Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
Anti-Suffragists Not Idle.

The anti-suffragists also are by no
means idle, and their campaign, which
has the aid Of such men as Lords Curzon
and Cromer and great many men and
women of ability and influence. goes
steadily along.
In the meantime the matter of most
immediate necessity is to find some means
of dealing with the law-breaking mill
tants. They are usually caught, con-
victed and sent to Jail, but as they i'm
mediately start the hunger strike and
are released the campaign of destruction
is not restrained. The press and public
blame Reginald Mckenna, the home sec
the sentences imposed being served.
Thousands of letters have been written
to the authorities making suggestions OF
how the militants should be dealt with:
The most popular one has been that II
the women would not take food they
should be allowed to starve to death.
The retort of the women to this suS
gestion invariably has been brute,
or something worse. IT is no secret
that Mr.. McKenna and the other mem
plussed. They know that the English
conscience would be outraged should
a woman die of starvation in an Eng
lish prison, and that the people In re-
turn would. in all probability de-
mand the life of the government,
which they would hold responsible for
such an outcome. Mr.. McKenna, 1T is
announced, will, during the present
session of parliament, introduce a
measure to enable the police ana
prison authorities to deal more efec-
lively with the woman prisoners.
Represents Long-Established Firm.
Charles Nicholson, who was selected
by Sir Thomas Upton to design and
&c three
brothers. who compose one of the Old
est and largest firms of yacht build
ers in Great Britain. The firm was
established as long ago as 1790, ana
Latterly, of course, it has been en-
gagged chiefly in building boats for
racing under the European interna.
tionaI rule, which produces healthy
sea-going vessels. One of the most
successful of the firms latest, boats
Is the Istria, which has met with great
success in European waters.
Linton Hope. the well known racing
yacht architect, in a recent interview on
the prospects Of success for the British
boat in case a race for the America cup
should be arranged, said: The great
handicap is still the passage across the
Atlantic The hull of the racer that
has to make this trip can be strengthen
ened by internal struts Wnlcn can De re-
moved after the voyage, but the boat can
mot be built as light as one that has not
to make the passage because she might
not be able to stand the strain OF very
bad weather. There are possible ways
of doing It. but they involve risk. Per-
sonally, i would prepare to take IT..
Asked as to whether there had been
any new discoveries in the science OF
Yacht building since the last race for the
America cup. Mr.. Hope replied: There
have been several discoveries. but they
are all equally available to American
builders and so the initial advantage still
rests with them. Boats of this kind are
only built for the special purpose of the
cup, and do not think there has been
any advance in design. Aluminium was
used in one of the other Shamrocks-it
was used for racing yachts as long ago
as 1S95-and no doubt the newer and bet
ter aluminium alloy would be used in
building boat. The great advance has
been in the direction of rigging. Strength
for strength, wire rigging is much lighter
and blocks of aluminium are a quarter
the weight of steel ones. But the Ameri-
cans have them ALL" .