The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
Militant suffrasettes May Leave Lon
don and Open Their Head
Quarters In Some Other
Country.
ARE NOT DISCOURAGED
Trial Of Those Arrested In Recent
Raid, Charged With conspIr
acy Is Resumed In
Bow Street.

[United Press Leased Wire Service 4 !
PARIS, May 5.-Before leaving
Paris today for Belgium, Miss Chris
label Pankhurst, daughter OF Mrs.
Emmelfne Pankhurst, the convicted
militant suffragette leader Of London.
said that the British Women's Social
and Political union would hereafter
publish their Suffragette in this city.
The British police have forbidden
the publication Of our newspaper in
England, and we will publish it here"
said Miss Pankhurst, editor-in-chief OF
the Suffragette,. who became an exile
when she fed from London to escape
prosecution for conspiracy
i am going to several Belgian
cities, including Brussels and Ant.
werp, to look up suitable quarters
there. The British home office has
threatened to demand Of President
Pdincare, under the entente cordiale
between the two countries, that we
be expelled from France and that our
newspaper be suppressed here. II
that threat is carried out, we will flnd
some other place for publishing our
newspaper, for the Suffragette will he
printed somewhere until British wo-
men get the ballot
Asked II her mother, now out OF
prison on ticket Of leave would
come to Paris, Miss Pankhurst said
she might IL she could get. ont Of Eng.
Hand
"The home office has not discour-
aged us a Bit" Miss Pankhurst CON
tinued I'VE intend to carry on our
campaign of militancy until the Eng
lish women have the vote. II we are
driven from London, we will direct
| the work from Paris and If France
turns against US, we will go else
! where"
/ Trial Is Resumed.
| LONDON, May 5.--The trial of the
| suffragettes, charged with conspiracy.
including Miss Annie Kenney and
| General Mrs. Flora Drummond ar
rested in connection with the raid on
| the Women's Social and Political
union headquarters, and Sydney q.
Drew and Edward G.. Clayton, the
men accused of aiding them, was re-
sumed today In Bow street police
/ court.
1 Drew is charged with printing the
4 Suffragette and Clayton with advis-
! ing the women how to burn the lun1-
Der yards and public buildings of Lon
! don with chemicals
The courtroom was again filled with
! militants, and hundreds who could
!; not gain admittance, massed them
selves without the building, with ban-
ners and flags.
Archibald H. Bcdlin, appearing as
prosecutor, closed his opening state
ment by demanding that all the de-
PENDANTS be held for trial at Old Bailey
and committed to Jail without ball.
The government then put on Scotland
Yard witnesses to testify about the
raid on the union headquarters.
The prosecutor scored Clayton
charging that the Richmond chemist
"prostituted science to criminal
ends.'' He also charged that the po-
lice, raiding the union headquarters.
found a quantity of hammers. and
many receipts for money paid persons
for many of the explosions, fires and
other outrages marking the militant
reign of terror since the withdrawal
by the government of the franchise
reform bill in the last parliament.
/ (Cnntinued ON maze 21