The Hartford republican., 1913-09-05
MILITANTS take
rifle PRACTICE
May Mean War With
Authorities.
Official Hated by Women Has
His House Guarded Against
Neighbors.

London, Sept. IA rifle range Is
the llatest acquisition of the militant
suffragettes.
rs location is kept a close secret.
but an official of the Woman's Social
and Political Union has admitted its
existence and stated that the range
was In use every day by members OF
the organization. who are rapidly be-
coming expert shots.
This weeks issue of the Suffra-
gette, the official organ of the w. S.
U. L., contains an advertisement Of
fering TO teach women to shoot
information in regard to the rifle
range said that the mlitants we're pre-
pairing for the next repressive step
of the Government, which they fear
will be the use of the recently enact
ed Mental Deficiency Bsl to con-
fine the suffragette leaders in asy-
lums where they will not be amenable
TO the usual court procedures.
II any of the leaders are confined
under the new act, the officaa in
question declared, the resolution
not to endanger human life would be
rescinded and the skill acquired at
the butt would be brought into
play.
Home Secretary Reginald McKenna.
the best hated of the Cabinet Min
listers, because his department has
been responsible for the forcible feed
ing of suffragettes and the enforce
ment OF the Cat and Mouse Act, is
ISing in a house ;tmost surrounded
by the homes of militant agitators.
Mrs. Emily X. Marshall. whose
record for acts of violence Ia well
known, recently moved into house
adjacent to the town residence OF
Mr. Mckenna, and ever since the
Home Secretary has had two stalwart
policemen on guard over his windows
Mrs. Marshall does not deny that
this precaution is altogether useless.
for she declares that the Home
Secretary's windows are constant
temptation to her.
Mrs. Marshall Is the wife of the
attorney for the Womens Social and
Political UnicN. and the possessor
of long window smashing record.
She now has as neighbors two other
militants, who this week leased
houses within a fews teps Of the Nc
Kenna home, which 8 II in Westmin-
lister. near the Houses Of Parliament.
This influx of militants into the
neighborhood. hitherto almost en-
tirely given over to the homes OF
Cabinet Ministers and members OF
Parliament, has caused some alarm
a.Sbng the politicians whose oppo-
.sition to woman's suffrage has
brought them threats of vengeance.
Mrs. Marshall has already served
time for breaking windows in the
homes of Cabinet officers, and she
Was arrested a few weeks ago for
assulting a Scotland Yard detective.
Mr.. McKenna does not regard her
as desirable neighbor. nor does
he care about her friends. She was
asked for the names Of her comrades
who have taken the two houses SO
close to her own, but declined the
information. She did. however, ex-
press the fervent hope that theri
presence wouldn't add to the comfort
of the Home Secretary.
The Difference OF the police to a
title Will sometimes save a woman
from arrest, even If she is militant
suffragette. and this fact was no soon
er observed by the leaders In the
women's campaign than II was put
to effective use.
During one OF the recent battles
at the London Pavilion, while the
suffragette detail of Scotland Yard
was going thru its usual weekly ex-
ercise of arresting Mrs. Pankhurst, a
number of her defenders were lock-
ed In smaSl room and placed under
arsSt. IL happened that most OF these
women were subscription and adver-
tisement solicitors for the Suffrag-
ette, and ON account OF their SER
vices TO the official organ of the W.
S. ". u. 1t was not desirable that
| they should so to jail.
The leader Of the solicitors was a
dignified and stately looking woman,
and one OF her companions secured