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Show RELEASE OF I SUFFRAGIST Mrs. Emmeline Pank-hurst. Pank-hurst. After Having I Been on Hunger Strike for Nine Days, Goes on Probation London April 12 Mrs Kmmeline Pankhuist the suffragette leader, w.ip released from Holloway jail this morning after having been on a "hunger strike' since she was sentenced, sen-tenced, only nine days ago, to three I years of penal servitude. Mrs Pankhuist was released on probation, under the terms of which -;ho must report at frequent intervals to the police In case she commits any misdemeanor, she Is liable to immediate im-mediate arrest without a warrant and must ihen serve out her full J term of conviction. The Intention of I I the authorities is to allow her to be' free only until she regains her ; strength. Condition Very Grave. The condition of the suffragette lender was described bv her friend this morning as very grave. She was removed to a sanitarium. The Woman's Social and Political I union, the organization of the mil i - I tant suffragettes did not learn in advance ad-vance of the intended release of Mrs Pi nkhurst and there was no demonstration demon-stration when she left Holloway jail. Phyllis Brady and Mllllcent Dean, two girls who were arrested on April 4 as 'suffragette firebrands," were sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment each at the police court today Miss Brady has been on a hunger strike since she was arrested and appeared I In court this morning in an exhausted ; coudillon |