New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-19
MRS. GAIT HAS NO USE
FOR MRS. PANKHURST
Glad to Have English Militant
Stay in Paris, Says Amer
lean SuffragiSt.
ASQUITH BARS VICTORY
Women Abroad Will Get Vote
Only When Another Assumes
Premiership, in Opinion of
Returned Traveller.

Returned Traveller.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait and Miss
Mary Garrett Hay. who returned yester-
day from Europe, will not encourage
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst to make d
similar voyage
In fact instead Of welcoming the Eng
| lish militant to this country, the Ameri-
can leaders are inclined to hope that
/ Uncle Sam. as a matter of international
courtesy to his friend John Bull. would
refuse 10 admit her.
I'VE are just as glad 10 have her stay
in Paris as the English were 10 have her
90 there" said Mrs. Gait.
| Mrs Pankhurst's motives are all right.
but her policy is not helpful. II has Ger
tainly hurt the cause In Americd-not
among suffrasists. who understand her
relative position 10 the whole movement,
| but among the masses. who have not
thought about ii and are prejudced in
advance"
You think IL would hurt the cause here
II you welcomed her. say by giving her
a reception" some one asked.
well. shall not give her a reception"
said Mrs. Gait, firmly.
II developed. however. that Mrs Cats
disapproval OF Mrs Pankhurst's methods
is fully equalled by her contempt for the
British governments policy toward those
methods
There has not been a grain OF sense in
the governments whole programme she
said. This cat and mouse bill is the
foolest thing they could have done. II
I you forget the tragedy lurking behind IL
il is positively funny. II is against the
! law IN England To commit suicide and II
the women died in prison as a result Of
| hunger striking the government would be
held in part responsible.
The people protested against the forci-
bic feeding. So they had 10 stop that.
| Then they resorted 20 an ex post facto
| lava thing which is contrary TO all our
ideals OF proper legal procedure There
is an unwritten law that there shall be
no framing up OF laws 10 ~ particular
case after II has happened Yet that IS
what the English government did. and
now II finds itself in lovely fix. Women
/ committed 10 prison for melting % riot
are out of prison melting 10 riot
But what could the government do?"
some one asked.
Let EN- suicide II they want to- re-
Piled Mrs Gait promptly The govern
ment would have done its duty In pro-
viding them with food. II they refused 10
eat. its responsibility ended there.
AS a matter OF fact they wouldn't
commit suicide They had the govern
ment thinking they would. and they sim
Ply worked IL for a good thing 40. they
weren't blufing. They were playing the
game that's all. because they had found
out they could beat II the government
h. De,n firm IN the beginning they would
have stopped that game long before this
The government has never lost the
opportunity 10 do the one foolish thing
possible. When the militants began raid
ing the pillar boxes and destroying mail
there were plenty of reasonable ways OF
stopping them. But the government lay
awake nights thinking UP the one thinS
IL could do 20 react favorably on the
mlltants. IL raided their once. stopped
their press and forbade them 10 hold
street meetings. At once everybody IN
England who had an ism TO air was up
In arms about the rights OF free speech
They weren't In favor OF the militants.
but they wanted that free speech for
themselves. so they took the militants
part
This. by the way. is the explanation
OF the statements that the militants are
increasing In number All kinds OF ia
natlcs. people of Isms who feel them
selves prosecuted or who fear that they
may be prosecuted some time. are max
Ing common cause with the militants
against the tyranny Of the government
The miltants. too, gain some recruits
through personal sympathy. Their MEM
bership is for life. though. and people
long since inactive are stu counted
among their members.
How will II all end? only when the
country gets rid of the present Prime
Minister. who In opposing votes FOR wom-
en- out of pure obstinacy. There Is
majority for suffrage in Parliament The
Cabinet has "A majority. Asquith, though.
is leader OF his party He threatens to
resign II they pass the suffrage bill The
party has a big programme 10 put
through. They do not dare let Asquith
resign before the Home Rule bill and
the Welsh Disestablishment bill are
pasced. The victory can come only when
OF making a peer out Of MIN 80 as to set
him out of the way. II Lloyd George or
Sir Edward Grey became Prime Minister
the women would get the vote"
Mrs. Gait said that new school for
suffrage workers would open on Septem-
Der Is for a two weeks course. There
will be a morning session at the New
York State Woman Suffrage Association
No. $50 Madison avenue; an afternoon
session AT the Woman Suffrage party
Headquarters. No. IS East saith street. and
evening work at street meetings. There
will be classes in argument. organization
oratory. repartee and tact. Tuition Will
be free.
Yes men will be admitted if they want
% como IN this school. Suffragists be-
lieve in co-education.