New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
Prison Doctors Accused of De-
IiberateIy Trying to Make Men,
tai Wrecks Of SuffragetteS.
MRS. PANKHURST ON VIEW
Anuears in Wheel Chair on
Pavilion Platform, Govern
ment Making No Attempt
to Rearrest Her.
rRv cable 20 The Tribunal

rondon. Aug BIT is probable that
.be suffragettes will storm the Inter
,otional Congress of Medicine when it
IONS tomorrow. as militant women
~ that their treatment by doctors
while in English prisons should be ex-
nosed 10 the world.
This afternoon Mrs. Mansel, who
--esided AZ big meeting, said that
.r,son doctor had told Miss Richardson.
~. ont on license: You'll be In this
;op for the next fourteen days and we
are gong to make a mental wreck of
,or-r,lin your nervous system and
,ben send you 10 Brixton." The
.,esker said ii was evidently the
scheme Of the Home Office 10 try to
drive the militants insane, and thus
break UP the movement.
Mrs. Pankhurst. who was wan and
male. sat on the platform. attended by a
nurse. She said: Yes. while was in
galloway they sent an alienist to see
me and to look me over" Then the
meeting decided to make an appeal 70
tho doctors convened in congress to-
morrow.
PARTY will probably also ask the
doctors TO aid in suppressing the social
Evil Mrs Pankhurst says that any
campaign 10 this end must be carried
m in England by women, as men are
too apathetic on the matter. Chris
tabeI Pankhurst writes a long article in
the current copy Of The Suffragette'
on the same subject.
No attempt was made TO arrest Mrs.
Pankhurst to-day. although her license
sxpired on Thursday last. She was al
lowed 70 pass in at the front door OF
tho Pavilion music. hall unmolested.
and afterward demanded from where
she sat in a wheel chair on the plat
form:
WHY have | not been taken by the
notice? / hope l am right in saying
that IL IS because the government in
tends to abandon cOercive legislation
against women. When l saw no po-
Hcenen l asked myself if they were
irving to arrest Sir Edward Carson.
and # the government, having been
beaten by the women, is now turning
its attention to dealing with male
rebels"
Mrs. Pankhurst, il was said had lost
fourteen pounds in prison.
Miss Annie Kenney, whose heart has
been seriously affected by her prison
ordeals. was present against the doc
tors orders. She did not speak, but
embraced and kissed Mrs. Pankhurst
very afectionately.
The international Congress OF Med
icire. the deliberations Of which the
sufraFettes propose TO interrupt. is 10
hold It's first meeting to-day in Al
bert Hall. London. During the con-
gress. which will continue for a week.
tbere will he the greatest concentration
~ medical wisdom the world ever has
seen in one place. Doctors from all the
countries Of the world. estimated TO
aggregate ten thousand. and including
the greatest specialists in all depart
ueuts Of medicine and surgery. Will at
tend the meetings.
While the general sessions will be
held in Albert Hall. there will be
daily discussions In twenty-siX sections
and sub-sections Of the congress. for
which purpose as many halls have been
erga ped. The latest researches and
discoveries in every branch Of the art
If healing will be discussed.
Among the American delegates hero
are Professor Harvey W. Gushing, OF
Harvard University, who will deliver
an address on surgery; DIT Robert
Able. Of New York. who will tell what
rsdi,lrn has done toward curing malig-
nant cancer in it's early stages. and DR..
Rudolrh Matas. Of New Orleans. who
will describe the success he has
achieved in transplantlng blood vessels
and transferring organs. and even
limbs. from one living animal 10 an
other
The German delegation includes Or.
Paul Enrich. chief Of the governments
institute AT fFhIh4'i '-'i4 mann NV 80
acclaimed by his people as the worlds
greatest pathologist. shibasaburo XII
tazato. a famous japanese bacteriolo-
gist. and acknowledged to be one Of
the greatest authorities on the plague.
Will also deliver an address.
The congress will be a clearing house
tor the free exchange Of information
concerning achievements and discover
les in The highways and byways Of
medical science.