23 MAY 1914, Page 3

We have neither space nor patience to deal with the

silly attempt by the militants to force their way into Buckingham Palace on Thursday in order to present a petition to the King. Their efforts were defeated by the presence of some two thousand police, but this show of force could not prevent scenes of great disorder. Some of the attacks made on the cordon of constables were very determined, but the members of the force acted with their usual good temper and modera- tion. A great many arrests were effected. Mrs. Pankhurst, who was at large under the "Cat and Mouse" Act, was taken into custody and removed to Holloway.