The Washington herald., 1913-10-21

from speeches Of John Bright, made be-
| fore the franchise act of 1887, In which
he advised the assembly of the people In
thousands to make demands upon the
government: that she quoted that, and
advised those who wanted freedom In
| the twentieth century to act on that,
and was tried and convicted of "obstruct-
ing the police ano ineitement to rebel.
ling and sentenced to three months i'm
prisonment; that the third conviction was
in 1911, just prior to her last visit to
| America. when she was arrested for
| taking a petition to the House of Com
mons" in connection with which about
| $50 women were arrested and tried be-
| fore a magistrate, an appeal being taken
from his decision and the appellants re-
leased on BAIL she coming to the United
States while the appeal was pending,
and the appeal being heard and dis
missed while she was here, and on her
return to England she expected TO be
sent to prison, but was not and the case
absolutely fell through" that the
fourth conviction occurred in March
of last year, on the charge Of
conspiracy" she and three others
being arrested, tried. and convicted, and
sentenced to Imprisonment for nine
months, the verdict being accompanied
by a strong recommendation to mercy,
because Oh lne nlBn InOTdl CndTdClcF anu
unselfish motives of the accused" that
the nature of this conspiracy was CON
spiracy to rebelIion:" that no overt act
was committed by her, but because of
certain speeches she made, certain
things happened-some shop windows
were broken" that she served six weeks
of the nine months term and was then
released on the ground Of i'll health. the
sentence being Cancelled, the i'll health
being due to hunger strike" in
which she joined ''sympatheticaIly;"
that the next offense was COM
mitted in March. 1913, when she
was charged with conspiracy with
persons unknown. and incitement to de-
struction of property that she pleaded
Not guilty" that some property was
destroyed. the act Immediately preced-
ing her arrest having been the wreck
ing or partial wrecking of an unfinished
house TO be occupied by the chancellor
of the exchecquer. MIR. Lloyd-George."
some explosive having been put in the
cupboard of one of the unfinished rooms
and tine house damaged by the eXplo-
sion:" that she was tried and convicted
and sentenced to three years penal servi-
tude, that 'again the jury recommended
mercy on the groun0 of purity of mo-
tIves;" that she served something over
four months of the three-year sentence,
and then the Cat and Mouse act was
passed, and / came under that act, and
/ have been in and out of prison sew
eral times" that she thinks she is en-
titled TO assume that her sentence has
been Cancelled, adding:
Tells of Departure.
seven days license, to recover my
health I abla rR-ip0Drisnnmpnt
at the end OF seven days. The time ex-
pired and no move was made by the
authorities. At the end of eight days /
attended a public meeting at which ]
made an address, and for which invita-
tions had been sent out in my name,
and the occasion was widely advertised.
Invitations were sent to the convention
then going on of medical men, and a
great many attended. / am sure that
the authorities had seen the invitations
and knew of the meeting, but ] was
not re-arrested.
l went about London quite freely. The
house IN which / was was not watched.
and on Friday following, after its having
been announced in all the papers, 1 left
England. A number of my frieds bade
me good-by on the. platform. and vet
the authorities took no notice. From
all that | assume that the sentence was
been arrested Immediately on showing
myself. Mrs. Pankhurst said that the
only offenses charged in the two con-
spiracy charges, were the breaking of
windows and the wrecking of a build
ing with explosives; that there were
many counts in the indictment, and on
some she was convicted and on others
acquitted, and she could not say with
out seeing her papers whether or not
nf
malicious damage act;' that IL her
speeches made her an accessory before
the fact then she was convicted as
such accessory; that she has made
speeches urging women to adopt meth
DDS of rebellion such as have been
adopted by men in every revolution
that she has advised the destruction of
property, but never of life: that the de-
of the house at Walton Heath
may or may not have been the result of
her advice, but I never said to any one
blow up the house at Walton Heath
didn't know there was such a house"
woman's own business.
Question-"what other property has
been destroyed as the result OF your
tea achings or lectures, to the best OF your
Answer-"I am not vain
enough to think that my speeches have
that effect, but / do know that
in England are in a serious state
of revolt"
She continued that she is coming to
the United States ito tell the true story
OF the women's fight in England. I come
exactly as Parnell and Redmond and
other revolutionary leaders have come,
and to get sympathy"
Question-'Is ii your purpose in this
to advocate the tactics that you
have in England-violence and the de-
struction of property in order to ac-
your purpose?" Answer-"I do
not come to interfere with the business
Of American women, for IT is their busi-
ness to get the vote for themselves"
"Question-'1s it your purpose to advise
them TO accomplish their purpose, If
necessary, by the destruction of property
or life?' Answer-"I have never ad-
vised the destruction of life. l do not
Some to advise American women at all;
consider conditions totally different
here from what they are in England"
Question-"What do you expect TO ac-
here?" Answer-'What people |
struggling for freedom always want to
sympathy and support.
want to tell the real truth about the