The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-22

 BATTLE POLICE
TWO HUNDRED WOMEN ON ONE SIDE AND FIFTEEN HUNDRED
 POLICE ON THE OTHER.
The Women We're Led by Mrs. Pank- hurst and Her Daughter-Women
 Used Clubs Freely on the Officers.

militant SuttragetteS to present pe- tition to King George at Buckingham palace today failed, but not until a battle had been fought surpassing in fierceness any previous militant demonstration The crowd of on- lockers suffered almost as much as the fighters, as the people waited in the hot sun for two hours for an at tack which eventaually came from an unexpected quarter.
 Police precautions had been di- rected toward repelling an assault from the direction of Westminster, where the suffragettes had adyer- tised they would form a parade. In- stead, a small body known because of their militant record as gun wO- men of the womans social and polit- ical union burst from a private resi- dence on Hyde Park corner and forced their way through the arch way at the top of Constitution Hin before the small squad of police on duty there could resist them.
 Headed by Mrs. Pankhurst and Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, the flying squadron of women swept down Con stitution Hill towards Buckingham palace, but when half way they met the most hated enemy of the mill tants in the person of Inspector Riley, who has charge of the suffra- gette detail at the Scotland Yard police headquarters
 The shock of combat was short but sharp, and resulted in the arrest of more than thirty women, who used clubs freely Mrs. Pankhurst was one of those arrested.
 One group headed by Miss Sylvia Pankhurst reached a point almost across the drive from the palace, Mounted police surrounded them and placed Miss Sylvia and several com rades in custody
 The crowd at this point was so dense that attempts of the police to clear the drive were unsuccessful until recourse was had to water sprinkling carts, which ruined many fine gowns of fashionable women spectators.
 Several members of the house If commons among the spectators de nounced the police for not adhering to their promise to treat the women with gentleness. The police retorted that the terrific onslaught of the mili- tants had left them no other altegna- tive.
 For two hours after the conclusion of the main battle the police were en- gagged in breaking up small groups of women who had spread over the sur rounding districts. Casualties were not numerous, consisting of a few broken heads, but much harm was done to the uniforms of the police and to the dresses of the women. At no time were more than a couple of hundred women engaged in the bat tie. while opposed to them was a force of l,5OO police.
 Buckingham palace resembled more a mobilization center than the peaceful home of royalty Two am bulance corps were on the scene and both male and female nurses found plenty to do when women began to faint. With the exception of a few min utes when King George stood at a window watching preparations to de. fend him from the attentions of the women, the palace presented a de serted appearance.
 A police inspector said that when | Mrs Pankhurst was arrested he car ried her inside the park gate and she shouted:
 That is right. Arrest me at the gates of the palace. Tell the king.
 In all, 57 persons were arrested, n 1 cluding three men. A dozen suffrd settes, in the small police station al Wellington Arch, smashed every win dow in the place and behaved so yio lently they were removed to bigger stations where there were more police to guard them.
 Mrs. Pankhurst was taken to Hol loway jail for breaking the terms oI the license under which she was las released.
 The police raided a west end fla tonight and arrested four militants who, it is charged intended to star a window-smashing campaign as 6 protest against the rout of the palace deputation.
 General" Mrs. Flora DrummOnd who was sent to Holloway jail May l5 for camping on the steps of thC residence of Sir Edward Carson, was released today and was removed il an ambulance because she was sup posed to be suffering from extreme exhaustion. The police were sur prised to find her a few hours later camped on the doorstep of the resi- dence of the Rt. Hon. Reginald Me Kenna, the home secretary. She was rearrested.
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