Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-11-07 | Page 5 | Compromise May Come at Last

COMPROMISE MAY; COME LAST Decided Efforts Being Made to Induce Agreement With Suffragists. GIVE UP MILITANCY Unqualified Repudiation of Methods Demanded By Government. London, England. Nov 7. Decided efforts are being made to induce the British go eminent to come to an agreement with the suffragists, wherebv a measure for the enfranchisement enfran-chisement of women can be made a part of the official program of the Liberal party. Some suffragist leaders said todav that this movement has obtained considerable con-siderable headway A strong feature of the conference his been the pres ence of Mr and Mrs. Frederick Will lam Pet hick Lawrence, who left the women's social and political union at the request of Mrs Emmellne Pank-hurst Pank-hurst It Is known that the government will consider a compromise based only on an unqualified repudiation of the women's social and political union and all Its militant methods. Hitherto the constitutional suffra gettes have refused to criticise their militant sister formally, declaring that it was bad tactics in the face of the common enemy to queatlon the actions ac-tions of the militants, out several con stitutional suffragette leaders now express themselves as willing to aban don this attitude They have, they say, become connecd that only by suppression of the militants is there any hope of obtaining the parliament ary suffrage for women Women al readv possess the municipal suffrage and may hold any civic office outside of parliament oo