| Show No Longer a Jest l t THE T HE British government o er n ent has flung it i 1 I of defiance in m tho faces a of the age aun h sentence of f three years ImpS imposed up upon on Mrs Mrss 1 hurst burst their acknowledged leader ad r because violent of them is 15 fair faix n notIce that the i 1 f longer regards the matter as a no a Joke n l t n From this timo time it is apparent r tho gov means to employ towards these law law breaking g t. t I the tho same samo tactics that that would be J were r Wo hc ome of f fe fenders of tho the oPP opposite sex When cn Cl t they ey arc r a r 1 the court will take cognizance y on n of th offense of which the they have havo have been proven guilty without reference to their sex or et of of-I of mis misguided enthusiasm i t t t. t I Tho leaders leaders' are constantly alienating supporters b by their violent methods bu but their 1 losses seem compensated for fOl by bv the added eth enthusiasm thu of those who remain There is a strai strain of obstinacy in th tho English blood that inspires ad adherence d to a cause long after its defeat is IS certain and the disagreeable isa consequences to its exponents impossible of evasion This trait in the British character r of which J John ohn Bull has Imas been so 60 proud is playing its par part partin t in iTt the time campaign of this n militant sisterhood Many without doubt would be glad to to- retire were it not that withdrawal is a confession confession- of dc defeat ent they the cannot cnn can not contemplate S 1 pa JI fe St Another serious problem may 1 mn yet vet keep V OO y lO Wilson awake nights is' is or not this thiB shall nation recognize time the r iti f Emmeline a hu st i n land Y 10 f I |