New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-14
labor NJ. P.'S TO FIGHT
FOR FREEDOM OF PRESS
oaders Will Manage "The Suf-
frauette" in Turn as Each
Is Prosecuted.
TESTIMONY IN BOW STREET
cabinet Minister'S Nephew,
After Aiding Militants and
BEING Forcibly Fed, Hides
from Authorities.

,ondon. MAY BIN the fight against
- government for a free press the
,.hor PARTY. after mature consideration,
h.s decided TO adopt plan which is new
- England. but which has been found eff
tive by the German Socialists in resist
i,s stringent press laws.
S,ould the government prosecute James
p.msay Macdonald for printing The
Syrragette he will be succeeded as
.,onarer by James Keir Hardie. who.
4, urn. will be followed by other labor
,,.ders until the government is forced
70 capitulate
These two Labor members Of Parlia-
,osnt announced yesterday their readi-
rsss to undertake the responsibility of
,-in,ing The Suffragette.' contending
that it is illegal to suppress newspapers
Z, advance. and declaring that they were
ready 10 stand by the consequences.
r Benson. the director OF the National
Labor Press. which has announced its
determination 10 continue the publication
NJ The Sunragette." said at Manchester
to-day
The fight is one Of principle. Every
edition will be censored by the manage
nent Of the National Labor Press, and
any Indictment TO outrage excluded. The
management believes that an attempt 10
suppress a newspaper before II is pub
ushed affects the right Of free speech.
II means a big fight II it is pursued.
The Home Office is considering the in
reduction in Parliament of bill pro-
yding for the recovery of compensation
from the suffragette funds for damages
suffered AZ the hands Of the militants.
The latest device of the suffragettes is
10 sow the roads with nails thrust
through pieces of stiff leather, bearing
suffragst inscription, with the object
Of puncturing automobile tires
Another fire due TO suffragettes oc-
Cured at Folkestone YESTERDAY
II is asserted that a suffragette plot
has been discovered TO kidnap a Cabinet
Minister. dress him in woman's clothes
and submit him to a mock trial.
In the Bow Street Court.
General" Mrs. Flora DrummOnd. the
militant suffragette leader. was unable
10 appear at the resumed hearing al the
Bow street police court to-day of the
charge Of conspiracy under the malicious
damage to property act. which has been
brought against her. A doctor testified in
court that owing 10 her illness she had
been moved 10 a nursing home. 1t would,
he said take two weeks for her 10 get
into fit condition to undergo an opera
ton that was necessary. and another two
months before she would be able TO take
her trial She was now. he said. in a
state of collapse.
The other "conspirators. who com
prlsed Miss Harriet Rebecca Kerr. Miss
Agnes Lake. Miss Rachel Barrett. Mrs.
Beatrice Saunders. Miss Annie Kenney,
Miss Laura Lennox and the analytical
chemist. Clayton. all surrendered 10 their
bail
In the course Of the hearing the printers
Of the militants' newspaper. The Sunia-
set,e." told the story Of the negotiations
which led 10 their undertaking the work
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. they said. had
conducted the negotiations. and in reply
to the fears expressed by the printers
that the Job was a dangerous one gave
her personal undertaking that no Often
ave or Illegal matter should appear. she
laid stress on the point that her daughter
Christabel Pankhurst. had received
legal training and was a specialist In con-
situtional law.
The interesting revelation was made on