The Henson Journals

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Wednesday, February 28th, 1912.

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~~Hypocrisy in any man is commonly discovered before his death.~~

Ibid. p.14.

I finished the second of the Lectures on 'Puritanism', & then walked into the city & changed a cheque.

Thompson gave his second lecture in St Margaret's. He spoke more loudly & more slowly. There was quite a fair attendance but more feminine than last week.

He shewed me a correspondence he has had with Gore, the upshot of which is that Gore refuses to permit him to officiate within the diocese of Oxford, & will give no reason for his action.

In the evening I attended the great Demonstration against female suffrage. Lord Cromer was in the Chair: Lord Curzon, Miss Markham, Mr Harcourt, & F. E. Smith the speakers. The two ministers were subjected to some interruption by Suffragettes. Miss Markham made the speech of the evening.

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On Wednesday evening (February 28th 1912) I attended the great Anti–Female Suffrage Meeting at the Albert Hall. The speech of the evening was certainly made by Violet Markham. Indeed, though the other speakers were well listened to, her speech was the only one which really moved the audience.

On Thursday morning (Feb. 29th) John Troutbeck the coroner died. Two days ago he was operated on for appendicitis, & yesterday he seemed progressing favourably enough: now he has gone. He was just 3 years older than I am.

My lecture in the Abbey on Friday afternoon was dull & everyway depressing. The truth is that the Coal Strike obsesses all minds. This afternoon took place a monstrous window–smashing raid by the militant female–suffragists. 148 arrests were made, & about £5000 worth of property was destroyed. This strange folly adds emphasis to the arguments of Wednesday.

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Issues and controversies: female suffrage