SHOULD WOMEN VOTE?
CREAT ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING. A CONSTITUTIONAL OUTRAGE. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT] LONDON, Feb. 29. Ten thousand men ' attended a mass meeting in Albert Hall in opposition to granting women’s suffrage. discount Reel, Lord St, Aldwyn, Mr Austen Chamberlain, ,'a-nd many notables occupied the platform. L.rd Cromer, who presided, read me premier’s telegram “I have'always held that the granting of suffrage to the women of Britain would be a grave political mistake.” Mr Joseph Chamberlain telegraphed from Cannes: “I entirely approve of the agitation against women’s suffrage.” XiO-rd Lansdowne sent a letter declaring that the electors should pass judgnt on so profoundly disturbing a measure. The Lord Chancellor moved a resolution which said that it would be a oon--•iuitional outrage if such a change were made without the express sanction of the constituencies. Lord Cu-rzon seconded the motion. Mr F. E. Smith (Conservative) spoke in support of the motion. Mr Lewis Ilavcourt said that to dilute a male electorate wit ha larger mass of less staple female judgment must result in disaster to the State. f Hie true basis of franchise was manhood, with the ultimate sanction of force. , The Conciliation Bill would .’.hvavs be a fare©.
The resolution was carried enthusiastically.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3464, 2 March 1912, Page 2
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203SHOULD WOMEN VOTE? Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3464, 2 March 1912, Page 2
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