Tax Resistance.
Articles of jewellery belonging to Miss [Kate] Rayleigh were sold on
at the Chequers Hotel, Uxbridge,
having been seized for non-payment of Imperial taxes. This is the second
occasion on which Miss K. Raleigh, who is a member of the Tax Resistance
League, has made a similar protest. The auctioneer was entirely in sympathy
with the protest, and explained the circumstances under which the sale took
place. He courteously allowed Mrs. [Anne] Cobden Sanderson and Mrs. [Emily]
Juson Kerr to put clearly the women’s point of view; Miss Raleigh made a warm
appeal for true freedom. A procession was formed and an open-air meeting
subsequently held. Mrs. Cobden Sanderson presided. Mrs. [Marianne] Clarendon
Hyde, Miss [Alison] Neilans and Miss Raleigh addressed an attentive audience.
A resolution was passed protesting against the sale, and calling on the
Member of Parliament for the constituency to support the Conciliation Bill
when it comes before the House next year. The various Suffrage Societies were
well represented.
M.C.H.
