The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-12
EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE BESIDE FAMOUS CORONATION CHAIR
 IN WESTMINSTER.
MANY VISITORS PRESENT
Commons Advocated Deporting the Militant Suffragettes to Some Is- land.

London June 1l.-Militant suffra- gettes staged one of the most dramat- ic acts of their campaign today when they exploded a bomb in Westminster 1 Abber at the very moment the Right 1 Hon. Reginald McKenna, secretary of state for home affairs, was delivering an optimistic speech in the house of commons nearby regarding the gov eTnment's method of dealing with the wild women" The bomb was placed beside the famous cor0 nation chair | in Edward The Confessor's chapel. AL 1 though il did little damage, it's report penetrated the house chamber, inter rupting Mr. McKenna's oration, and bringing members into the street to learl what had Happened A statement issued by Scotland | Yard gives the facts in a conservative form.
 At 3 o'cioclS," says the statement, "a small bomb was exploded in imme- | diate proximity to the coronation chair. It is supposed some member of large party of sightseers Jagged behind the rest and deposited the bomb when the others had left the chapel.
 "The damage was sligAt. A portion of the carved wood at the back of the chair was blown off and some of the stone carving of the screen of the great altar was damaged. The bomb, thin metal nickel plat ed was exploded by a fuse. A wom- aa's feather boa, a guide book and small black silk bag were found on chair nearby. The pieces biown off can be put together again"
 The explosion startled a hundred or more visitors who were being con ducted about the Abbey and women ran screaming for the doors. A great cloud of dust filled the chapel and those within first thought lightning had struck the building.
 Two young women who were near est the chair were taken to the police station but were released when they lproved their were foreigners. Discussion of the militant campaign in the house of commons today show ed that the government contemplates no new measures except to attempt to make subscribers to the funds of the women's social and political union re- spoasible for damage the militants in ] flict. The home secretary, who made a lengthy speech, dismissed the sug- gestion of the deportation of the mili tants as impracticable and declared 1 to let them commit suicide in jail by | starvation likely would arouse sym pathy. He appealed to the newspapers to kill the agitation by ceasing to give them advertising.
 Lord Robert Cecil, who raised the question in the House. made an un- happy beginning.
 There has been open defiance of the law which Is a serious matter" he said. The liberal side gave this ex- pression sarcastic cheers because Lord Robert Cecil had supported tho Ulster volunteers.
 T interpret those cheers he re- sponded, "to have reference to recent events in lreiand. [ desire to say how totally different the two events are There is a difference between rebel lion and anarchy. These women waat
 to destroy the government. There are distinct symptoms that the public
 is going to take the law into it's own
 hands. That means lynch law of
 which have a profound horror, as
 being grossly cruel and unjust"
 The speaker advocated deportation.
 There were cries of where to?''
 There are many islands belonging
 to this country" he rejoined "and 1t
 would not be difficult to discover d suitabie island"
 James Kierhardie. socialist and in- dependent labor member, denounced lnoliee interference with the process
 sion, under Sylvia Pankhurst. which
 sought yesterday to see Premier As
 quith. He declared Miss Pankiurst
 should not have been arrested. Sir Arthur Basil Markham. liberal
 said the suggestion that there would be a reaction in the country f hunger
 strikers were permitted to die was = piece of sloppy sentimentalism : Rupert Sackyille Gwynne. unioh'Ns' CONTINUED ON PAGE E'6H'