... MR. ASQUITH ON THE CAT AND MOUSE ACT. Replying to the memorial of some Anglican dfl{i‘-n against the “Cat and lom Act, !hj. ‘;Afluuth pants out thnt prisoners are not i ted @ the will of the Home Secretary,” but by the ordinary courts for ...

... RIGUHT ToO SUICIDE, The headmaster of Repton. the Rev. Wil- Ham Temyple, speaking at Oxford on Saturday, deseribod the “Cat and Mouse™ Act as a form of torture. What he would have doar in the circumstances, he sawd, vould have heen to allow the mil tants ...

... Sub-Committee. This vas agreed to. \n appeal to the Trime Mimster to release Mr ...

... and many others arrested. The ““ hunger strike ’ constitnteip delicate problem for those in authority, and the ‘“ Cat and Mouse ”* Act enabling the Home Secretary to “‘license out’’ prisoners was passed. It aroused much controversy, and rearrests of ...

... difheait to appreciate the Bishop of Lincoln's ass)- clation wi'h ar appeal @0 the Prime Mini-ter to reconsider the Cat and Mouse Act. Not that many of us will endor-e ihe ridiculous bataos of “Oxonian,” the Lincolnshire correspondant, whao “Nta: Ddard’s ...

... LIGHTS O' LINCOLWLN BY X RAY. “The Bishop of Lincoln's justification before hi- critics on the “Cat and Mouse” Act, is one which may, or inay not, satisiy them—personally 1 have my doubts. The Bishop doss not approve of militancy; at the same time he ...

... militante on ‘““hunger strike” a* Holloway Gaol have been released. and the wife of a Glasgow minister, released under the “Cat and Mouse” Act, has be:n re-arrested. ...

... the bill for the Temporary Discharge of Prisoners on grounds of ill-health was passed. This has won notoriety as the “Cat and Mouse Act,” and has proved fairly effective in counteracting the hunger-striking methods of the militant suffragettes. | The operation ...