WSPU Message codes

Transcript

Ex. 134

CODE

Wool - Telegram

Woolly - Wire back.

Woollen - I am telegraphing

Mix - A letter

Mixture - Letter follows, do nothing until you hear again.

Woollen-mixture - I am telegraphing, a letter follows, do nothing till you hear again.

Hare - Can you go at once?

Tortoise - Don’t do it, wait.

Fox - Are you prepared for arrest?

Foxes - How many are prepared for arrest?

Goose - Don’t get arrested.

Duck - Don’t get arrested unless success depends upon it.

Bird - At once, immediately.

Silk - Will you go to protest meeting?

Cotton - Meet.

With - at

Without - Wait at, or, wait for

Examples

Silk thistle almonds
Pens review duck Woolly
E.Kew.

Will you go to protest at Asquith’s Public Meeting to-morrow evening but don’t get arrested unless success depends upon it. Wire back to Ch. Pankhurst, Clements Inn.

Mix with coffee - Letter at Local Post Office.

CODE FOR CABINET

Thistle - Asquith

Lilly - Birrell

Dock - Burns

Daisy - Buxton

Firs - Carrington

Holly - Churchill

Elm - Crewe

Nettles - Lloyd George

Thorns - Gladstone

Ash - Gray

Oak - Haldane

Birch - Loreburn

Roses - McKenna

Beech - Morley

Pansy - Runciman

Violets - Samuel

Trees  - Cabinet Ministers.

CODE for W.S.P.U.

A - Drummond

B - Kenney

C - Hambling

D - Mrs Lawrence

E - C. Pankhurst

F - Mrs Pankhurst

G - Organisers

H - Men

I - Women

CODE OF PLACES

Kew - Clements Inn

Potters Bar - House of Commons

Henley - Downing Street

Balham - Whitehall

Oxshott - St James’ Hall

Purley - Queen’s Hall

Gatwick - Caxton Hall

North - 63 Chancery Lane, W.C.

South - 147 Harley Street

CODES FOR STATIONS IN LONDON

Gold  -  Cannon Street

Silver  - Charing Cross

Lead - Euston

Iron    - Fenchurch Street

Brass  - Great Central

Steel  - Great Northern

Tin      - Holborn Viaduct

Zinc  - Liverpool Street

Pewter - London Bridge

Metal - Paddington

Ore    -  Victoria

Platinum - Waterloo

Oil    -   Departs

Vinegar - Arrives, or arriving

Paper - This morning, or morning

Book   - This afternoon or afternoon

Review - This evening or evening

Pens -  To-morrow

Ink  -     To-day (sometime)

Stamp - Come

CODE OF KIND OF MEETINGS

Almonds - Public Meeting

Raisins - Dinners

Nuts  -  “At Homes”

Oranges - Exhibitions (openings, laying stones etc.)

Apples - Lectures

Pears  - Out of doors

Grapes - Free

Lemons - Pay

Coffee - Local P.O.

Tea   - Tickets.