New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
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servatives. who would do anything under
heaven and earth to get tho present gov
crnmcnt out. Yet there is nothing To be
gained by doing this. on the contrary.
there Is everything to lose Woman suf-
frage cannot gain anything from the Con-
scrvatives, and II will lose all. / fear the
sufrragsts are delaying the progress Of
the cause, that they are setting II back
years. instead OF gaining ground"
What is the relative strength OF the
antl-militant and the militant suffrsgists?"
Those opposed TO all militant methods
are five time as many as those favoring
them. There are several organizations who
agree upon the use OF reason In securing
their ends. while the Pankhurst organiza-
ton Is the only one adopting militant meth
DDS. ON the other side there is the Peoples
Suffrage Federation. OF which am mem
ber II is the most democratic OF all the
organizations interested in the equal fran
chise for men and women. This is the
body to which all the working classes or
women belong. the trade union guilds. etc.
Then there Is the National Union Of Suf-
frage Societies led by Mrs. Fawcett, and
the Women's Freedom League ledsby Mrs
Despard The reason why our side has
never been put forward on this side OF the
Atlantic Is that there has been no one who
has come over to speak about II. The
woman suffraglsts here have obtained all
their views regarding the English situation
from Mrs. Pankhurst. ] am practically the
only one who has presented the other side
] agree with Elihu Root, speech by whom
have just been reading. that the first duty
of popular sef-gOvernment Is individual
self-restrant.
Mrs Jonson is the daughter Of Sir
Thomas Douglas Forsyth distinguished
Anglo Indian administrator, who died In
isss. He played "A part in the mutiny that
won him a decoration, and later became a
commissioner i'm the Puntab. In 1872 he was
intr,Isted with the task of suppressng the
insurrection OF Malair Kotla, and in 1873
he was appointed envoy TO Kashgar. In
1875 he filled the same role in a visit to the
King OF Burma. to bring about a settlement
of the question OF the Karens. He was
also an explorer. being the second Eng
lIshman to cross the Karakorum range OF
the Himaayas lie was twice sent to Rus
sIa on diplomatic missions respecting the
Indian frontier.
From the age OF twelve his daughter, now
Mrs. Jonson. was his private secretary
going with him when he went to Portugal
TO negotiate with the Portuguese govern
ment for the building Of the West Of India
Railway through Goanese territory.
Brought up IN an atmosphere OF interna-
tional politics, Mrs. Jonson has been a
woman suffragist all her thinking life.
Those whom she styles recent converts"
therefore, she says. amuse her when they
assert, as some OF them do, that she has
no title to the name because she Is not an
.anarchistic sulfragist." as she describes
those who think the militant methods of
the Pankhursts are the only earmarks OF
a woman sunragist. She is member Of
the Peace and Arbitration Society and a
dlsbeliever IN physical force as applied To
nolltics She also Is the president OF three
women's Political associations in the south
of England and the author OF three plays,
which have been produced In London