On Wednesday, May 27th, just a week after the day on which it had been given to the deputation of Liberal members who supported Woman's Suffrage, Mr. Asquith was questioned in the House of Commons by Mr. Alfred Hutton, a Liberal Member, who was opposed to it. Mr. Hutton asked whether he considered himself pledged to introduce the proposed Reform Bill during the present Parliament, whether in that event he would give an opportunity for raising the question of Woman's Suffrage, and whether, if a Woman's Suffrage amendment to the Government Reform Bill were carried, it would then become part of the Government policy in relation to the franchise. After some close cross-questioning, in which he had tried hard to evade the point, Mr. Asquith finally replied, "My Honourable Friend has asked me a contingent question with regard to a remote and speculative future." Thus was the hollowness of the vaunted pledge exposed. The Liberal papers still called upon the women to support the Cabinet, but in spite of this they showed that they found it difficult to uphold the trickery of their leader, and it was the Liberal _Daily Chronicle_ that said "the skill and dexterity of the Prime Minister in parrying embarrassing questions was much admired, but not a few loyal supporters of the Government felt that the occasion was one that demanded candour rather than adroitness." FOOTNOTES: [26] At the General Election there were two seats to be contested, and every elector had two votes but he might only give one vote to each candidate. CHAPTER XIII JUNE, 1908 HOW MR. GLADSTONE'S CHALLENGE WAS ACCEPTED. THE PROCESSION OF 13,000 SUFFRAGISTS ON JUNE 13TH. THE GREAT HYDE PARK DEMONSTRATION ON THE TWENTY-FIRST OF JUNE, AND THE DEMONSTRATION OF PROTEST IN PARLIAMENT SQUARE ON JUNE 30TH.