Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1913-10-24
MILITANT IS FREED
MRS. PANKHURsT ADDRESSED
CROWD At BATTERY AFTER
BEING RELEASED.
IS AT MRS. BELMoNTs HOME
Well Known suffrseette Asserts Big
acst Blow Has Been Dealt at Eng.
iIsh opposltion-Not Guilty Of
"Morai Turpltude."


New York. Oct. 22.-Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, the English militant suf.
fragette leader, landed on Manhattan
island on Monday from Ellis island.
where she had been detained by the
immigration authorities. She had been
ordered deported as an undesirable
alien. She made a speech to large
crowd at the Battery.
Mrs. Pankhurst left Ellis island
Monday on a government tug and was
landed at the Battery. She had been
accompanied across the bay by rs
ardent suffragists. who had gone on
the island earlier in the day to sere-
made her, and when she left the boat
she found awaiting her a crowd of sew.
eral hundred, mostly women. who
cheered wildly for the liberated woman.
What has happened today is one Of
the greatest slaps in the face that
Official Great Britain has ever had in
its fight against the irresistible wave
Of sentiment for women suffrage" she
said. Great Britain does not want
me to tell the truth. Great Britain
did not want me to come to the Uni
ted States for that reason. But / am
here to tell the whole truth about
the suffrage workers in Great Britain.
Il have come here to tell every
thing | know about suffrage. 1t is a
great battle because it is for a great
cause. We are being opposed bitterly
in England
Il believe our most bitter oppo-
nents are Premier Asquith and Home
Secretary McKenna. McKenna is pig
headed. narrow minded and ignorant.
He and Asquith are doing all in their
power to block suffrage. but their eff
forts remind me of Canute speaking
to the sea"
Mrs. Pankhurst said she had been
well treated at Ellis island.
Il am glad the great mass of people
in the United States appreciate the
true meaning of the fight | am ma
king she went on. Il am glad they
realize it is not a fight based on self
ishness or self-seeking notoriety. The
action in my case was prompt. be-
protest brought forward by my being
held up. I was expecting to hear at
any moment from Washington when
Commissioner Uhl came to me and
told me was free to go any place
liked"
From the Battery Mrs. Pankhurst
went to the home Of Mrs. o. II. p.
Belmont. She dined with prominent
suffrage leaders at the Aldine club
at night and her first set speech will
be delivered Friday night.
Washington, Oct. 22.-Federal Com
missioner OF immigration Antonio
Caminetti on Monday revoked the or
der of the special board Of inquiry de-
porting Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. the
famous British suffragette, and direct
ed that she be allowed to enter the
country.
Commissioner Caminetti decided
that Mrs. Pankhurst should be admit
ted on her own recognizance on these
grounds:
FTRST-Because Of doubt on the
question of moral turpitude.
SECOND-Because she can be pros
ecuted in the United States courts If
she violates the law.
THIRD-Because she can be de-
ported II she violates the law.
Caminetti's decision came at the
close of a conference held between
high officials to determine whether
Mrs. Pankhurst should be allowed to
enter the United States or whether
she be deported as an undesirable
alien"