New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-05
SEE PANKHURST SPECTRE
Suffragists Silent on MiIitant's
Visit Here.
ONE VOICE WELCOMES HER
Other Leaders of Cause Fear
She Will Embarrass Pros
poets of Victory.
IBy Gable 20 The Tribune. ]

London. Sept 1.-The Women's So
cial and Political Union announces that
as the apathy Of the police in refusing
n arrest Mrs Pankhurst for speaking
At two public meetings seems to close
the door Of hope for her further perse-
cution in England. the militant leader
will make a short tour OF America,
lecturing on suffrage, with special ref
erence TO white slavery"
Meetings will be held in New York,
Chicago. Boston, Philadelphia and
other large cities. Joan Wickham will
o sail on the Cedric, on September II, and
is due in New York on September 10
10 arrange the Pankhurst tour.
With the exception of Mrs. John Win
ters Brannan. chairman of the finance
committee OF the Women's Political
Union. New York suffragists yesterday
betrayed a strong inclination 10 talk
about something else when asked what
they thought the effect would be on the
cause here OF Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst's
projected visit.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay. city chairman
OF the Woman Suffrage party; Miss Har-
net May Mills. president Of the New
York State Woman Suffrage Association;
Mrs Mary Ware bennett. executive sec
oil
that they didn't know Mrs Pankhurst
was coming" and then proceeded TO talk
about the weather or suffrage prospects
Up the state.
Mrs Brannan did know Mrs. Pankhurst
was coming over within a few weeks.
and was overjoyed. and said so. When
she lectures. as she will in this country
she will change the feeling here about
English militancy." Mrs. Brannan said.
1T is silly 10 call her A fugitive from
Justice Why. she spoke openly in Lon
don only a few weeks ago, and the gov
eminent dared do nothing. Their cat
and mouse bill is a failure, and they
know II"
Apropos OF the fugitive from justice"
question. one suffrasist called UP the i'm
migration authorities and asked II there
was any likelihood OF Mrs Pankhurst
being refused entrance TO this country.
The authorities refused 10 pass on the
case in advance. but said they had full
power 10 keep out any one. whether first
cabin passenger or steerage, who was
considered an undesirable alien"
Surely they would not do it without a
request from England" said Mrs. Nora
Batch de Forest, and when I was In
that country recently my uncle told me
they would be too delighted TO have Mrs.
Pankhurst come TO Arnerica-and he is
secretary to the chief Of Scotland Yard,
so he knows"
The executive board Of the Women's
Political Union is much divided as TO the
wisdom Of Mrs. Pankhurst's later acts.
At a meeting to-day they will decide the
momentous question OF how 10 receive her.
Miss Eva Ward, Of the non-mllitant
New Constitutional Society, in England
over here on d lecture tour. said that
although she admired Mrs. Pankhurst ire
mendously she did not think she was
playing fair in coming here.
she raises the question Of militancy'
which has nothing 10 do with suffrage IN
this country" said Miss Ward. Her
coming will embarrass the suftragists
here. though they are too polite TO grum-
bic about il. I suppose she IS coming for
money"