New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10

Annie Kenney were out OF the country
and every chance OF escape is given
( them. There is no truth in the reports Of
/ their evading the police by DISCUSSES or
/ by slipping out OF back doors. The
watching OF their apartments and those
Of others when they are out OF prison on
! license is a perfect farce. The inspectors
roost around on the opposite curbstones
and half the time don't even know
whether the women are IN the house or
not The police always wait til they
appear at a public meeting, arouse the
sympathy OF the audience and collect n
big fund. Then they make the arrest
with the whole crowd fighting them like
mad. when they could Just as well have
arrested the women quietly before the
meeting.
Tragedy 10 Women.
The entire situation. so far as the gov
eminent is concerned. IL opera ooune
carried to the limit, but II Is a terrible
tragedy on the other side. There is little
doubt that Mrs. Pankhurst and Annie
Kenney will not survive much longer II
present methods are continued. Their
death would not break up the movement.
but would produce much worse revolt
ton than exists at present The last time
Sylvia Pankhurst was released she had
been refused permission 20 communicate
with her mother. She was found IN o.
dead faint IN her cell. and was hastily
carried from the prison and deposited I'M
conscious on the floor OF her apartment
and left there alone After her recovery
she took up her residence in the poorest
w
men are in full sympathy with the mill
tants," and now the police VIII have %
cope with an entirely different class When
they make their arrest. So there Is EVIL
IDENTIFY worse ahead than has yet oc-
Cured
Whether the militant organization u
growing larger or smaller II IS impos-
sible 10 say. az nobody ever has known
its numerical strength, but there Is noIh-
ing tangible 20 indicate a lessening OF
public sentiment in It's favor. Inc al
tacks on it's speakers are not made 10y
the average man on the street out ~
bands Of the "hooligans" that iniest Lon
don and other places and evidently py
authority OF some one higher Up. one
OF our American women heard the leader
~ q gang in Hyde Park say; ! won
do this again for seven shillings!
There is no truth IN the assertion or the
landau papers that the contributions are
fsuing off At the Monday meetings this
yvesk and last 5000 was pledged. and
subscriptions during the week brought
,ba amount 20 $500. II costs $3.50
week for rent Of the London headquar-
ters. bringing out the paper. etc. and they
are not in debt The meetings and WorN
outside OF London are expected 10 pay
for themselves. The government mas naue
every effort 70 get hold Of this fund. out
q was removed from Great Britain last
year Sensational correspondents have
spoken OF Christabel Pankhursts PARIS
eovns" Her entire wardrobe, everything
Inclusive. has not cost slV0 NO MONEY
has stuck 10 anybody's fingers.
What is 70 be the eud2 Last SATURDAY
.bere occurred In Hyde Park. LONDON
possibly the largest woman suITaFe cen
onstration ever made-tnat oi tne non
n1ilitants. under the aole presidency "a
Nrs F'avVcett n was the end OF a I"'-
months pilgrimage from every p".HL ..'
me United Kingdom OF thoufaHuS o. "a"
abiding women, wage csIhcI . a.
,yives teachers. nurses, mothers. the now
or OF womanhoOd, making tnls IONS ma -.
70 enlist support for woman sdHIdES ~
peaceful and constitutional methods., r. a..
most everywhere they mao DseIi 80 nco
received. and they had Collected w.,
81 defrav the expenses. From ninetttI
platforms eloquent speakers adoI esSou
an enthusiastic audience or oU'Vl' az
resoiIItion was adopted that TINS uleets
r.. eso' dernands the enfranchisement OF
"0''0 SPLENDID, but Not War.
we'll what then? Having all marched
ND the hill they all marched down again
7. was a splendid thing 70 do in order "
ehow the government that the iHlihei70
natoritv of women have no WISH 20 saIi.
tho suffrage by other than CONSTITUTIONS
means. bit the government knew that az
ready IL has been deInnuSIIdt d" -,
sapd times and for forty years bei ,COtI
- ..ynflitants' were in existence 4Ic
nxcuee that IL IL refusing tre VIZ ana,
Uornen because OF ''militancy - a Slily
and dishonest preteGHcet, a aiA .tbe militants
800 GO, hack the movement TO- GENE a.
ZION" There was nothing 10 SCI ficI,
tLe Government has never mao tnS Tai'' 80
~ 9ntenfIon OF giving the franchlse ~
women. In some otheI carr-,f,,i hut
- has been temporarily HarInIu' Du'
,n Great Britain-how can you NH any
th,ng that never lived 20 accorn-
.iytba, do you expect 10 acorn
la' have asked Christabel Pank-
mpst again and again. and alWays , .ne
NJ s-i,,,tsr Is. Create such reign OF teI
al,s ia make the government so con
.oL ..".tS1e in the ewes Of the whole WORM
tbat in will be forced 70 give nc ia 20
sraee" The government mas naH ,n9
absndon "forcible feeding =. aiS T ena3
a',.o,S,,ereallv condemned for II. Inc cat
ond mouse" bill, passed Tor lne o,, o
anu nUTnose OF holding these woIiis ~
pst",een life and death. is oi .hd ,reat.
c{ytIization. The difference IN NJ I'D
went Of members OF the 49, ~ srrned
De lila ment who are incltins " a. lis
rahniit"n against the government ~ IL
and the suffragettes, VINO are ntn,,ld
,nc 70 Infinitely less crimes p~ssia
In ne rcsiv he looked for OUTSIDE OF t,,,eH,
IT, daily hand-to-h hand hshts ~. ~ I'D
~ noIice and women or educaeiVIri c.
..nerement have never been seen ~ aua
49, country. The conhscalon "a -
%, hook paper, letter. picture anu md
- a. the Once OF their neWspap ',ai-i are
NJ return of all because the s,oiar-
.n,e ii1egal would not have pc" WV
w. &C. ne victims had been men. a., In
The "militants" have suCSeeIeI -,
,he goyernment ridiculous pI 1a
IndhIH ~. ,,ing Of the red flag mas , niaui
Tohn Bull as represented ~ ny not likely
Dsrtv' very mad, and there ,, ~ "V suffrage
~ he any granting or woman woman Of him
80. W the Conservative seGl'on VI ter
uh ,ii ,r,o mower. Meanwhile. no Ihatuy
st h ~, snDr6y.s or disapproVes. tne w.
Wno 80 will keep him paWins -.
untiI the various CONSTITUENCIES
taI -" ,hstr thumbs down