Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
ANARCH|ST--NOT YET
Lady WarWick's AvoWaI on
Arriving at New York.
HERE TO TEACH SOCIALISM
Admits She Would Establish Abso-
lutte Communism.
HOLDS WITH SUFFRAGETTES
But Declares Smashing Windows of
Inoffending Shopkeepers Was
Disgusting.
HOLDS WITH SUFFRAGETTES
BY JOHN L. EDDY.


Of Warwick, sharer of one Of the proud
est titles in Great Britain, mistress of
historic old Warwick castle, the one-tme
stronghold of England's famous king
maker" came to America today to teach
us-to teach US. what? Morals? Man.
nerso Monarchism? How to behave in
the presence of king? No. Democ-
racy-socialism, if you please.
For Lady Warwick is socialist
spelled in capital letters-and she doesn't
hesitate to say SO.
Like all incoming aliens. her ladyship,
before she was permitted to land. had to
make formal declaration of her inten-
tons and her attitude on various sub
jects.
Are you an anarchist was one Of the
questions on the printed form submitted
to her.
Not yet she wrote.
do you think l will be permitted to
land?" she asked, as we were waiting,
fog-bound, down the bay, after the
toughest and most all-around disagree
able trip the Mauritania has ever MADE;
Il have hideous visions Of being barred
out as an undesirable alien-a wild. ram
pant revolutionary waving red flag.
But are you really a socialist? l
asked. DO you accept the theories.
say. Of Herr Bebel Of Germany Van and-
of Karl M Mar y she a aad the power by
the signature of a pen or the wave OF a
magic wand, do away with the present
system and establish Immediately abso-
lutte communism in its place.?
Certainly she replied. without sec
ond's hesitation. There will be no peace
until we get 1t.
Her clear, blue eye looked up as simply
and frankly as IL she had just announced
that two and two make four.
Holds Her Little Court.
Every inch an English great lady she
looked as she held her little court in the
lounge room Of the beeagured Maure
tania. She is the mother-in-law of Wis
count Chelmsley, who is an obstinate.
arguing. uncomfortable tory of the kind
who made the Stacking of the house of
lords a democratic necessity, and she
Is the mother of Lord Brooke. who
doesn't go in for politics, but who sets
great store by the army" but she has
the peachlike complexion OF girl of
seventeen.
Her hair-well, it may be very blond.
or it may be almost white-I don't know
which; but against that fresh British
complexion and shading those clear. blue,
clever. smiling eyes, it made her look
very distinguished.
where Is Lady Warwick? How can
I tell her when ] see HERO asked a
curious American. just emerging from the
elevator who wanted to see real live
countess, who had heard that she had
emerged at last from her stateroom
after the painful voyage.
Her ladyship is in the lounge room."
said tho steward You can't mistake
her. she's that stately
Among those who paid their respects
was the Hon. Mrs. F. Guest" as she ap-
on IA LIST formerly
Miss Phipps of Pittsburgh, as fine, hand
some, healthy, charming and thoroughly
English as only the American Million
heiress wife Of British aristocrat can
be.
Mrs Guest shifted the subject to wom-
an suffrage for she also Is properly and
fashionably suffragistic.
Denounces Window Smashing.
IT see by the wireless they have charg
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence with
conspiracy" she said. What do you
think of that window smashing campaign,
Lady Warwick"
What shame" replied the countess,
emphatically. such a mistake, such an
| injury to the cause of suffrage. l can see
some sense in smashing Mr. Asquith's
windows for instance. But what had
those innocent shopkeepers in Oxford
street and Regent street and around P1cca-
dilly Circus got to do with it? There are
hundreds of girls employed in those shops
who are suffragists, and who are taking
part in the movement. What will the ef-
| feet be on them? Won't it disgust them
| with the leaders? Won't it turn them
against the movement?
| TT was wrong, 1t was disgusting. l
say it with full sympathy with the leaders
and in full confidence in the honesty OF
their intentions, but they made a mis-
take"
" Auxiliary blunder,' suggested q. r.
Stirling Taylor.
Mr. Taylor is a London barrister, who
has written some books. including one en-
titled Leaders Of Socialism, and who
| Is joint author with Lady Warwick, Fl.
IG Wells and others of a book of essays
on various phases Of socialism. He is &C
companying Lady Warwick, and will
socialism in the United States and Can
ada.
Will Tell Why She Is a Socialist.
do you think the American people
really want to hear me tell them why
am a socialist
| Lady Warwick was doing the interview
ing now.
| / told her I thought the idea Of a real,
blue FLOODED British countess being
socialist would rather appeal to their
democratic imagination. They would be
interested to know by what process she
had arrived at that belief.
That's exactly what my manager tells
me-" she said That's the title of one of
my lectures, you know-'Why am a