Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-22
MUST FOLLOW AS THR NIGHT THE DAVE THOU CAN!
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1918.
PANKHURsT TO BE DEpoRTED.
In Less Than Three Hours A After Her
Arrival in America.

New York, Oct. 1S.-Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst, the English militant
suftragette leader, who arrived here
to-day for lecture tour, was or
dered deported by the immigration
a"thorities within little less thai.
three hcnrs after the vessel uyon
winch she came had docked
Ihe special board OF inquiry which
decided her case voted not to admit
her to the country under bond, but
10 Send her back to France forthwith
Mrs. Pankhurst's lawyer announc-
ed his intention Of appealing the
case Immediately to Commissioner
General Caminetti. Pending decis-
ion by Mr.. Caminetti, Mr.. Reeves
said he would seek to have his client
admitted to this country under bond.
Mrs. o. II. =. Belmont, the New York
wQman suffrage leader, who was to
have been Mrs. PankhurSt's host,
was prepared to give bond up to
100000 FOR Mrs. Pankhurt'S good
behavior while in America. Under
the ruling of the special board she
will not be permitted to do so and
Mrs. PanhnursL must remain at Ellis
Island until depOrted. unless the
board's findings are reversed by the
authorities at Washington.
Mrs. Pankhurst's deporta tion was
ordered under Section 2 of the i'm
migration law. This section provides
Tor the exclusion Of persons convict
ed abroad of crime or crimes in
Yolving moral turpitude. The board
held that Mrs. Pankhurst's convic-
tion in England of conspiracy to COM
NIT arson was within this class.
A Good Turn for England.
Boston, Oct. 1S.-Mrs. Admission
Chant, a leader of the peaceful suf-
fragists of England, to-day told mem
bers of the Twentieth Century Club
she heard Of the order to deport Mrs
Fankhurst with an overw helming
sense of gratitude" She called it a
good turn for England"
I'VE have suffered there acutely."
she said, Sin fighting for the rights Of
women. To be right is a thing to be
striVen for, and the methods used in
striving are to be in keeping with
the right, but we are not to do evil
that good may come, however. ,e4stic1
ing and expedient the end may ap-
pear"
Mrs. Chant, who last Thursday ar
rived in this country from England,
heads a company of British dele
gates to the w. c. II. U. Conv vention
to be held in Brooklyn, October 23.
President Wilson Intevencs.
Washington, Oct. 20-Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst, the militant British
suffragist, is free to enter the Uni
ted States. The Ellis Island boards
order Of deportation was reversed to-
day after President Wilson had con-
ferred on the celebrated case with
Secretary Wilson and a hearing had
been concluded before Immigration
Commissioner Caminetti.
Secretary Wilson announced at the
conclusion Of his conference with the
President that Mrs. Pankhurst would
be admitted upon her own recogni-
zance, with the understanding that
she would depart ct the end of her
lecture engagements. No bond was
eXacted.
Secretary Wilson declared that he
and the President had discussed the
question briefly.
I'VE agreed" he said, that Mrs.
Pankhurst should be admitted on her
own recognizance. My own reason
is, and the President feels likewise,
that there is naturally an element of
doubt as to whether her acts consti-
tuted moral turpitude or were polit-
cal in character.
Being admitted on her own re-
cogniZance, of course, If she violates
any of our laws we have two reme-
dies. Our courts may pass on her
acts, or we may deport her"