The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-06
WOMEN MAY BE
 TRIED AS FELLOWS
MT. And Mrs. PethWiCk Law renee Arrested On Con-
 spiracy Charges
Leaders of Militant Suffrage League Consult as to Whe her Continuation of Present Tactics is Best
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 London, March 6.-Renewed evil dence of the determination of the British government to use the stern est repression methods in dealing with the militant suffragettes was shown when Mr. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, editors of Votes For Women. were arraigned in Bow street court charg ed with conspiracy, today. Both were re1nanded without bail for a hearing on March If.
 London, March 6.-"FrOm now on all women who break the laws will be treated as anyone else who com mits a crime" declared Inspector Mo Carthy, of the London police, today, in outlining the plans of the city au- thorities to stamp out the property destroying tact.cs of the militant sur . fragettes. Mccarthy engineered the raid. asst night on the ulffragette Headquarters and is in active charge of the work of repression.
 This announcement brought nome to the suffragettes, today, the serious ness of their recent demonstration. IL is to be war hereafter and every wo- man who. through devotion to the cause injures pi I-rty or jeopardlzeS any person, will lace felony prose cution- Conspiracy charges will be lodged. from now on, according TO Mccarthy, against every militant suf- fragerte.
 The penalty on conviction may be seven years imprisonment. The first three persons to face that charge arc Pethick Lawrence, Mrs. Peth1ck Law renee and Miss Christobal Pankhurst, the two first arrested. They will be tried speedily and if convicted will receive severe felon's sentences.
 There was a lengthy conference of the leaders of the militant sufIrage league. They realize that the authori- ties now mean business and the ques- ton at issue will be whether the members of the league can afford to continue the demonstrat tOnS when It is almost certain to do so will mean Dor.
 The majority of the leaders declar-' ed that the end Justified the means. They thought when it was brought home to the rank ana file of English men and women that their wives, mothers and sisters had been brand ed felons for demanding what they believe to be their rights. there would be such a concerted demand for inn mediate settlement that the govern ment would have to give in-
 But many of the rank and fife took the opposite view. They pointed out that there was considerable feeling against the militant element at the present time because of the destruc- ton of property and they argued that if would be unfair for a woman to submit to 2 lengthy prison sentence when there was no certainty that the cause would gain thereby. No de- 2 firite action was taken in the matter although the leaders said the demon strations would continue.
 Meanwhile government officials were going over the letters and docu- mentsN seized in last nights raid on the headouarters. It was said that among papers taken were the com plete plans of the organization as prepared by Mrs Emmeline Pank- hurst and other leaders and these probably will be used as the basis for conspiracy convictions.
 What hurts the suffragettes most is the avowed intention of the au- thorities to attach their funds to re- imburse merchants for the windows broken recently. This is possible un- der English law and it is known Premier Asquith believes this method will soon put an end to destructive demonstrations.
 Meanwhile the entire strength of the London police is being used to control the suffragettes. A cordon is maintained about all of the big build- ings and in the West End, men are stationed so that not a sing'e block
  guarded.
 Although they announced. late last night, that they had succeeded in ar resting Miss Christohel Pankhurst, one of the leaders of the militant suf. fra gettes, the police. today. admitted this was not so They said that she had apparently evaded them and they, at present. have no clue to her whereabouts.
 MT. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence are joint editors of the organ of the suf- fragettes. "Votes for Women.".
 Meanwhile. a score of officers are searching for the other leaders of the militant suffragettes agains, whom information has been lodged by the police.
 The police courts were still crowd. cd. today. as the magistrates are moving slowly in disposing of the cases of the two hundred suffragettes arrested in Monday nights riots. All who are found guilty are sentenced to prison terms with hard labor at- tached.
 An effort was made by the United Press correspondent today. to see Miss Alice Morgan Wright the young Albany, N. r., girl sentenced to two months in Potoway Prison. The au- thorities refused to permit her to be seen She and the other prisoners are held incommunicado-
 Miss Wright who graduated from Smith College as a member of the class of 1904. and is a sculptor of wide reputation, will have no favors shown her, the prison superintendent said. She will be compelled. with her sisters in misfortune, to scrub the floors of the prison. clean the win. dows. wash and iron the clothing, etc., used in the prison, and, when not employed in this way, will have to sew on coarse bagging. making sacks The alter is the chief industry of this p, ison and the work is laborious and confining. It will be especially hard in the delicately nurtured wo- man sentenced from this latest raid.
 Miss Wright came over to London from Paris to participate in the win dow smashing campaign. She told the proprietor of the private hotel at De- were Gardens that she would prob- ably be arrested but if not she would remove her trunk on Tuesday. Since her arrest he has not heard from her. MRS. STODDARD BELIEVES
 ENGLISH WOMEN KHFSW BEST.