The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-19
BY ASSOCIATED PREss

New York. Oct 1S.-Mrs Enlmaline
pankh1rst, the leader of the English
rnfHtants zuffragettes, tonight is a pris-
oner ON Ellis Island under orders of
deportation. She is now waiting the
issue of an appeal which probably viii
be decided tomorrow. She arrived to-
day on the liner Provence and said she
came to appeal TO the Americans for
sympathy and support in the revollI-
ton for which she claims to be fight
ing.
special board of Inquiry decided
that she was an undesirable alien be-
cause she had been convicted abroad
of acts Involving moral turpitude.
Another militant, Miss DorT, volun-
tarfly STAYED with the leader. Regard
less OF the outcome of the appeal, Mrs.
Pankhursts lawyers think she will be
temporarily released on bond and al
lowed to fiji her speaking dates She
said If the appeal failed she would
have recourse to habeas corpus.
The suffragette leader has comfort
able quarters the best at the station.
and can see the harbor and the statue
of liberty. she has the same rooms
occupied by Cipriano Castrc while he
was detained there.
QUESTIONED BY OFFICERS.
VI y 4ttEA4 CS5I Ol &11i 4FCttt 01SCA
ing the militant leader was questioned /
by trTani grafton inspectors. A crowd |
of passengers, eaGar Co learn the taiS~l
neaftipn of her case. krupred ii xlIroafIsa4
3<1s 4 b118 aisd pressed the two score f
newEThpeT reporters forward till they +
surrounded the little group. Rheta
Child DorT, Mrs. Pankhurst's travelling /
companion. sought to sit beside the
militant header during the hearing, but |
this the inspectors would not permit.
examining Mrs. Pankhurst alone.
II am not coming to America to tell
American woman how to get the vote"
Mrs Pan1Churst announced when the
inspectors had left her. They appear
to be abundant1y able to manage their
own campaign Their progress has
been remarkable and they need no
foreign leadership"
There was no touch of Inilitancy
RboTt Mrs Pankhurst's face or figure
as She cflatted with the newspaper
men. She was dressed in a gray suit
cut V-sfaped at the throat q blue hat
that bore a single ostrich plume of
black and which was half hidden by
touched the floor when she walked !
Fer fsrst greyfng hair belied the youth
THAT seemed stamped on her features
She had almost ecovered. she said
from rhe Illness caused by forcfble
feeding in the Holloway jail. But she
was willing to live her narrowing ex-
periemceg all over again. a dozen times
If need be. sefor tire cause"
Would I see It through she re- |
peahed In indignant answer to a ques-
3on asked ky a reporter. why of |
-ourse would. would die If I had
% for the cause. And there are dozens.
res. hundreds of women in England
Who would do the same thing. don't ;
set myself up as different from any
,tber woman or better than any other
woman. )
REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND.
we are having revolution in Eng :
and. lust as you people OF America :
lad q revolution when you wanted
ro1r freedom, when you were taxed +
Without representation. We English
women are fighting for our freedom.
lust as ycsu won yours. so VIII we win
uuS. You fought against George III.
ve ara aghting against George V; no,
'erhars / should not say that; we are
Iot fighting against King George We
re fighting against King Asquith, for :
70 is the obstinate old man who blocks
he way.
'T do not think should be denied :
drnfttance to your country. I don't :
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