Evening star., 1928-06-17
Suffrage War Begins in England
BY HAROLD BUTCHER.

TIME sex war is on! The coming
enfTanchisemegt Of all women
over 2I years old in Great
II Britain will give them the bal
ance Of power. And the more
tirnid souls among the men, fearful that
the women VIII exercise this power, are
organizing themselves against the
threatened attack upon masculine pre-
gOgztaveG II is even getting common
10 have woman mayors In England.
The present Lord Mayor Of Liverpool
sS q Son1an-Migg Margaret BeaTan--
end soon after she took Office she en-
tertaig1ed nine other English woman
mayors isl the Liverpool Town Hail.
among them Mrs. Beatrice M. Draper
mayor Of Dcptford. whose election 70
once had stirred Councillor J. c. Har-
yey. bachelor member Of the Borough
Council, into vigorous protest.
4 object 10 sitting under the chair
nsnsEa.p Of q woman" he stated. II
ss had enough for women 10 have votes
end 10 be- eligible for election 10
borough councils and parliament, but
when they are elected 70 the chair IT
Is going 100 far.
Z have always been an opponent of
woman suffrage, and the mentality and
sttiti6e Of most modern women In
enneay0rlng TO ape man gives me cause
for alarm a& 10 the future OF this dear
Old country Ny opinion may seem
archaic, but IL men had the courage Of
tsleir convictions am certain that
women would not have had votes nov.
neither would they be tolerated 70 much
IN ouslTses&. Ny opinions are shared by
my greatest friend, VINO is woman
my mother
~ he resigned He could not stand
being boaSeo ny a woman.
That was q mid episode compared
with the situation now unfolding In the
wn0ie ~ Great Britain, confronted as
IL as with the prospect u two and a
quarter million more woman sosers than
ngeY goaerg AZ the result of the coming
fnfYanchaSeD1eD VI the Gappers
The domination Of men by women
threatens Rot pettscost government. of
course. fog~~wel. wofNsn don't wear
s,etfnoztE any more. But u iS threat
t0 masculine supremacy. u hint NJ h.
return ~ nlatIlarciaiai fofm NJ gov
eminent,
On fse eye n nis resignation coin-
egi0f Bsryey~~Do quite this much
scared D4an again declared
II @onaen want yoths Gly equal terms
vet3g snen, they should be prepared ~
seeeua the responsibilities ~ men. and
III there eiA0siG De another war they
sfaogl6 se prepared " stand IN the
tgenclaes shoulder " shoulder with the
men
C1gancslof Harvey rs not Il lone Yoice
fyy9Ey ia the wilderness. He IL .
sYugt04 He is oae ~ tae many tila,
have made tise new Fifty Fifty Leazilf
yIggltlf gn England This league, which
Stands for the emancipation ~ n3ef
from feminist elimination" has ISSUED
tfs oeeiaE&tsoD ~ sez WaF 10 toftnFigh'
Terms.
Women" says iie uItimatlIm, "sbai
t,e gasDse ~ military cHlscriDts9l on
exactly the SAINT terms and conditions
se naen aFe III may De liable thereto,
IN s@z privileges, concessions sfia
;gnmgJ4ities presently sBWyec by g0n'
IN shall ~ Withdrawn.
"Egi laws snd practices which relieve
women NJ t}le scfgAofnlc consequence
Os their actS snail ie snnluic6.
The marriage laws and sli easDogDi
snd Ussges wi1ich arise t1erstrom siasi
be- fectiGec
Wiaich, &c the Rational Woman
= PA n Efnefics @90Id ssy, ik noti3
ing bsJ1 equal YiRi1fe The members u
tssia English iesgAs, a0NegeT, setUall.