The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-28

PLAN ANARCHY
Frantic MiIitants Will
Break aW In
Every Way
Startling Disclosures Said to
Have Come From Women
Detectives

AO1IdOns jail MOI one cent IOI
tribute the slogan of the militant
suffragettes when arrested, was reit-
Grated today in Bow street police court
by Mrs: Despard when she chose to
go to Jail for IA days rather than pay
a $40 fine
Mrs. Despard was arrested last night
following demonstrations caused by
the governments withdrawal of the
franchise reform bill in the House of
Commons. She was haranguing a
crowd from the steps of St Martin s.
in-the-Ffelds Church In Trafalgar
Square.
John Simpson, a: male suffragette
Square meeting, was tried in Bow
street and given his choice OF a $40
fine or two weeks in Jail. He chose
confine nera ert.
Another militant, who refused stead
fast1y to give her name, was sent to
prison for a week on a charge OF in
citing a riot
There was vigorous denial today
that the young woman arrested last
night in st. Stephens Hall, adjoining
the House Of Commons, was Miss
of Mrs. E1nmeIine Pankhurst, leader
of the militants. The young woman,
caught in the act of a.ttemp ting to
smash the glass of picture with a
held prisoner for two hours and then
released. She refused to give her
name.
Scotland Yard heads were confident
today of their ability to cope with the
situation because they professed to be
in possession of all the plans of the
suffragettes. Women detectives sew
eraI weeks ago Joined the ranks of
the rni1ftants and obtained access,
| through ostentations and excessive
zeal, to the inner circles. Winning
the confidence of women like Mrs.
Pankhurst, Mrs. Despard, Miss Annie
Kenny and other leaders, they obtained
accurate information of all the suff-
ragetlte plans, police authorities say,
and by this means the police will he
table to checknlate them.
| Despite the assurances of the police,
Of terror Utterances of Mrs. PanE-
hurst, Mrs. Despard and others were
to the effect that the women intend to
break every law in the calendar ex-
eept that against murder. By a cam
paign of smashing violence they plan
TO annoy the public SO that there will
be a, clan1or from all quarters for the
government to give women the bal
sFwe are going to show that man
made law does not, shall not and can
Just before she was arrested. Those
of us who are in on the secret of
what we intend to do are not in the
least concerned about what happens
break the law in every possible way. I"
Shop keepers all over London are
barrtcading their windows.
A serious clash between the sl1ffra-
gettes and the police is expected to
take place in Parliament Square when
General Flora, Drumond says she
will lead a large deputation OF work
ing women to call on David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the exchequer.
The women asked Lloyd George to
receive them today in the House of
Commons and he refused by letter.
'tGenera1'' Drummond then wrote a
letter to Lloyd George warning him
of the visit planned for tonight.
All cabinet ministers today were
guarded by police. Premier Asqu1th
was the object of especial vigilance.
this utterance of Miss Kenny:
eve will make the lives of public
officials impossible. If you are shop
keeper you had better look out.% Tt is
to attack It is something else. We
are going to get this question settled
once and fer ALL
Mrs Ernmefine Pankhurst contribut-
ed this to the general warning:
eve are prepared to endanger< our
lives in a campaign of guerrilla war
fare including sortees and riots soon
to begin.''
Threatened to outdo itself. suffra gettes
have started a new variety of propa-
ganda. They have induced firm of
London publishers to issue a. series
first on the list is eeThe Poodle Wo-
man." by Miss Annesley Kinealy, a
leader in the movement OF her own
book, Miss KineaIy said today:
Iitical feeling, yet it demonstrates
how the injustice of man-made laws
affects women, marriage, methodhood
and industry
sunragette since she was eight years
old.