... closely watching the flat. Scotland Yard, it is understood, have pro- cured an interpretation of the provisions of the “Cat and Mouse” Act, and it was this which compelled the officers to wait until the two women chose to leave the Pavilion before they could ...

... RE-ARRESTED. MR. McKENNA ON ‘*‘ CAT ND MOUSE” Mrs. Sanders. financial secretary to the Women’s Social and Political Union, who was sent to prison on June 17 on a con- spiracy charge, and released under the “ Cat and Mouse” Act on June 23, w- ...

... CAT AND MOUSE ACT. MRS. PANKHURST IN NO HURRY TO RETURN TO ENGL. One effect of the ‘‘ Cat and Mouse ” Act has been to relieve this country from suffragette activities for at all events a considerable It is ...

... “caT AND MOUSE ACT. ONLY TWO PRISONERS BEING FED uestioned by Mr. Mr. McKenna ( said:—There are no sentence; but as regards women con’ crimes against ordinary law supposed furtherance of the cause of women’s suff: there are now, apart from six women rece ...

... “active sup- porters” are so few that the operations of the “‘Cat and Mouse” Act have made it im- ble for the campaign to be continued. Pankhurst is, therefore, obliged to admit that the Act has had a distinct effect upon suffragette militancy, Her appeal ...

... second division at Leeds Assizes last week by Mr. Justice Atkin. was released from Armley Gaol yesterday under the Cat and Mouse Act. ...

... think the SOCIIIIPAI Cat at: I \louse Act is simply playing with whole business, and one cannot possibly expect that peace will ensue from such methods. Any sensible man can see that from the very beginning the Cat and Mouse Act proved ...

... NOTHE **MIOUSE” FOR FRANCE. Mrs. Baines, the well-known Manchester suffragette, who was dealt with under the “ Cat and Mouse” Act several times while awaiting trial with her husband and son, has now escaped the vigilance of the authorities, and is believed ...

... who are both charged with arson at Hampton, and who had refused food in prison, were not to be released under the “Cat and Mouse” Act. Mrs. Edith Rigby, the Preston su’ while attempting to address a meet- ing at Preston last Thursday, has again been ...

... had been used to prison merely to make a demonstration. by Mr. Lansbury, who, he thought, had gone claimed that the “Cat and Mouse” Act had broken down, and the way in which it was being administered was bringing contempt on the law. These wild women ought ...

... Nor could these women be treated as criminal lunatics; they would continue their present , action. He stood by his Cat and Mouse Act, which he insisted was successful to a great extent, inflicted severe punishment, had caused some suffragettes to abandon ...

... approached Mr. Asquith, requesting him to receive a depu- tation upon him their views on ‘ the crue! administration of the ‘Cat and Mouse’ Act. The of this fact is type- written on the official notepaper of the ‘ National Political League,’ and the refusal of ...