New Britain herald., 1917-03-29
I|l|DYD ! GfOl FOR
 WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
bp1af Law Also BeheTes in Po- Bical. Equality oi Sexes

London. March 29.-Premier Lloyd
 zeorge made a declaration in the
 {ou6H of Commons late yesterday in
 Ay0f~0f woman suffrage. He said he
 yelcomed the recommendationy to that |nd which had been offered in the
 .ogratn for electoral reform moved
 sy foryher Premier Asquith.
 Other recommendations of the pro-
 EanQ1 which was framed at a recent
 6nference presided over by the tp6aker, were: Six months residence
 fthe occupation of business premises
 te &he only qualification for vot-
 IT, redistribution of seats. propor-
 SpnAl representations In large urban
 feas, all elections to be held on one
 Alter an interesting debate the ASse by G majority of 279 expressed
 NproyAl oG legislatton on the lines of i i4 SpeakeTts conference recomendA-
 lbhs for franchise reform. The small AhOrity represented not the actual Epponents of reform, but rather mem
 Nxs whoewerc desirous of postponing tb}4tion Of SO contentious charac- ENr until after the war.
 4S The great features Of the debate |YDf4 the frank acceptance by MT. As- k$1ith and Andrew BonAr Law, chan E&llor of the exchequer. of women's |}ght to vote as . result of their war |ScrfAces and services, and the Pre-
 4kf's wholehearted acceptance of the Adherence recommendation, except k3porti0nal representation. He was 3en willing to go still further and
 31ke the qualifying period of resi- tHce three instead Of six months. The premier, paying the warmest stibute to 'women's work during the lar. especially the devotion, courage, Hnd zeal of women munition makers, lid that when after the war the na- Rsoh came to recast the whole indus. kta1 fabric. to. give women no voice therein would be an outrage; it would - in3quitable, unjust, and ungrateful. nd he believed that the country foslld not sanction such injustice for ' fmQment. He agreed to the desirabil- of avoiding all political controver-
 during the war. The parliament
 De elected after peace was declared
 oMld have to solve quickly fleta'
 4ems' which would deterlHlna 3hA
 fse Of things tn Great BrikSi1 md
 empire for generations. altQ M1lIel
 Was miStaken in the temf 04 tl(N
 6pIe. they. did not intend IT Y sshls tren1end0us reconstrN t0A - Uy party machine; they ;sg n Y aolievAd. to take 1t into M ' 1AndS. Therefore, he decl x ~ was glad that men of A IE & ~ K 'ttths had agreed upon q b1 < Electorate, millions Of Who5tk &s ncrifices for their country jsss;ss Q After tntirnidating that kho M Aent Skas not prepared to 11lo1 ks II JSx 'lortional representation. tho sIS I3ncludsd by expressing the non k&e house would show ap5ff Y kefely of cancellation. but c te
 fse, and carry through the Teexf-
 endations substantially, In the af&thxa 4 which they had been made 2xSl
 dthout the bitterness of politiesf Sntroversy. ss Several Seek Delay.
 Several members of the house sup |erted an amendmenk introduced by Ekfthnr clavelle saltl3 unionist. urg- TIT the avoidance of the question dur- HdE Ae wAr, except in the shape of 9 1eqiporary measure placing soldiers an sailors on the register. the ground ,&aG taken by MT. Salter that any |khe1ne of reform as suggested would 5isconrage the. Allies, disconcert the 'lgnttng men and detract from the na- (top0 efforts to win the war. M E III. Asquith's statement of his h4nge Of opinion In the matter of ton1an suffrage was made es in the |1oprse of his speech moving the adop- Don of a plan for electoral reform. Le said his opposition to woman suf- |f41s had always been based solely on |!ope Zderations of public expediency. 'll4A women had now worked out their |1Wm salvation. The war could not be