The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
"VOteS, Beware!" PIacard Near
a Burning Stable.
Annie KENNEY is ARRESTED
Detectives Follow Militant
Leader From France.
Without Printing Materials No
Stuff Newspaper.

London, May 1.-Miss Annie ken
ney, one of the most prominent of the
militant suffragettes was arrested to-
DAY as soon as she set foot in Eng
land on her arrival from Paris A
detective had accompanied her from
farls bearing a warrant charging her
with conspiracy.
Miss kenney was arraigned later at
the Bow street police court and re-
manded until tomorrow by the mag
lstrate VINO refused to grant bail.
The police still are in possession of
the headquarters of the women's So
c1al and political union, the militant
su1tragette organization in Kfngsway.
The telephone switchboard in the Of
tlces has been placed in charge of a
detective.
The members of the militant society
are seeking means of publishing The
Suffragette which is due today, but
the type and all the other printing
materials were seized Yesterday in the
raid by the police.
notwithstanding the activity of the
pohce the campaign of arson conduct
ed by the militant suffragettes was
continued this morning A large
stable at Handon, a northwestern sub
urb OF London was set on fire and
the words: Votes; Votes; Votes; Be
ware" was found pasted on the pre-
misses
Mrs. o. HIP. Belmont of New York
said:
THE British government learns
nothing from history. The present CO.
ercive measures against the suffra-
getteS are bound to fall
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait of New
YORK intends today to attend meet
ing of protest against the payment of
taxes by the Duchess of Bedford. Dis
traint was levied on the property of
the duchess on April 21, and a silver
cup belonging to her was taken by the
tax collector to satisfy the claims To-
morrow Mrs. Gait will make her first
public speech in England at meet
ing of the Actresses Franchise League.
Doom of Militants.
The determined stand which the gov
ernment- appears to have taken against
| suffragette militancy, beginning with
| its raid yesterday upon the headcuar-
| ters of the women's social and political
union with the arrest of six leaders.
| is mildly but greatly commended by
some of the London press. The Stand
I ard calls it 1.-THE doom of the mill
| tants," and believes that although the
government may cause some small an
| leaders, the rank and file can be moth
ing effective. 1t continues:
AN attempt will probably be made
to establish the Women's Social and
Political Union elsewhere, probably un-
der another name. If SO, the police
| must make another raid and continue
the process until the whole fabric of
militancy is shattered. To keep the
militants on the run is the surest way
to extinguish their activity. The VII
tality 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 sur
vive the destruction of it's organiza-
ton
IF they try a hunger strike,''/ says
the Mail, 'in the event that they are
sentenced the act will paralyze the
ringleaders' power for mischief. The
punishment has at least been made to
fit the crime"
The liberal papers make no comment
on yesterdays events.
Paper Out This Afternoon.
The suffragettes managed this
afternoon to issue their paper. The
Suffragette, in spite of warning or
the government counsel. The number
consisted of eight pages the front
pages containing only the one word
"Raided," in large type.
Most London news dealers refused
to handle the publication only a few
women were selling it on the streets.
A boathouse on the Thames opposite
Hampton court palace, together with
a number of boats, were destroyed by
suffragettes early today