Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15
WOMAN SUFFRAGE PROBLEMS.
More PerpIexins to Great Britain than
the TransvaaI War.

Ine IEduSNddl
London, April 12.-Completely ex-
hausted from starvation and unable to
stand, Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the
from Holloway Jail today after serving
nine days Of the three years sentence
i'm posed upon her at Old Bailey by
Justice Charles Montagu Lush for in
stigating the bomb attack on the coun-
try home of Chancellor of the Ex-
cheQuer David Lloyd George.
Mrs. Pankhurst began a hunger
strike the moment the justice passed
sentence upon her and kept it up un-
til her release. By order of Home
Secretary McKenna she was forcibly
fed.
AS Miss Sylvia Pankhurst Is Ill in a
hospital from forcible feeding and as
Miss Christabel Pankhurst is an exile
in Paris, Mrs. Pankhurst was receiv-
ed at the jail entrance by suffragettes
from the headquarters Of the Woman's
Social and Political Union. She was
placed in an ambulance and taken to
a private hospital.
Mrs. Pankhurst made no statement,
but at the headquarters it was said
that she was completely Frustrated by
her nine days fast. 1t was not assert
ed that Mrs. Pankhurst was in a pre-
carious condition, as was done in the
cases Of Miss Sylvia Pankhurst and
Miss Zelie Emerson, because the Home
office gave the utmost publicity daily
to the leaders condition, and 1t was
known from the start that she was not
forcibly fed.
During the week and two days that
Mrs. Pankhurst went without food,
she subsisted entirely on cold water,
and her vitality amazed the prison
physicians. She resisted all induce
ments to eat, and to the last moment
Of her confinement she kept up run
ming fire Of spirited comment and sar-
casm whenever doctors or wardresses
were with her.
BY order Of Home Secretary Nc
Kenna, the prison authorities last
night made their last effort to over
come Mrs. Pankhurst's defiance. A
savory roast Of beef and some steam
ing hot vegetables were placed where
their tantalizing odors could not miss
the nostrils Of the starving woman. 1t
was hoped that the leader, weakened
by long fasting, would let matter over
come mind for once and ask for food.
But she did nothing Of the kind. Sniff
fing once at the smell Of food, Mrs.
Pankhurst turned over on her cot and
paid no further attention to the ruse.
Weak from hunger and almost ex-
nauSIeO, In6 mlllIanI ieaQer
ed: Flight on! fight on!"
The jail physicians were too aston
ished for words. Their respect for the
militant leader increased amazingly
during her stay in Holloway, and
whether her zeal Is wise or misspent,
the Jail attaches know that Mrs. Pank-
hurst has the fortitude and unbreaka-
BILE will Of a martyr.
Nothing unforeseen intervening, this
process will be repeated until Mrs.
Pankhurst has served her three-year
sentence.
AS a matter Of fact the imprison-
ment of Mrs. Pankhurst has resolved
itself into a battle of wits and endur-
ance between the militant leader and
the home secretary. Mrs. Pankhurst
Is determined to be a martyr and
McKenna Is just as determined that
she shall not be.
Her friends assert that Mrs. Pank-
hurst would willingly die for the cause.
McKenna has made up his mind that
she shall not die on the governments
hands or suffer permanent inroads on
her health.
Mrs. Pankhurst's release from pris
on does not mean that she is a free
woman. She still is technically a pris-
oner and is at liberty only under home
Secretary Reginald McKenna's latest
ticket Of leave plan. She must serve
three years in prison, even If the pro-
cess consumes ten years, unless In the
meantime she Is pardoned, her SEN
tence is commuted or she dies.
AS soon as Mrs. Pankhurst recov-
ers her health, the home secretary can
order her back to prison without any
court process and keep her there until
he sees fit to give her another chance
to recuperate.
II Mrs. Pankhurst Is restored to
health and remains in England and ts
not pardoned, she will go back to Hol-
loway jail in a short time. II she
goes on a hunger strike again she will
once more be let out on ticket of leave
Esther Gill, a portrait artist OF some
reputation, was in jail today for the
part she took last night in the attack
on the office of the London Evening
Standard. The suffragettes resent the
editorial attitude Of the Standard,
which has been the only paper in Lon
don vigorously to condemn their out
RACES.
Last night as the editor-in- chief of
the Standard was leaving the office
large stone was thrown at his head.
The missile did not hit him, but crash
ed through window Of the night
watchman's box. The watchman was
slightly injured.
Other suffragettes with hammers
smashed two plate-glass windows in
the timekeeper's Office. A big crowd
collected and the women were rough
ly handled. The police arrested Miss
Gill.
The report that a member Of the
house of commons intends to ask
next week whether the government
proposed to deport as undesirable
aliens all foreign militant suffragettes
has caused a stir among the Amerl-
cans. It is not known whether Regin-
aid McKenna, the home secretary, has
such a plan seriously in mind, but he
has considered the matter and has
been advised that under the English
law he would be well within the rights
in so doing