The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-11
Leave Behind a Photograph of
Mrs. PankhurSt.
FIGHT ON! FIGHT ON! IS CRY
Women Promise to Continue
War When Money Comes.
Rumor Today of Deporting
Guilty American Women.

! ground at Tunbridge Wells. They left
behind them a photograph of Mrs.
Pankhurst
| 1t is understood a member of house
| of commons who is friendly to woman
! suffrage will ask Reginald McKenna,
| home secretary, next week, whether he
| IS contemplating deportation as unde-
| slrable citizens, of Miss Emerson and
other foreign militant suffra gettes
| guilty of breaking English laws.
! Under the law McKenna could do
/ this, hence the report has caused con-
| sternation among the American women
| mere who have Jail records as we'll as
| among these whose affiliations with the
militant suffrage organization might
terms.
Our answer to the governments cat
and mouse bill is 815,000 added to our
war chest, "said General Mrs. Flora
Drummond, in closing the suffragette
meeting at Albert hall,ove which she
presided. 1t was the biggest meeting
| ever held by the women's social and
political union.
The subscriptions included two for
f1,500 (s7,50O each, and two for Ell, 900
each. Among the American contribu-
tors were Mrs. August Belmont and
Mrs. J. ]. White, of New York, and
Miss Scott-Troy, of San Francisco.
Laughter greeted the announcement
of the subscription of half a crown, ac-
companied by a bogus note signed by
the chancellor of the exchequer, David
Lloyd George The note read: 'I have
great pleasure in presenting to you my
first dividend from my Marconi Wire
less shares
In opening the meeting, Mrs. Drum
mond said:
Message From Mrs. Pankhurst.
Fight on! Fight on.
"'Th9f is the fhof Mrc
Pankhurst would send US from Holla-
way jail, were she able to get it out
and fight on, is what we intend to
do"
Mrs. Drummond made hit by quot
ing incendiary passages from the
speeches of Sir Edward Carson, Andrew
Bonar Law and Frederick E Smith
on the Ulster question, substituting for
men," the word women and for
ULSTER votes for women"
"Since the government did not arrest |
these politicians for such indictments
to violence" she said, 'I presume that
it is safe for me to repeat what they |
said, with the slight changes made"
When the bouquet from Miss Zelie |
Emerson was handed to Mrs. Drum
mond, there was an outburst of cheer |
ing.
George Lansbury, ex-Socialist mem |
Der of the house of commons, de- |
manded the immediate release of Mrs. !
L dIlkHuISI anu lGI ICIiOW pIlSOuoTS ana
abandonment of the torture of fore |
ible feeding He urged the militants |
to continue to burn and destroy prop
erty.
"If a leader is taken away he said !
''let a dozen women step forward and |
take her place. This is a war in which |
we shall do our best to preserve human
life, but show no regard for property of
any kind
The whole audience rising responded
Justify to a call for three cheers for
Mrs. Pankhurst.
Operate on Miss Emerson.
London, April 11.-Miss Zelie Emer-
son, the American suffragete is suffer-
ing from a serious attack of appendi-
citis. DR.. Manzell- ll-Moullin, her physi-
clan, said this morning:
inflammation undoubtedly has de-
veloped an attack of appendicitis. 1t
will be impossible to correct her con-
dition permanently without an opera
ton, which is unthinkable at present
because of her extremely weakened
condition. The nervous symptoms have
improved somewhat today
Charged With Aeronlane Park Fire.
London, April 11.-An alleged suf-
fragette attempt to destroy by fire the
dirigible balloon sheds and aeroplane
parks of the army flying corps, was
today from scarborough.
The fire was extinguiShed before any
had been done.
Trouble in Royal Household.
"Some Internal woman has given
away my private call number and she
must be found at once declared King
George, when a member of the mill
tant suffragette party succeeded in
pleading her cause directly to the king
by means of the telephone, according
to the report which emanated from
palace today
The suffrage question has caused an
open break in the royal household and
Lady Shaftesbury and several ladies'
vided opinions upon the militant cam
oaign which were openly expressed at
1 recent luncheon in the presence of
Queen Mary.
1t is said that Queen Mary looked
sor a long time with much favor upon
he granting of votes for women, but
he recent outrages committed as a
part of the militant campaign have
urned her against the cause and she
rowns upon any favorable expression. | !
The suffrage question is the chief
opic of conversation among the wom- Z
m of Queen Mays household and had :
llready created considerable dissen- !.
ion among several of the ladies.
Suffered as Prisoner. :
London April 11.-Miss Zelie {
Emerson, the American suffragette,
Who was released from Holloway Jail
saturday is in a serious condition in
. private nursing house as a result of /
he forcib1e feeding she had to under /
20 while she was a prisoner. She is s
cry low and her condition causes the
.reatest anxiety to her friends.
The doctors report on Miss Emer
on's condition says: 'I find the v