Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-20
IS NOT RELEASED.
Commissioner Caminetti Declines to
 Grant Request of Mrs. Pankhurst.

! 10 release Mrs. Emm cline PdnkhuTSt. ] British militant suffragist, on bond from the Ellis Island immigration sta ! tion- New York pending final adjudi- cation of her appeal from the order of deporta ton issued yesterday by a special board of inquiry. Her case will be taken up formally tomorrow morning at o'clock by Commission a. definite decision on her release or deportation may be reached during the day.
 Positive Action Today. Commissioner Caminetti said today 1 that his desire was mot to be rushed | into a decision of a case nationally and internationally important; but | that he had done and would continue ! to do all in his power to facilitate 1 Its determination. Unprecedented eff | forts to finally dispose of the case were made by the immigration officials and l they succeeded practically in clear l ing the decks" for positive action to- morrow morning.
 Counsel for Mrs. Pankhurst were ac@ corded a formal hearing of several hours today by Commissioner Cam inetu and Dr. A. W. Parker, chief of the law division of the bureau of i'm migration. The commissioner m ac- counting for hearing held on Sun day, said that his only reason was to facilitate as much as possible this proceeding and that he would not vio- late the spirit of the day
 Financial Argument Advanced,
 The question of whether Mrs Plank hurst should be4 admitted or deported was a subject of absorbing interest to many in government circles. It be- came known tonight that great many high officials favored admitting her, not because of any sympathy for the individual or her cause, but on the ground that the principle of free speech should be maintained
 The attorneys for Mrs. Pankhurst directed their efforts today chiefly toward obtaining her temporary re- lease from custody at Ellis Island, pend ing consid eratiOn of the case. in or der that she might fulfil lecture con tracts They contended that not only Mrs. Pankhurst's personal rights were being invaded by her detention longer than was absolutely necessary. but that important substantial property rights of the alien and of citizens of this country were being placed in ie0p- ardy
 Won't Be Rushed Into Decision.
 Commissioner Caminetti promptly ma de il clear, however, that he could not be rushed into a decision because of the money involved in Mrs Plank hurst's engagements. That, he said was entirely aside from the real is sue in the proceeding, i. e. whether the British militant was entitled un- der the law to enter the United States He refused, for this reason, to hear Frank s O'Neil as counsel for the mana cement of Madison Square Gar den, New York, where Mrs. Pankhurst is advertised to speak tomorrow night but Mir. O'Neil then entered an appear anee as a representative of Mrs. Panknurst.
 Just before the hearing began the commissioner received this special de- livery mail the official record of the proceedings before the board of spe- ciaI inquiry at New York He and Parker studied the record carefully be- fore the arrival of Herbert R. Reeves, engaged by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont of New York. to represent Mrs. Plank hurst, and F. s. O'Neil.
 Will Respect Our Hospitality.
 MT. O'Neil urged that as Mrs. Plank hurst was "ifl custody and deprived Of her liberty the case ought, on its very nature, to be expedited as much as possible.
 Mrs Panixhurst," he said, "yisited the United States prior to this time. She came, too. after she had been ar rested in her own country, but never theisss she Fyas permitted 10 land, She has not come here now to preach the doctrine of anarchy or to tnfiams the popuiacs of our country. She has a message and q mission. If she be given the freedom of our shores she will respect our hospitality"
 Tn my. judgment, Mrs. Panknurst has committed no crime involving any element of moral tprpitude.' "said MT. Reeves She has not and could not properly he held to be responsible for the actions of others based upen srniscorstructien of her addresses She had no intent to do 8 wrong. h fact,