Show J Lady Astor Pays High Honor to Mrs Offers to Resign Seat in Parliament Parlia ment in F vol of OneTime One- One OneTime OneTime Time Militant Suffrage Suffrage Suf Suf- f frage ge L Leader der LONDON DON March 4 AP I AP I feel It that at I 1 have been in the house of commons as a sort of preliminary canter waiting for a real horse to come along declared Lady Astor the born American member of parliament parliament parliament par par- last night as she offered to resign her seat In favor of Mrs Emmeline gracefully de- de militant suffragette leader There Is no sacrifice any woman would not make to get you into the commons Lady Astor added Mrs Parkhurst gracefully de declined do- do the offer of ot Lady Astor but expressed willingness to contest some seat which may fall faU vacant She said she was a constitutionalist constitutional constitutional- but denied a rumor that she had accepted an nn Invitation to become a conserva conservative tI Mrs r recently returned to England from Canada with the Intention of permanently residing here and desirous of entering par par- The offer of Lady Astor WItS was made at a dinner given Mrs by women friends Including Including in including In- In Lady Rhondda who ho some sometime sometime sometime time ago unsuccessfully sought a scat seat In the house of lords and Mr Mrs Snowden wife of Philip Snowden who was vas chancellor chancello of the exchequer exchequer ex ex- ex- ex chequer In the Macdonald labor government All the speakers at the dinner urged Mrs to run for parliament 0 |