The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-22
Ministers Shadowed by
Police to Thwart Suf-
fragette Plans.
PLOT DEVISED BY
MILITANT WING
How to Deal With Unruly Wo-
men Problem Which Is Vexing
English Authorities - Some
Seriously Suggest Hunger
Strikers Should Be Left
to Starve.

London. February 22.--Iiow TO deal
with the militant suffragsts is "A prob
lem which is being discussed anXiousIy
by the public, and suggestions of va
rious kinds occupy many columns OF
the daily newspapers.
The last plan of the militant wing
according to the Standard. is to kidnap
the Cabinet members and the police
are taking the precaution to shadow
the ministers whenever they appear in
public.
Suggestions are made by serious pub
lie men that women who are arrested
and go on a hunger strike should be
left to starve rather than be permitted
to defy or eradc the laws with i'm
punity. Milder suggestions include the
necessity to pass new laws to meet
exceptional cases, to deprive the hun
ger strikers OF drinking water. substi-
tute milk for water, and to infiict fines
upon lawbrcakers and thus deplete
the funds which support the militant
campaign
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. the mill
tant suffragette, who has declared that
she was responsible for the dynamite
explosion which recently wrecked the
home in Surrey of David Lloyd George,
Chancellor of the EXchequer, met with
mixed reception at q meeting last
night in the Chelsea town hall, under
the auspices OF the Womcn's Social and
Political Union.
When Mrs. Pankhurst appeared on
the platform she Was greeted with
groans, Kisses, yells and cheering, and
only a large force of police in the hall
prevented the hostile section of the
audience from attacking her. When
she left the hail Mrs. Pankhurst
twitted the authorities for being afraid
to take advantage Of her assumption
of responsibility for blowing up Mr..
Lloyd Georges house and send her to
iail. She declared that. short of taxi
ing human life. the militant suffragists
intend to do everything possible TO
settle at once the political status of the
women of this country.
Army" Has Muddy March.
Havre de Grace. Md, February 2l.-
With slightly depleted ranks General
Rosalle Jones's little band OF suffragist
pilgrims struggled into Havre de Grace
just AT dusk this evening, after Il days
march over the worst and muddiest
road the army" has encountered since it
started last week on the march to Wash
ington. Three OF the hikers were miss
ing when the main body reached here
So bad was the walking in stretches
that the troops took TO the fields along
the side of the road. BY the time they
reached Northeast, where brief stop
was made for luncheon. the marchers
looked more like mud images than
women.
missary automobile suddenly took fire
on the road. but it was quickly extin-
guished with only slight damage TO
either car or its contents.
At Perryville. just across the Sus-
quehanna River from here. the army"
was met by a committee of citizens
and headed by a brass band. marched
TO the Havre de Grace City Hall, where
Mayor Weber made an address Of well
come and presented the keys of the
city TO General Jones Later there
was public meeting, at which Gen
eraT Jones and others spoke.
The army" expects TO leave here in
the morning. stopping at Belair Md.
tomorrow night The missing nil
grims marched into town shortly after
o'clock tonight One of the trio
was 'Colonef' Ida Craft, who fell be-
hind early in the day. suffering in
tensely from badly swollen and blis-
tered rect. The other two remained
behind TO assist her.
VIII Not View Parade.
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