The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-22
Mrs. Pa m k hurst Ad-
dresses First American
Mass-Meeting.
WOMEN DRIVEN TO
ACTS OF VIOLENCE
Preparations Made for Overflow
Meeting at Madison Square
Garden, but Big Hall Scarcely
One-Quarter Filled-Intro-
duced by Socialist Can
didate for Mayor.

+ New York. October 2l.-NIrs. Enmel-
7 Inc Pankhurst addressed tonight i'm
I Madison SQUARE Garden. her first
American mass-mceting. She explain
I ed why militant methods for the cause
/ of woman suffrage are followed In
England. but not in America, and de-
Tended ;hc employment of such meth
ods. She criticised the Brishish gov
ernnent as the most conservative on
earth and held it responsible, through
+ failure TO enact legislation desired by
women, for advocates of suffrage re-
sorting TO violence TO obtain the ballot
! only through dynamic means, she
declared. could English women hope to
secure laws dealing with white slavery
I industrial evils and other conditions
/ affecting women.
| Preparations had been made for an
overflow meeting at Madison Square
Garden. but the big hall, with n seating
capacity of about i2,o00 persons. was
scarcely onc-quartcr filled. This WAS
attributed by the suffragettes to the
uncertainty that existed almost until
| the eleventh hour as to whether the
{ immigration authorities would allow
Mrs. Pankhurst To land.
Wear PrIson-Bnr Hndecs.
T Some leading suffragists of this COIN
/ try and few hunger strikers from
! England sat with Mrs. Pankhurst on
i
bearing the inscription: Resistance To
/ tyranny is obedience to God" Wear
! ing small steel prison bar badges, Sig
nifying that their militancy had result
! ed in Jail terms, were Miss Elsie Nc
! kenZie and Miss Mary kcegan. Eng
! lish girls who came here to accept bust
Less opportunities and Miss Lucy Burns
and Miss Elizabeth Freeman, American
! girls, who went to England to fight
/ for the cause"
Mrs. o. Fl. u. Belmont, Miss Lavania
Dock, Miss Sybil Wilbur Miss Alberta
I Hill, Miss Foia .LaFoliette, Miss Ida
Craft and other American suffragIst
leaders sat with them.
| Mrs. Pan<hurst was introduced by
| Charles Edward Russell. Socialist can
| didate for Mayor The audience. the
/ majority women. made n demonstra-
| ton lasting two minutes when tho
/ English militant leader tried to speak.
/ Women stood on chairs and frantically
! waved handk erchiefs and yellow flags
/ Mrs. Pankhurst closed her eyes and
! waited for the enthusiasm To die away.
/ Praises Ellis Island.
/ Her experiences with the immigra-
/ ton authorities Mrs. Pankhurst spoke
! of with praise, declaring the work at
/ Ellis Island admirably done. ana tho
! immigrants cared for there far bet
/ ter than are the poor, alien and native,
i'll Great Britain.
II have been accustomed to pleading
my own case in England" she said
Il wanted To go to Washington and
! plead my OWN case there. | want To
/ thank those who pleaded for me there.
( and tha.nh the American public l do
lot thank the Washington authorities.
and 10 not think President Wilson
wants 20 be thanked He would say
i did my duty
Il congratulate the American peo-
pie who have officials in high places
who perform their duties as they see
them"
Women tried persuasion and argu-
ment III England peaceful! means that
have been effective here. Mrs. Pank-
hurst said. These failing, violence be-
came necessary. Nothing was ever
got from an English Parliament ex-
cept through violence" said said. THE
/ machinery or the british government
is an elaborate arrangement OF how
not to do anything Whatever social
/ legislation has been secured has been
( due to 'Womons civil war and mucn
OF it was granted TO soften the spirit
Of the suffraCcttcs."
was granted TO save Winston Church.
/ i'll his Cabinet seat Mention of
F. Churchill. Asduith and Lloyd George
evoked Kissing.
Absolutely GuIlticSs.
| BY nature law abiding. hating vio-
lence and disorder, Mrs. pankhurst
said she had from the beginning felt
absolutely guiltless for she believed
there was no other way TO secure wom-
ems rights '"rhe women who have
drawn the prizes in life's lucky bag
are the ones who are waSing this
war she said: the women with good
fathers, good husbands. good brothers,
tries, They are lighting for the wom-
en- OF all classes
! Mrs. Pankhurst discussed equal suf-
! frage and white slavery. White slav-
cry. she characterized as more awful
I than negro slavery In its worst form
ever was I'm the United States In this
slavery are slaves of every color. and
| they are all of one sex" She criti-
ciXed England's flogging act providing
punishment for white slave agents.
why don't they go to the seat of
the evil?" she said. "Why don't they
punish the customer? With no demand
there will be no traffic. Give the wom-
en- the opportunity to frame the legis-
lation and there will he no white slav-
cry. The government Of the country
| is the biggest white slave firm we
have"
Mrs Pankhurst criticized Americans
who have said she came on Il money
! making mission. Benjamin Franklin
went TO France for aid for the Amer
lean revolution. she reminded, and
Irish law-breakers came here to
gather money to carry on their cam
paigns." and Americans responded.
She continues: 'Why should L not
come to ask help? What helps women
in Englind will help women all over the
world"
Realizes s1,50O.
| Mrs. Pankhurst realized $500 by
! her work tO-nipht This IS tho la
sum ever realized for suffrage at one
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