The Detroit times., 1913-04-30
Home Secretary McKenna Dis
plays Intent to Eight Fire
With Fire" in Breaking
Power of Militants
WARNED NOT TO RE-
TURN TO HEADQUARTERS
In the Meantime Angry Mem
bers Continue Campaign
of Destruction

LONDON. April 3O.-Evidently
fighting fire with Are" Home Secre-
tary McKenna turned militant" to-
day and Scotland Yard detectives
ratded the W0menG Social anu Politi-
cal union headquarters in Kings way,
hotbed of suffra gist militancy.
Superintendent Quinn, OF the Yard,
himself led the spectacular raid, wit.
messed by thousands, and all books,
documents and literature OF the
union were confscated. SufYragists
who objected too strenuously were
promptly arrested and jailed.
About the same time, the suffragists
If New Castle-On-Tyne. discovered
hat their local Womens Social and
Political union headquarters had
oeen forcibly entered earlier in the
lay and smashed as completely as
hough militants had done the job.
Windows, doors and desks were
smashed and typewriters put out OF
commission, so thst IL looked like
anti-suffragists had done the mischief.
but when the women discovered "aat
their books and papers were missing,
they charged the police with making
the raid.
After the detectives had finished
searching the London headquarters
for discriminating evidenAe. a United
Press correspondent Was put
through" to the ONCE on the tele-
phone.
The usual melodious voice Of the
girl operator was replaced by husky
bass.
Police In Charge.
Yes" the strange operator rum
bIed, this Ia ". s. p. u. headquar-
tern. but .the- police are in charge.
Anything you WANT! -
As soon as the union headquarters
were cleared OF the suffragists, the
police began stripping the building OF
all it's furniture, indicating that the
homo once intends permanently to
break up the organization. Arthur
Marshall, counsel for Mrs. Emmelinc
Pankhurst. said that the police even
forbade the women to remove their
personal belongings and we're prepar-
ing to conhscate everything In th>
rooms.
Seven of the suffragists were ar.
rested and taken to Bow-st. They
are:
Miss Annie Kenney, chief Of stan
% Mrs Pankhurst and General Mrs.
Flora Drummond. who already are un-
Ter arrest and awaiting trial for con-
spiracy and malicious destruction:
Miss Kerr. acting secretary OF the
union; Miss Lake. business manager
" the unions publication; Miss Lenox
and Miss Barrett, assistant editors OF
the publication. and Mrs. Saunders,
financial secretary of the union.
All of the women were forced from
the building and warned not to try 10
come back They were told they
would be arrested II they did SO. A
Gordon of uniformed officers surround.
ed the headquarters and when the de-
tectives had finished the search,
Superintendent Quinn locked tho oi-
fees and left plainclothes men on
guard within and without.
The suffragists who were eiS~>ed
from the union headquarters. collect
ed on the sidewalk outside the police
line and angrily denounced the Of
hcers. They declared that the raid
was unwarranted. and that the home
ONCE had no authority for such ac-
ton. The women were quickly sur
rounded by a crowd of several thou
sand persons. some OF whom cheered
and the rest jeered at the "bashi-
hazoukesses. The taunts OF the
throng. some of which were none TOO
gentle. enraged the evicted militants
the more and some OF the women
openly threatened that before sun.
down there would he doings that
would make Scotland Yard sit up and
take notice.