Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-19
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the radical woman suffrage
hers comprising the Women's
and Political Union, as given
eorge LansbuTy, former member
rliament and the most proml-
male suffragette" in England
hsbury is himself militant. On
INT of his recent public speeches
pying the destruction OF property
Irs. Pankhurst'S cohorts and urs-
the men friends of the movement
b out and do likewise, he was ar
I'd and charged with .'inciting TO
cious destruction of property by
Rmmatory speech, under a CEN
es-old law passed in the time of
3 Edward Ill He was tried in
street police court and sentenced
three months in prison. The
TT offered Lansbury the aiterna-
of freedom on bail if he would
bmise good behavior He at first
fused and was cheered by the suf-t
3gettes, but later, to their chagrin
81 took the pledge and was released
a bail signed by Joseph Fels. He
I've up his seat in parliament last
assion as a protest against the insin-
krity of the labor party, of which he
Jas member, in its attitude toward
be woman suffrage question. He
food for reelection independently on
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, plat
Drm and was. defeated. Since then
be has devoted the greater part of
his time agitating on behalf of the
woman movement generally, and the
policies of the w. S. P.ifU. particular
". Lansbury's family also are mill
tants, one of his sons and one of his
daughters having served prison terms
Tor window smashing. IL rs
II think the reason why our Ameri-
can friends cannot understand the de-
Velopment of militancy in this coun-
Try he said, lis because they do not
understand the British politician. l
have never been in America, but from
what i have learned of the success of
the more peaceful methods over there,
am convinced that you have a differ
ent brand, of legislators. Evidently
they are amenable to verbal argu-
ment. But, more important, they do
not resort to the rtrickerY, treachery
and brutality in their dealings with
women folk that have characterized
the situation that obtains here. /
wonder if your women would have
limited their methods of persuasion to
soft words and street parades if
they had been confronted in America
with conditions which confronted the
women in England 81. IS s,,.aF
Don't think for moment that our
women have not tried these means.
They have been extraordinarily pa
tent. For sixty years the agitation
for woman's emancipation has gone
on in England. The lack of sincerity
Of the government leaders toward the
movement was manifested as long
ago as 1885. q When Gladstone intro
duced his bill to give agricultural
laborers the vote, the women were
led to believe that they too would be
included in the measure. But at the
very last moment Gladstone let it be
known that if woman suffragette
were brought in it would
wreck the bill, despite the fact that
he himself declared he saw no reason
why women should not have the vote.
1t was Gladstone, by the way, who
once said, Nc great reform has ever
been brought about in this country
without violence" =. >......*... -. =:
The women were grievously disap
Pointed, but they continued their agi
tation along peaceful lines, holding
parlor meetings and all that sort ot
thing. No notice was taken of them
Then, seven years ago, Mrs. Emmeline
Fankhurst, great social writer. or
ganized the Women's Political and So
cial Union with the avoWed object oil
introducing militant methods. At thai
time the militancy consisted of heck
ling speakers, including cabinet mem
bers, something done since earliest
times throughout England. For do
ing the same thing the men did they
weer cruelty maltreated and thrown
out into the streets. This resulted in
increased membership. =. e..
AS part of our new militant cam
paign the women began to send depu
tations to parliament, another con
stitutional method which had never
been denied to the men. The premier
and cabinet members refused to see
them and generally the police were
called to throw them out and later
even to prevent them from entering
the building. When they persisted i'll
their constitutional rights they were
brutally assaulted and hundreds i'm
prisoned. But still they were patient
Not until after four instances Of this
kind did the women, as a Pre- >est, be,
gin to break windows. Then the gov
eminent opened up negotiations. A
truce was declared and the sO-called
Cancellation bill, granting limited fran
Chise introduced. It passed its second
reading by majority OF 16C. But the
women were deceived. government
leaders preventing it's third reading
Next session the same membership
defeated it by a majority of IA. The
Campaign against it had been sinister
and surreptitious. The defeat vas in
the face of absolute pledges held b:
tho women Of 39S out OF GO members
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