, 1915-07-21

Gu6Il %CN6AodI9 OCCQp4tQ tu6 TWO L dHS0H.
Fifty thousand women paraded in Lon
don through half u million spectators, the
demonstration representing every class,
from Irincesses to shop girls, demand
ing THEN share in the fight against the
Germans. Countless banners were carried,
sample legends reading, eve are not slack
er5," Let us save the men in the trench
o." "Shells nude by wives may save
husband lives" and Women help to win the
war" Mrs. Pankhurst said to Mr.. Lloyd
George that forty per cent of the German
munitlon workers were women, and that
seventy per cent Of the food canued for the
German army vas made by Germ an women.
"En8lish W omen, she declared, "forget votes
for women and want to do their bit for Eng
land by ia king their places in the factories
and relieving the men for the trenches. We
will do any work assigned us by day or
night.
Mr.. Lloyd George, in responding, said:
"Flfty thousand women are already in the
tactorl es and without the aid Of women vic
tory will tarry and the footprints of a tarry-
ing victory will be blood stained. France
mud Germany are each employing 100000
women, and in France the finest workon shells
is done by women. The distractions to EN-
ploying English women are Trade Unionism
and prejudice. There is no question of work
ing women against men for chenpness, as
the Government is paying the same wages
and %forbidding sweating. The difficulty
is to get men mud women to supplement each
other, and the greatest present difficulty is
the deficiency of machinery, but the Gov
eminent is taking over the factories"
A great patriotic demonstration followed,
and MIS-. Pankhurst and Mr. lloyd George,
who are ancient enemies, shook hands, Willie
the women cheered m~anfully.
Mr., Page, the United States Ambassador,
has communicated to the Foreign Office
a Note in the form of caveat, saying
that American trade relies upon Inter
national Law, without limitation or i'm
pairment by Orders in Council or mu-
nicipal Legislation by England. The
United States therefore will not recognize
the validity of Prize Court proceeding in
derogation of International Law, that is, the
United States challenges the extension Of the
British blockade Of Germany to Denmark
and Scandinavia.
The foregoi ng refers to the Prize Court
proceedings in which Sir Edward Carson,
for the Grown, asserted that there was a
conspiracy to evade British military opera
tons by reexportations from Denmark.
Phe Foreign Office has issued a statement
saying that the proceedings eliciting the
United States Note arose before the Order
in Council, and that cargoes are being pro
ceeded against as contraband destined for
Germany via neutral ports, upon the princi-
pie of International Law applicable to such
cases, ships and cargoes being liable to CON
domination.
The Government have ordered three mem
bers of the Sim Fem Society to leave Ire
land, the cause OF their expulsion being their
campaign from public platforms against the
war and recruiting. The trio were active
among the Sim Fein volunteers who opposed
the followers of Mr.. Redmond.
The Cabinet considered the Welsh coal
strike on Saturday, but without result. The
miners met to-day and the Munitions Com
mlttee will meet on Wednesday. Isolated dis