Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-21
WOMEN RALLY TO
MRS, PANkHURST
Suffragettes All Over United
States Are Aroused in Her
Behalf.

NEW YORK, Oct. 18.-Over tele-
graph wires that fairly sizzle with
| the heated expression Of angry wom-
en- and in mail pouches Of unusual
| bulk, come messages to Mrs. Emme-
| line Pankhurst, as she sits in deten-
| ton on Ellis Island, from every part
Of the United States. The messages
! tell her that American women are
her friends, and are indignant at the
| treatment she is receiving at the
hands of the immigration authorities.
1t is significant that the wrathful
communications bear that element of
militancy of which Mrs. Pankhurst
| is the apostle, and against which
American SuffragiSts until now have
;nveighed The suffragists every
| where in the United States are
aroused it seems.
Mrs. Pankhurst is in the keeping
of immigration officers, and is really
| a prisoner. The room in which she
is held, while comfortable, is in the
strict sense Of the word prison
cell. Cipriano Castro was held in the
same room, when the United States
| forbade him entrance. So was Miss
Marie Lloyd, the British music hall
| singer, more recently.
The immigration authorities, after
a short conference to-day, decided
| that some of the crimes Of which she
| had been convicted in England did
involve moral turpitude. And thus
| the protest Of American suffragiSts
is the same revolt against authority
which Mrs. Pankhurst has preached
in England. BY her Imprisonment
she has converted many to her side.
So the expressions Of her myriad
messages conclude.
1t is understood that resolutions of
every degree Of anger have been tele-
graphed to President Wilson, Secre-
Itary of Labor Wilson, immigration
Commissioner Caminetti and Sena-
| tors, besides personal messages re-
questing that the order be put aside
that were sent to Washington and
New York officials.
Mrs. Pankhurst arrived to-day on
La Provence with two trunks, a hat
| box, a suitcase and Gladstone bag.
| Her face was ruddy, and apparently
| she was in excellent health and spir-
| it's. Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr accom-
| panied her and is with her on Ellis
| Island.
Mrs. Pankhurst told the examining
| board Of the militant struggle in Eng
| land and her part in 1t. She did this
in manner which suggested neither
! egotism nor self glorification.
" III YOU 81 Oh q hunger SlI
| now?" she was asked as she left the
| hearing.
Il never decide anything until the
moment comes when decision must be
made" she answered II did not ex-
pect to be detained. am rather
| shocked. II l am guilty of moral
| turpitude-a charge of which the
| House Of Commons declared me and
my associates not guilty-wherein
can You Americans glorify the lead
ers OF the Boston tea party-why We're
| Charles Stewart Parnell, Michael Da-
witt and John Redmond allowed to
enter and proselyte in the name of the
Irish cause?
us it because they are men? If so.
l am meeting here in this land OF
| freedom the same element of unfair
ness that aroused the suffragettes in
my country to militantism'
This is Mrs. Pankhurst's third visit
to the United States. Since her last
trip she has changed little. Her face
has become graver and her gray eyes
| have grown a bit less trustful Her
| Imprisonment and hunger strikes have
| left but little stamp upon her face.
| She is mite of a person. She
weighs scarcely 105 pounds and
stands feet l inch. She was clad in
an olive green broadcloth dress,
dark silk blouse, d full length seal
skin coat and good looking tri-
angular shaped blue hat ornamented
by black ostrich plume.