Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-23

omitted to this country under
ulfll her engagement to speak at
w night.
we are fighting against King George.
We are fighting against King AS
quith, for he is the obstinate man who
blocks the way.
Il don't think I should be denied ad-
mission to our country. l don't think
will be. / am win'ag to trust to the
sense of justice of tie American peo-
ple.'
Mrs. Pankhurst was questioned
closely bou her departure from Eng
land. She told the Immigration in
spectors that she thought she would
not be arrested if she returned there.
Il was at liberty under license" she
explained. MY license had expired
and | was, of course, subject to ar
| rest"
y was, of course, subject to arrest
at any time. But / addressed the In
teTnational Medical congress after the
expiration of my license and was not
malested. l%nasnluch az l had been ar
rested for addressing public meetings
previously l should think that if 1 had
been wanted l would have been ar
rested While addressing this meeting.
Further / announced publicly that l
expected to leave England. No attempt
was made to prevent my departure.
Acting under orders from Washing-
ton, the special board of inquiry
speeded, the hearing. At the detention
station, Mrs. Pankhurst was lodged for
a few minutes in the room which
Cipriano Castro occupied while at
Ellis Island. Then she was taken be-
fore the board.
-Four woinen who accompanied Mrs.
Park hurst to Ellis Island were allowed
to with her and her counsel
] in haJ. rnnTo9S Tlny- yx-4ra ,@4 $3.50,
nitted to accompany her before the
board. however. no. was her lawyers.
The best suite of rooms at the de-
tention station was placed at the dis
1 posal of Mrs. Pankhurst, pending the
outcome OF her appeal. This was oc-
when he was detained there last sum
lner.
Won't Go On Hunger Strike.
When Mrs. Pankhurst was informed
that she was to be deported, she
turned to her lawyer and the -four
women who had waited for the verdict
and her intention of begin
ming a hunger strike to compel the
authorities to release her. She changed
her mind. however. when she learned
that she was to be given a prompt
hearing on her appeal. Instead of be-
ginning the hunger strike, she ordered
tea, chicken soup and sandwiches.
After lunch she saw reporters again
and protested that she had not been
! given a fair hearing inasmuch as her
lawyer was not present.
The board was courteous more or
less said Mrs. Pankhurst, but the
climax came when they said l was
guilty of moral turpitude. 1 said to
them, Then your ancestors were guilty
of moral turpitude when they threw
the tea into the Boston harbor.' l re-
minded them that Charles Stewart
Parnell and John Redmond, Irish po-
%litical leader, who We're convicted under
the same act as / was convicted under,
were received here with open arms, al
though they destroyed property. / at
tempted to show the board that a rev.
%olution is going on in England the same
as went on in this country. l told them
that I held human life sacred and
never advocated the taking of life"
The big meeting Of welcome which
local suffrage leaders planned to give
Mrs. Pankhurst tomorrow night at
Madison Square Garden was post
poned today until Monday night in
order that Mrs. Pankhurst's status
might be fully determined before the
meeting.