South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-21
Mrs. PankhurSt After BEING
Allowed to Enter Country,
Tells Women She Represents
Suppressed People
WILL REMAIN THERE
UNTIL NOVEMBER 28
President and SeCy. Wilson Act
and Allow Her to Fulfill Lee
ture 0ateS-GiVeS No Bond.

NEW YORK, oct. .21-MrS. Emme-
line Pankhursr the English militant.
suffraget leader landed on Manhattan
/ island at / o'clock Monday from Ellis
/ island. where she had been detained
4 since last Saturday by the immigra-
( ton authorities. She had been or
( dered deported as am undesirable alien
: but Pres. Wilson and Secy. OF Labor
/ wilson interviewed on her appeal from
J This decision and Monday instructed
{ Anthony CaminetJi. commissioner
I general of Immigration. To release her
( ON her own recOgniZance and without
/ bond. AIRS Pankhurst now will be
! able TO carry ouU her contemplated
; lecture tour IN this country. She eN-
poets to sail Tor Europe Nov. IS
III was difficult to imagine that the
slightly built. gray haired. little wo-
4 man. who stepied ashore from the
4 ferryboat N the Battery was the same
/ person that for several years had
+ caused the British government 50
much trouble boy reason of her mill
I tant tactics in behalf of woman SUI
& fragc or her incitationS To militancy
! for the cause
Also her tranquil countenance and
4 brightness OF eye gave no indication
+ that she had gone through the or
deals OF six prolonged hunger strikes
I To OBTAIN her release from prison SEN
tences imposed for illegal acts COM
mitted i'm England in her endeavors to
I gain votes for women.
The People Did It."
shortly after she landed Mrs. Pank-
hurst was taken IN an automobile 10
the residence of Mrs o. 81 Z. Bel
( mont. where she had luncheon and
4 Monday night she was dined at the
Aldine club by the WOman's political
/ union. She was highly elated over
( her release. The American people
D
Nv hat VIII the English say then
( she paid her respects tartly 20 Eegi-
/ nald Mckenna. the British home sec
! retary, CharacteriZing him as the
chief torturer for England"
She said il was not her purpose TO
! preach militancy IN this country. but
I that she would confine herself 10 an
I exposition OF the treatment accorded
( the suffragets in England.
Mrs. PankhursJ was the recipient
/ OF a demonstration unique in the an
1 mails Of Ellis island as she was leaving
the immigration station. Men and
women employees sought points OF
/ vantage from which 10 see the mill
/ tant leader and the board Of special
/ inquiry adjourned it's cases that its
members and the immigrants might
see her as she walked toward the fer
1 ryboat and the freedom OF the cOun-
/ try.
Officially Welcomed.
More than 800 members of the Wo-
mems Political union attended the
dinner at the AIdine club, which was
given as an official welcome Of Mrs.
Pankhurst
The militant leader in an address
said the happenings Of the last two
days had done much To- restore her
confidence in the democracy OF the
! American people. Think OF the
+ opinion in England when the news OF
my release reaches there she added.
/ They committed me there Tor crimes
against the law which were prompted
by the highest motives. and nothing
would have pleased them more than
. To have seen me deported.'
To those who criticised her motives
I and her right TO come 20 America and
preach her doctrines 20 the people of
4 this country. AIRS Pankhurst said. L
I exercise the same right as the repre-
! sentative OF any suppressed people 10
60 10 the people of other nations and
u1ead for assistance. Your own Ben
iamin Franklin. in the time Of stress
and difficulty. made a pilgrimage TO
4 France seeking relief and assistance
This is a Woman's movement and we
+ plead the undeniaDle right TO go TO the
/ women all over the civilized world
I and lay our case before them. as often
( and as c0mprehensively as we can do
So
+ a reference 10 lack Of miluancy was
made al the conclusion or her ad-
+ dress.
Ito those who have doubt" she
said. 'T wish to say that 7 don't qdes-
tion the wisdom OF the American pea
ple in conducting their campaign
along the lines that they have. hut ]
must say this. that 7 have never been
/ happier than since I reached the de-
/ cision that T and my daughters must
/ fight our battles along the lines OF
militancy.'