The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-10-29
MRS. PANkHURST

We regret that President Wilson die
not see fit to endorse the action OF hi!
immigration commissioner and pre-
vent Mrs. Pankhurst, the militant stuff
ragist, from landing in this country
If Mrs. Pankhurst had been some
poor unfortunate alien, coming here
with the best OF purposes in the world
but without means Of support, she
would have been refused admission to
the United States. and yet with a rec
ord black with crime and preaching a
doctrine of lawlessness, brutality and
destruction Of property. she is admit
ted into the United States as worthy
visitor. A man who should come to
the United States with such record
and should be classed as an anarchist,
would be Immediately returned to the
country from which he came, but be-
cause Mrs. Pankhurst is woman and
moves in an atmosphere of sickly SEN
timentality and because it may be good
politics inasmuch as in some of the
states of the union women vote, it is
deemed advisable to admit her.
She answers to all the qualifications
which make her an undesirable citizen
and it is the policy of the law to pre-
vent criminals of this character i'm
ported from another country from
finding a welcome on American soil.
Mrs. Pankhurst has boldly and def
antly preached doctrine in England
OF anarchy and has encouraged the de-
struction of property, if not of the lives
of people. She stands as the supreme
of defiance OF law and
order and would make anything but a
good citizen. She has been arrested,
convicted and incarcerated in Eng
land, but by means of threat to COM
NIT suicide she has won the indulgence
of public officials so far that the rules
of punishment, which obtain with men
are abandoned in her favor and she
is a lawbreaker unwhipped OF justice,
all of which was known by President
Wilson when he decided to admit her
as proper person to visit the United
States. If it is a mistake to admit
poor people who cannot show sufficient
means OF support but who come here
with good intentions, then afortiori
those who defy the law and decent
respect for the opinions of mankind
should be prevented from coming.
She heads faction OF women who
advocate woman suffrage to be brought
about by force, intimidation, destruc
lion of lives and property, if necessary
in order to advance the movement. 1t
may be that she has promised to hold
herself in allegiance in her public ut
,erances while in this country, but it is
he same woman, with the same aspi
alton that has been leading the move
nent in England.
We seriously doubt that if it were not
or the fact that women vote in certain
states of the union, Mrs. Pankhurst
would not have been admitted into
he United States. and if it is true that
his fact was a consideration for adj
hitting her, then the greater shame
hat she was admitted We have no
criticism to make for women and men
who advocate that the right OF stuff |
age should be granted to women, and
IS long as the appeal is made within
.eason, no one should find fault with
he movement 1t is when craminal
conduct is resorted to and property |
md lives are in jeopardy that excep-
ions can be taken to the movement.
Mrs. Pankhurst belongs to and is a
eader in what is known as the mill
ant suffragist movement and this
ERIN is broad enough to include all
behavior and as long as she
s representative of this school, our
would be better off if she had
,een denied the right to circulate
'mong our people and to advocate her
wicked doctrines even privately.