Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-18
Mrs. EmmeIine Pankhurst
is Denied Admittance
to United States.
INQUIRY BOARD ORDER
Rule of Deportation Is That
She Sail for France, Port
of Her Departure.

New York, Oct. 1s.-Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, English militant suffraget
leader, who arrived today for lee
ture tour, was ordered deported by
the immigration authorities within
little less than three hours after the
vessel on which she came had docked.
A special board of inquiry voted not
to admit her to the country, but to
send her back to France forthwith.
Mrs. Pankhurst was bitter in her
denunciation of the action of the
board. who is responsible for the
action of the board? / am of the opin-
ion it was done by our political Oppon-
ents on the other side
Mrs. Pankhurst's attorney announc-
ed his intention of appealing the case
/. Immediately to Commissioner of Immi-
grafton Caminetti. Although Mrs. o..
p. Belmont, who was TO have been
Mrs. Pankhurst's hostess, was pTepar-
/ ed TO give bond up 10 100000 if nee
cssary for her release, she will not be
permitted TO do so. Mrs. Pankhurst
must remain at Ellis island until de-
ported or until the findings are revers-
ed at Washington. The case moved
with unexcelled celebrity.
Attorney Reeves said he had filed
an appeal by long distance telephone
with Caminetti and would proceed to
Washington.
NO LEADERSHIP NEEDED HERE.
a CTIa ~ a Of On AHrr Do III
! hurst was questioned by Immigration
inspectors in the music room of the
liner A curious crowd and two score
newspaper reporters surrounded the
! little group.
The board set itself to determine if
! her conviction in England was for a
/ crime involving moral turpitude If
I so. she comes within a class excluded
by the immigration act. If not, the
act does not apply.
Il am not coming to America to tell
American women how TO get the
vote" Mrs. Pankhurst said when the
/ inspectors left her. They appear
abundantly able to manage their own
( campaign. Their progress has been
/ remarkable, and they need no foreign
/ leadership" There was no touch of
militancy about her face or figure as
I she chatted with the newspaper men.
Mrs. Pankhurst had almost recover
ed, she said, from illness caused by
forcible feeding in Holloway Jail. But
! she was willing to live the narrowing
/ experience all over again a dozen
times, If need be, "for the cause" 81
would die if / had to for the cause -
| she said. Hundreds of women in
England would do the same thing. l
don't Sc. myself up as any different
! from other women or better than other
/ women.
/ HAVING A REVOLUTION.
I'VE are having a revolution in Eng
land just as you people in America
had a revolution when you wanted
/ freedom, when you were taxed without
( representation. We English women
are fighting for our freedom, and Just
as you won yours so We will win ours
/ You fought against George, the Third
we are fighting against George, the
Fifth. No, perhaps l should not say
that; we are fighting against King As
quith, for he is the obstinate man
who blocks our way. do not think ]
should be denied admittance to your
country ! am willing to trust to the
sense of justice of the American peo
Pile"
Questioned closely about her de
parture from England, she told the in
spectors she thought she would not
be arrested if she returned there.
WILL EXPEDITE CASE.
Washington, D. c.. Oct. 1s.-Camin
etti said he had no telephone appea
TO be considered. He said il would bt
necessary TO have the physical rec
ords." He would consider the appea
tonight or tomorrow, or any time tbs
papers arrived outside OF regular
hours. to expedite the case.
PROTESTS TO PRESIDENT.
Chicago. Oct. 1S.-Immediately OF
hearing OF the order Of deportation
against MIS-. Pankhurst, Grace WI
bur Trout. president of the Illinois
Equal Suffrage association sent a tele
gram Of protest to President Wilson
! Then she called a special meeting O
: the board of directors TO conside
: what aid could be extended Mrs. Pank
hurst Our association recently yo,
ed TO extend every courtesy TO Mrs
Pankhurst while in this country" sail
Mrs. Trout Mrs. Trout's telegram sal
in part: We have always allowei
political exiles from other oountrie
70 visit the United States. Men hayr
, never been excluded. Way exclud
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