Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-01
Miss Kenney, Suffragette, Is
Taken Into Custody on
Reaching Country.
BOATHOUSE AND BARN
PREY OF ARSON SQUAD
Mrs. Belmont. Before Leaving Lon
don for Paris, Says Govern
ment Will Fail.

4 LONDON May Miss Annie Kenney
one of the most prominent of the mill
tant suffragettes. was arrested toda,
as soon as she set foot in England OIL
her arrival from the continent de
tective had accompanied here from
| Paris bearing a warrant charging hel
! with conspiracy.
| Miss kenney was arraigned later a
| the Bow street police court and re-
| manded until tomorrow by the magis
trate. who refused to grant bail.
The police are still in possession Of
| the headquarters of the Women's Socia
and Political Union. the militan,
suffragette organization in kingsway
| The telephone switchboard in the
| Offices has been placed in charge of q
detective.
Publish Suffrage Organ.
| The suffragettes managed this after
noon to issue their paper, the Suffra
gette. in spite OF the warning of the gov
| ernment counsel.
| The number consisted of eight pages
the front page containing only the word
| news dealers refused to handle the pub
| l1catlon and only few women were SELL
| ing it on the streets.
Arson Squad Active.
| Notwithstanding the repressive activity
| OF the police, the campaign of arson
conducted by the militant suffragettes
| was continued this morning. A large sta
bic at Hendon, a northwestern suburb Of
London, was set on fire and practically
destroyed. A placard with the words
Votes. Votes. Votes. Beware!' was
found pasted on the premises.
A boathouse on the Thames opposite
Hampton Court Palace, together with a
| number of boats. was destroyed by suf-
| fragettes early today.
Says Government Will Fail.
Mrs. Q. H. P. Belmont of New York
left for Paris today. Before her depart
ure she said:
The British government learns moth
ing from history. The present coercive
measures against the suffragettes are
bound to fall
Mrs. Gait to Address Actresses.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait - New
sE0rls IutendB- today to attend a meeting
OF protest against the payment Of taxes
by the Duchess Of Bedford. Distraint
was levied on the property of the duchess
April q. and silver cup belonging to
her was taken by the eax collectors to
satisfy the claim
Tomorrow Mrs. Gait will make her first
public speech in England at a meeting
Of the Actresses Franchise League.
Praise Government Stand.
The determined stand which the gov
ernment appears to have taken against
suffragette militancy. beginning with Its
raid yesterday upon the headuarters of
the Women's Social and Political Union,
with the arrest of six leaders. is mildly
but generally commended by some of the
London press. The Standard calls it "the
doom OF the militants,' and believes that
although the movement may cause some
small annoyance even after the loss of
the leaders. the rank and file can do
nothing effective. 1t continues:
AN attempt will probably be made to
re-estah!.sh the Woman's Social and
Political Union elsewhere. probably under
another name. II SO. the police must
make another raid and continue the proc
ess until the whole fabric of militancy is
shattered. To keep the militants on the
run is the surest way to extinguish their
activity. The vitality of militancy, which
has ceased to have any real connection
with the vote and has lost the sympathy
Of the great mass of suffragists, cannot
survive the destruction of its organiza-
ton"
Daily Mail Also Commends.
The Daily Mail also declares editorially
that the authorities are taking the right
course.
| IF they try hunger strike says the
| Mail. in the event that they are SEN
fenced the act will paralyze the ringlead-
ers' power for mischief. The punishment
has at last been made to fit the crime
The liberal papers make no comment
| on yesterdays events.
Smuggles Message Out of Prison.
Gen" Mrs Flora Durmmond. one of
the leaders of the militant suffragettes.
who was arrested yesterday. succeeded
| tonight in smuggling out of the jail to a
friend a message. This message which
later was cabled to the Womens Suf-
! frage Union of New York. was as fol-
| lowE:
"Carnegie's so-caHed peace delegates
are nearing your shores. None of them
has raised a voice against the torture of
women in English prisons. The tory
I members of parliament among them won
their seats on sink-the-German-na
policy. They nave ali voted against nome
| rule Suffragettes Irishmen and Ger
| mans. organize national boycott against
! these war provokers.
Cables Senator O'Gorman.
| Miss Scott-Troy. the San Francisco suf-
| fragette sent a cablegram to Senator
O'Gorman at Washington saying:
III the Senate will investigate Car
negie.s peace fund they may find an olive
branch wrapped around a sword We
i hope that the Senate will not attend the
| functions given in honor Of the peace
delegates. who dictate to Americans that
they must rewrite their history to save
English feelings and sully the fair name
OF George Washington.