The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-06
THE EQUALITY
Of CRIMINALS
suffrasettes Who Want to voss Must
Also Go to Prison for seven
Years the Same as
Man.
LEADERS WEAKENING
With Their Funds confiscated and the
Members Facing Penitentlary, the
Violence Campaign
Waivers.

"'oH'OoFS dSU9 rSu'tSht'dFys e"S
Violence Campaign
Waivers.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, March 6.-'From now on
all women who break the laws will
be treated the same as everyone else
who commits a crime" declared In
spector Mccarthy, of the London po-
lice today in outlining the plans Of
the city authorities to stamp out the
property destroying tactics Of the
militant suffragettes. Mccarthy engi
neered the raid last night on the suf-
fragette headquarters and is In active
charge Of the work of repression.
This announcement brought home
to the suffragettes today the serious
ness OF their recent damage. It is to
be war hereafter and every woman
who, through devotion to the cause,
Injuries property or jeopardizes any
person will face felony prosecution
Conspiracy charges will be lodged
from now on, according to Mccarthy,
against every militant suffragette
The penalty on conviction may be
seven years Imprisonment. The first
three persons to face that charge are
Pethick Lawrence, Mrs. Pethick
Lawrence and Miss Christabel Pank-
hurst arrested on warrents. They
will be tried speedily and if convict
ed will receive severe felons sen
tences.
There was lengthy conference ol
the leaders Of the militant suffragette
leaders today. 1t was realized that the
authorities now meant business anl
1.-THE question at issue was whether the
members of the league can afford to
continue the demonstrations when II
| is almost certain that to do SO will
mean lengthy prison sentences at
hard labor and the loss of caste that
comes to all convicts.
/ The majority of the leaders declar.
led that the end justified the means.
They thought when it was brought
home to the rank and file of English
men and women that their wives
mothers and sisters had been branded
Afeions for demanding what they be
Ilieved to be their rights. there would
Ibe such concerted demand for i'm
mediate settlement, that the govern
ment would have to give in.
But many of the rank and file tool
the opposite view. They pointed ou
that there was considerable feeling
against the militant element at tn,
present time because of the destruc
Ition Of property and they argued tha
lit would be unfair for woman t,
submit to a lengthy prison sentenc'
when there was no certainty that tn
i cause would gain thereby. No definit
action was taken in the matter a
though the leaders said the demon
lstrations would continue.
i Meanwhile the government official
were going over the letters and do<
uments seized in last nights raid O
the headquarters. It was said tha
among the papers taken were tn
complete plans Of campaign as prt
, pared by Mrs. Pankhurst and the otl
Ter leaders and these probably will
used as the basis for the conspirac
prosecutions.
The thing that hurts the suffr;
gettes the most is the avowed inter
tion of the government to attack tn
funds of the organization to reimburs
persons who suffered losses in tn
raids. The cash of the suffragette
Ialnounting to more than half a millio
dollars. will be held and when IL
government is compelled to replac
glass broken in the raids and to pay fc
lother damage resulting, this none
. will be used. This is possible und'
, the English law and it is know
!. Premier Asquith believes that th
method will soon put an end to destru
j, tive demonstrations.
/ Meanwhile the entire strength
I the London police is being used
1 coIltrol the suffregattes. A Gordon
maintained about all of the publ
t buildings and in the big west ell
S fashionable quarter enough men a
a stationed so that not a single blos
/ icf the noted thoroughfare is left II
9 guaiced.
t An American Suffrasette.
i ALBANY, N. Y, March 6.-Soci
/ circles here are aroused over the q
d rest of Miss Alice Morgan Wright
+ London for smashing windows In Il
t suffragette demonstration. Her fathe
l. H. r. Wright, we'll known busine
n man, went to New York to soc VIII
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