Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-27
WILD WOMEN
! ! DO MUCH HURT

| LONDON.-"The crash of broken
windows in London has been heard
across the Atlantic with disastrous
results" reads an appeal for world
wide constitutional agitation for
woman suffrage, issued by the Ma
| tional Union of Womens Suffrage
Societies. The appeal sets forth that
many letters of protest against the
strenuous militancy of the English
sisterhood have poured into head
quarters from across the seas.
"The actions of the militants are
hurting the cause all over the world
| is the burden of these protests, &C.
cording to the appeal. Most Of the
protests come from America and the
dominion of Canada-from countries
and states where women have al
ready won by patience and tact or
where there is now a vigorous cam
paign along peaceable line under
way. Says the appeal:
Letters from officials Of suffrage
societies from America, Europe and
our overseas Dominions constantly
| reach the National Union expressing
the strong belief not only OF the
harm which militancy is doing the
cause in England, but also OF Its dis
trous effects abroad. Those women
especially who have already won the
vote in the colonies express them
selves strongly on this question. They
won their victory by tact and pa
tience and by stern refusal to put
themselves in the wrong, however
great the provocation.
"Jn respect of methods, with the
exception of China, where the move
ment has been accompanied in one or
two instances by acts of milltancy
from Chinese female soldiers, the mil
liant movement in Great Britain
stands isolated; yet it was inevitable
as the New York Press affirms, That
the cause in America should suffer
from the outrages perpetrated IN
the name of woman suffrage by
british suffragettes. The crash OF
broken windows in London has been
heard across the Atlantic with dlsas-
trous results"
Critics and enemies of the House
of Lords seldom view it in the light
of a champion for popular rights, yet
there is not discordant note in the
nublic and editorial praise for its
decision providing for 1.-The open
court" in divorce cases.
The law, which the Lords, as the
final court of appeal of the United
Kingdom, established, settles two
questions Of the utmost Importance.
They are that divorce and nullity
cases must be heard publicly, and
that a person adjudged guilty OF con-
tempt of court may appeal the ques-
tion of contempt to higher tribunal.
On both points the Lords overruled
the Court of Appeals. In the Scott
case, which was one to declare mar
riage null. the hearing was secret,
and Mrs. Scott was afterward adjudg-
ed guilty of contempt for circulating
| a report of the decision among ner
| friends.
The Court of Appeals. by vote of
| four to two, upheld the right of the
Judge to hold the hearing in camera,
and also declared that there could be
| no appeal from a ruling that per-
son was in contempt of court. The
Lords went even further than revers-
| ing the lower courts. They decided
| that the questions were of such i'm
portance to the public that the gov
| ernment should pay all the costs Mrs.
| Scott incurred in fighting the case
before the Court of Appeals and the
House Of Lords.
The tendency of English courts OF