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 must be maintained, viz., to "Do unto others as you would have them do to you." No Party will suffer by a righteous action, and to enfranchise the women is right.

These militant tactics commenced on May 12, 1905, outside the House of Commons, when Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Robertson "talked out" the Bill, and have gone on, getting bolder and bolder, stronger and stronger. We have hit on a magnificent plan of campaign.

First, we are independent of all party politics, and we go to all by-elections to work against the Government nominee, until the Government will find a place on its programme for our Bill. We get the people's ears, and the justice of our cause appeals to them—we never hold a meeting without making converts, We are reaching the women as well as the men; we show plainly that every law which affects men also affects women; we prove to them we are taxed and not represented; we point out the great reforms effected in the colonies by the women's votes; we are educating fathers and mothers together. The great people, the great masses, are awakening to the bare justice of our demand; there is a sign of a great rebellion, a great revolt, for the people are beginning to stir from their long sleep of indifference, and are asking healthy questions as to our methods and reasons for them. It is coming like the mighty roar of the ocean, this great voice of the People, this one Great Almighty Power against which no King, Emperor, Czar, or Governments can stand. It has beheaded and dethroned kings. It has emptied the