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Show MRS CATT SPEAKS AT A MEETING OF LONDON MILITANT British Government Denounced In . Scathing Language by Suffragets. London Mny 4 At an Actresses' Franchise lenguo meeting tonight in Drury Lnno theatre Mrs. Carr'o Chap man Cntt of Now York president of tho International Woman Suffrage Alliance delivered the first speech sho has mande since her'afrlval in Eng'und. Mrs. Catt said that In tho three days she had been In London which sho hnd devoted to attending suffrnget meetings she had heard moro complaints against the British government than sho had heard against tho American government in her wholo llfo. And Mrs. Catt heard many moro complaints at tonight's meeting, for every speaker denounced tho British government. Resotutfons strongly condomlng the government for not bringing In a bill enfranchising enfranchis-ing women were adopted with enthusiasm. en-thusiasm. Tho denunciation of the ministry by the actresses was mild, however compared with the abuse heaped upon up-on It by speakers at an Indignation meeting of tho Women's Freedmen's lenguo In Caxton hall. A few pbrasos culled from tho speech of Miss Nina Boyle, a militant sutfraget, will servo ns samples. She said the government gov-ernment was composed of "cads and cownrds," and that the ministers wero "a disgraco to tho name of Britishers" Miss Boylo called for militant volunt teors and hinted at an outbreak of militancy that had been planned "that will show this government what a pitiful opinion wo have of it." Militant Leaders Arraigned Bow Stroot courfwas crowded this morning when a band of six militant suffragets who were arrested In tho police raid on the headquarters of the Women's Social and political union on Wednesday were brought up before be-fore tho magistrate on a charge of conspiracy under the malicious damage dam-age acts. Tho prlsioners tncluded "Genoral" Mrs. Flora Drummond, Miss Harriet Roberts Kerr, Miss Agnes Ag-nes Lake, Miss Rachol Barrett, MIbb Laura Lenox, Miss Beatrlco Saunders and Miss Annio Konnoy. With thorn also were Clayton, tho analytical chemist taken Into custody last night nt Richmond, and Sydnoy Drew, the printer of yesterday's Issue of the BUf fraget, who was arrested this morning. morn-ing. Mrs. Emmollno Pnnkhurst. militant suffrnget leader today with tho consent con-sent of tho authorities was removed from tho houso in which sho had been stfrylng iu London to a sanitarium at Working, whero she will remain under un-der tho supervision of tho pollco. |
