The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-21
Order Relea sin G Her
From Detention Issued
at Washington.
ADMITTED ON OWN
RECOGNIZANCE
Action Approved by President
and by Secretary Wilson, of
Department of Labor-Must
Leave Country After Com
pleting Lecture En-
gagements.

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doors were opened to-day to Mrs. EN-
melino Pankhurst and during tho few
weeks covered by her lecture engage
ments tho British militant eufrraRist
leader is FREQ to go where she will in
tho United States. An order releasing
tho much discussed visitor from de-
tention at Ellis Island, y. Y, and re-
voking tho deportation order of tho
special inquiry board, was Issued to-
day. after President Wilson had con-
ierred with Secretary Wilson, OF the
department of Labor, and a formal
nearing before Immigration Commits
sloner Caminetti on Mrs. Pankhurst's
appeal had been concluded.
Secretary Wilson announced that he
and the President had agreed that Mrs.
Pankhurst should be admitted on "her
own recognizance" with tho under
standing that she would depart when
"te had fulfilled her lecture engage
ments Both the President and the
secretary agreed with Commissioner
Caminetti In the opinion that there was
an element OF doubt as 10 whether the
acts for which Mrs. Pankhurst has been
convicted In England constituted moral
turDitude or were political in char
acter.
Rensons for Decision.
reasons for his decisions in the case.
reasons for his decisionin the case
1here Is nothing In the record or
before me- said the statement ito in
dicate that the British government de-
sires that Mrs. Pankhurst shall be re-
turnd TO En.@ond: and the evidence of
record indi, ~ that while she was
placed under II sentence of three years
penal scrvitudc, she has served only q
small part OF the sentence and apparent
~ no effort has been made to compel
her to serve the balance: but as n mat
ter or fact. marked len!ency has been
shown towards the applicant by the
English authorities. Shall this gov
ernment deny even temporary ASYLUM
when by doing so less consideration
would be shown Mrs. Pankhurst than
England has displayed?
Mrs. PankhurSt states and counsel
throughout the case have asserted, that
she is coming here only for n short
visit for the specified purpose of full
filing engagements to deliver lectures
that all that is desired is that She be
allowed TO carry out these engage.
ments.
Upon carefully considering the en-
tire record and all OF the circumstances
Of the case. / conclude that the best
disposition to make OF the matter will
be to accept the assurances of all par
ties concerned and admit Mrs. Pank-
hurst on her own recogniZance, to de-
part from the country at the termina-
tion Of her engagements, and so re-
commend
Commissioners Describes CaSc.
In his memorandum to the secretary
the commissioner described the case in
hand rs follows:
Allen is native of Manchester
England. aged flfty-one: travelling
alone; is n widow with three children
in Europe. Paid her own passage; has
no occupation; has been In the United
states twice before, once in the au-
tumn OF 1909 and again from October,
1911. to January. 1912: going to friend,
Mrs. Q: H. p. Belmont. Madison Avenue
New York City; has $4,000. The board
excluded alien by unanimous vote as n
person who has been convicted OF q
felony or other crime or misdemeanor.
which, In the opinion OF the board, In
wolves moral turpitude."
To o-day's hearing was moro colorful
than yesterdays, which was informal
Acting Secretary Post and Chief Par
ker, OF the law division. sat with Com
missioner Caminetti. and the attorneys
were seated at tables. There was
crush for admission to the small cham
Der. and 1T quickly was filled with wo-
men, who did not reveal their sympa-
thies.
Acts Purely Political.
Herbert Reeves, attorney for the
British leader. first presented long
brief reviewing the facts, and then
contcnded that the acts of which Mrs
Pankhurst had been convicted i'm Eng
land were purely political offenses. and
did not involve moral turpitude. the
real question at Issue. His argument
was long and technical, and cited por-
tions of decisions In many immigra-
ton cases. and some of tho works OF
John Bassett Moore. now Acting Secre-
tary of State. and an authority on In.
ternational law. He quoted Mrs
Pankhurst's testimony before tho i'm
migration inspectors at Ellis Island
md concluded:
From that testimony IT Is respect
fully submitted that at tho time of the
commission OF the acts complained OF
there was nm uprising or revolt on tho
part of the women in England, that
this uprising or revolt was Of po-
litical nature and that any crimes COM
mitted by Mrs. Panllhurst. If any were
committed by her. were crimes purely
Of n political nature and not such as to
involve moral turpitudc.
THE mere delivery OF lectures or
speeches urging women to strive for
what she believed to be their legal and
political rights is certainly an act in
tended to forward and help <po-
litical cause and such act therefore
must be deemed, If an -offense ut all
political OHense. Nor can it be
claimed or successfully ascertaincd
that the mere urging OF her hearers
to destroy property IL necessary to
bring about the desired result is an
act Involving moral turpitude."
Pledge OF Behavior.
Attorney Frank s. O'Neil referred to
Mrs. Pankhurst's pledge that sho would
conduct herself in a lawful manner
while in this country.
"She. has mado that pledge to the
American people and she Will keep It,"
declared the lawyer.
Commissioner Caminetti asked IL
Continued On Seventh Pago) q