New-York tribune., 1909-11-28
EXPLAINS DOG WHIP
Mrs. Belmont on Sufrdgette
.1ttack on Churchill.

a statement signed by Mrs. o. II. P. Bel
mont was issued yesterday in explanation
Of the attack on Winston Churchill by an
English suffragette. who hit him with a dog
whip The provOcation. she says. was IAN
unprovoked and brutal assault by num-
Der Of Liberal stewards on a party of
young women about TO hold a suffragette
meeting. Winston Churchill. in the Liberal
interest was attending a garden party in
the neighborhood at the time. The state
ment follows:
Within the last week a large number of
papers IN the United States have pub
English suffragette Who struck Winston
Churchill with "A dog whip Not one, so
PEELED her To do II. and without this IL is
hgent opinion.
When Mr.. Churchill was a candidate for
Parliament lost year he was interrOgated
Dy the women as to what he would do
70 help their efforts for the suffrage. and
ne answered: Il will try my best, because l
90 think sincerely that the women have
Always mad logical case. and they have
,.,s ,UH sot Denlhd them great poPuIdI ue
Indhu among women. II Is no longer
movement of a few eXtravagant and eX-
cltaoie people, but a movement which Is
gradually spreading 10 all classes OF
women, and that being so IL assumes the
same character as franchise movements
nave previously assumed"
short time ago Mr.. Churchill was
again interviewed by a deputation OF
women TO know why he had not kept
MS promise, and he answered in effect
that he did not intend to do so, because
he disapprOved Of their militant methods.
At the time this deputation from the Wom-
en- : Freedom League went 10 him he was
ABOUT 10 speak at garden party. The
other branch Of the suffragettes, who had
no connection with this deputation. began
holding a meeting IN the neighborhOod and
distributing literature. not interfering in
any way with Mr.. Churchills Liberal meet
ing IN a garden.
Following is an authentic account Of
what happened
As soon as they arrived a number Of
Young men wearing the rosettes Of Lib
eral stewards assailed them like a pack
OF wolves" as the English papers describe
II. They smashed the hood and bOOtbOard
Of their automobile. ripped up one of the
tires with knife, and tried 10 overturn
The car with the young women in II. They
nearly dragged Miss Adela Pankhurst out
OF the automobile. tore the clothes of the
other ladies', struck them and pelted them
with sods. assailing them at the same time
with coarse ana revolving language. They
twisted one girls scarf around her neck,
and. pulling both ends. tried 10 choke her.
John :. MacGilivray wrote to The Dun
dee Courier that the 'ehabior Of these
men was such as he would not have
believed possible in any civilized country
II he had not heen an eyewitness OF II.
The Young women had literally TO fight
FOR their lives. II is impossible 10 say
girls.
Not an arrest was made. nor did the po-
lice offer the slightest protection to these
young women. A week later one Of the
suffragettes expressed her indignation
toward Mr.. Churchill in what she con-
sidered the most suitable manner by strik
ing him with dog whip, saying: Take
that from the women of England. For
doing this she was arrested for "unlaw-
fully disturbing the peace OF the city and
sentenced 70 prison for month. No word
Of the brutal and unprovoked assault upon
innocent and unoffending women was tele-
graphed 10 the United states, and not one
Of the ruffians who made IL was punished
This IL only one OF scores Of similar in
stances that have occurred in Great Brit
ain. The people OF the United states are
almost totally ignorant OF the situation
there, and are in no position 70 criticise or
condemn