, and
thirty other suffragists were arrested,
and, when arraigned in the police court
next day, made tremendously noisy
disturbance. Mrs. Flora Drummond
was released on the 21st from her jail
sentence for camping on Sir Edward
Carson's doorstep and promptly rear
rested for Immediately thereafter hav-
ing stationed herself at Secretary Nc
Kennas door. The King and Queen
were harangued by suffragists in the
Miss Annie Kenney, while forcibly
seeking an interview with the Arch
bishop of Canterbury was re-arrested
under the "cat-and-mouse" act. Sun
day, the oath, was apparently chosen
for a time of special activity. Sylvia
Pankhurst, chained and handcuffed to
fifteen women and surrounded by other
supporters, marched with long pro-
cession to Victoria Park. There the
police managed to shut the gates with
| only the chain-group inside. Miss
Pankhurst was then forcibly freed from
her manacles and arrested. Meanwhile
outside the park, suffragists and anti
suffragists fought until separated by
| the police. Further demonstrations on
| this day were reported to be several
| window-smashing raids and the inter
ruption Of religious services at West.
| minister Abbey and Newcastle cathe'
| dral by women who fiercely resisted
| election. There were indications on
this Sunday of angry animosity on the
! part of the people toward the violent
suffragists-anger said to have beer
aroused in particular by the recent acts
| of art vandalism and of interference
| with the King. This recent singing
out Of the King for especial attack, an6
remembrance of the frantic death of q
militant suffragist at the Derby last
| year caused the Derby race course an6
the Kings box at Epson Downs or
May 81 to be most thoroughly guarded
No disturbance of any moment was re-
ported during the day, but that night
| windows were smashed at Buckingham
| palace, where the King and Queer
were, by two suffragists who evade(
! the guards.