23 MARCH 1912, Page 3

The Times of Monday published a letter from Mr. Sydney

Buxton, who explains that, though in sympathy with the cause of woman suffrage, ho will vote against the second reading of the Conciliation Bill lest the passage of the Bill should enable the militant suffragists to say that violence has triumphed. We are very glad that Mr. Sydney Buxton has courageously made known his intention. It is obviously an important step for a Cabinet Minister to take, and we trust that it will be freely imitated. The militant suffragists profess indifference to the fate of the Conciliation Bill, but every one knows that if it were passed the result would be cited as the justification of violence.