The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-19

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think I viii be. I am willing to trust
to the sense of justice Of the American
gpeop1e.''
Mrs. Panknurst was questioned close
" about her departure from England
sShe told immigration inspectors that
she thought she would not be arrest
led if she should return there.
81 was at liberty under license" she
explained. My license had expired.
and I was of course, subject TO arrest
at any time Notwithstanding adj
dressed the International Medical Con-
sgress after the expiration of my license
and was not molested. Inasmuch as
had been arrested for addressing pub
lie meetings previously, should think
that If I had been wanted, would
have been arrested while addressing
this meeting.
4 Further announced publicly that
expected to leave England. No attempt
was made to prevent my departure"
Acting under orders from Washing
ton the special board Of inquiry hur
ried the hearing. At the detention
station Mrs. Pa1lkhurst was lodged for
q few minutes In the room which Clip
Eriano Castro occupied while at Ellis
Island. Then she was taken before
the board.
-Four women who accompanied Mrs.
Pankhurst 20 Ellis Island were allowed
] to converse with her and her counsel
lin her rooms. They were not permit
ted to accompany her before the board,
however, nor was her lawyer.
MRS. BELMONT ASSISTING.
Mrs o. H. P. Belmont, the New
York woman suffrage leader, who was
to have been Mrs. Pankhurst's host,
&xx- r-<,,I -, 10
900 for Mrs. PanI1hurst's good behavior
while In America. Under the ruling of
the special board she will not be per
united to do so and Mrs. Pankhurst
must remain at Ellis Island until de-
Forted, unless the boards findings are
) 3 ersed by the Washington authori-
Lies.
] Mrs Pankhurst's deportation was or
dered until section of the imnigra-
tion law. This section provides for the
exclusion Of persons convicted abroad
of crime or crimes involving moral
turpitude. The board held that. Mrs.
Pankhurst's conviction in England of
conspiracy to commit arson brought
her within this class.
The militant leader was fnterrogated
by immigration inspectors on board the
liner Provence, upon which she came
from Havre. then was rushed in tug
to the detention station at Ellis Island
and taken Immediately before the
special board Of inquiry. Her exami-
nation by this board lasted little over
an hour and she was not represented
by counsel
Mrs. Pankhurgt told the immigration
officials that her purpose in coming to
American was not to advocate the
militant method for obtaining suffrage
burt to lecture upon the history and
the progress of the cause in England.
When Mrs. Panlzhurst was informed
that she was to be deported she turned
30 her lawyer and the four women who
had waited for the verdict and an
nounced her intention Of beginning a
hunger strike to compel the authorities
to release her. She changed her mind,
however, when she learned that she
was 10 be given a prompt hearing on
her appeal.
She told reporters she had not been
given q fair hearing inasmuch as her i
lawyer was not present.
The board was courteous more or |
less" Mrs. Pankhurst said, but the |
climax came when they said / was
guilty of moral turpitude. 1 said to
them: Then your ancestors were |
guilty of moral turpitude when they |
threw the tea into Boston harbor.' I |
Parnell and John Redmond, Irish po-
lftica1 leaders who were convicted un-
der the same act as / was convicted 4
under, were received here with open /
arms, although they destroyed prop
erty. I attempted to show the board /
that a revolution is going on In Eng
land, the same as went on in this
country. told them that held hu-
man life sacred and had never a7vo-
Gated the taking Of rfe.'
The big meeting which local suf-
fragette leaders planned 10 give Mrs.
Pankhurst tonight, was postponed until
Monday night.
Mrs. Panlzhurst was bitter in her
Sier..nciation OF the boards action.
IT think the minds of the members
OF the special board OF inquiry were
made UP before I arrived here Now
that the hearing is over this question
arises In my mind, who did it? Who
is responsible for the action taken by
the board In ordering me deported? l
am Of the opinion that it was done by
our political opponents on the other
side"
Mr.. Reeves filed his appeal bv long
distance telephone, with Commissioner
General Ca1ninetti and announced that
the commissioner general would hear
the case tomorrow. Mr. Reeves said
he would leave for Washington tonight,
Don't forget the dance
Monday night, at c. K. of A.
hall. Voting contest-nost