The evening world., 1913-08-07
Famous SuflragiSt, Returning
From International Congress,
Tells of Being Rustled.
MlLlTANTS ARE UNWlSE.
Makes Prediction That All
American Women Will Have
Vote in Two Years.

A thrilling story OF an assault on the
American fag Dy an ant.-srfYraxs mol
In Hyde Park, London. was told to-day
Of the National Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation. Dr. shaw hAs lust returned
from the International SIffrage Con-
ventlon held at Budapest, but she
stopped Off en- route TO learn a women
In England are being denisd the right
Of free speech. She learned.
II am not Q militant" she explained.
carefully. II wish. personally. that the
property-destroyins tactics Of the
Pankhurst suffrage group had never
been employed. English women them
selves have told mo that these tactics
have greatly injured the cause Of wo-
men In that country. But II was . new
and disagresbls experience to he at
tackled BY . crowd Of hundreds OF
roaring. lighting men apparently be-
cause ] Was q woman who dared to
stand beneath the nag Of my country.
Il had heard Do much Of the attacks
on women who were simply exercising
the rights OF free speech. according to
English law. that went 70 Hyde Park
one morning with nv companion. Miss
Anthony, to see for .hyself First we
watched from the outskirts throny
OF men. hundreds OF them, crowding
In upon young Girl who WAS attempt
Ing TO make a suffrage speech. Only
the mounted police saved her from being
thrown down and trampled on.
lt-Ae - n
another: That's right. They ought to
catch Il! They've unsexed themselves"
! said, I would never have believed In
the existence OF such towards and
brutss unless had seen them with my
own eyes.
sNGRRGD At SIMPLY FoR De.
mo AN AMERICAN.
You're Americans. aren't your he
sneered. pulled my American nag
| on, Of the bosom OF my dress and an
swered sarcasticaily. Yes. I was told I
ought to carry this In order to protect
myself from English gentleman
Just afterward I stepped up to con-
graduate 4 young girl in another part
OF the park who had bsen allowed to
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who ! was she Insisted upon my making
speech. Finally got up and talked
for about ten minutes the crowd re-
naming fairly quiet. Just As I IN.
!shed sympathixer near me selEed
my nag and. wrapping II around . long
stick. waved II high In the air.
"A dreadful. growing roar spread
over the crowd which seemed suddenly
TO grow larger. They surxed forward
In . Wild rush to swee:. down the nag
and mo. The little sunragist group
around mo closed In and I was told to
face In the opposite direction and move
a. quickly a. could. The police were
coming up. but they were still some
distance on.
One brave little English girl got be-
hind me and placed her arms around
me. taking all the blows that would
have fallen on my back. But I did get
0 number on my sides. and I was being
swept along In q vortex, II Thad fallen
! should have been horribly trampled.
FORCED INTO TEA GARDEN TILL
MOB 10 otsPERego.
suddenly . big bluecoat shouidered
his way through the mob to q position
beside me. In a minute or two we had
reached an Enclosure where tea was
being served. The policeman and a
man sunragist In our group said that ]
must 70 into the tea garden and walt
for the crowd to dispense
1T was apparently the sight Of the
American hag theS brought on the
/ Ia ha