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Show GIRL CENTER OF SUFFRAGE CAMPAIGN; I SCENES IN WO FOR VOTES The prime minister of England is worried Lloyd-George, chancelor of the e. heijUer is troubled Crave and dignified lards are in a panic Cabinet Cab-inet officers and party leaders are aging fast Even King George, Mho generally leads a most placid nn.i peaceful existence, wears a hunt'J look and can't sleep nlght9. What's the matter ? Is it n war with Germany? Does some dreadful plague threaten ! sweep over the land and carry away half the inhabitants'' Has some proph et of evil foretold the downfall of the empire ? No, nothing like that. Here's the rub: Young and det?r mined Miss Sylvia Pankhurst and net .band of suffragette followers want the 1 : ballot and are willing to light for It In fact, they arc fislitlng for It uud I that accounts for the suiirabundance of wrinkles on the classic brows of I England's might:. statesmen .l wejll beautifully until the government dropped the suffrage bill. Then MIh.-Pankhurst MIh.-Pankhurst and her warlike band got put their little hatchets and brickbats and started in lo Carrie Natlonlze Grpat Britain They have succeeded pretty well Much government property has been j destroed. Some sbop windows hme 1 been broken Statesmen unfriendly to the suffrage cause have been set upon and are actually afraid to ap J pear on the streets Acid has been 1 poured III the mall boxes. In 6hort.j I lawlessness and chaos reign, anc) I those patriotic Britons who have al ways taken sin h keen delight in con tntsiing the peace and dignity jf England with the shameful and hideous hide-ous lawlessness of the United States have grown suddenly and strangely si-Lent si-Lent Where will It all end Opponents of eauil suffrage say the militants aro making a mistake. Possibly Yet It was only a short time ago that tho powerful Labor party declared for the firnt time In lavor of suffrage. The cause Is rapidly gaining strength In the Liberal party and even has Con Bervative adherents Suffrage reforms eome bj a different route In England than they lo In America Sylvia Pankhurst and her followers havo more wisdom than Americans give Jk them redll tor fl |