The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-20
Miss Joan Wickham, Advance
Agent Of Mrs. Pankhurst, De-
MES Saying They Were.
TO STILL HEAVE ROCKS.
And Destroy Property to Gain
the Right to Vote, but Will
Spare Human Life.

Mdr0uevjte M00ers MaSshaN.
The militant women Of Ensland will
NOT attack human Me Pefsons whe
ssthsred the contrary from Niss Joan
WiokhAm when she iandsd yesterday.
gathered wrons. Mise Wickham her.
self treasured me whom ! saw her last
evening at the homo Of Miss Lucy
Burns No. soA President street. Brook.
,, Ign. Mas wickham has come over -
/ advance agent for Mrs. Dmmeiins Pank-
hurst. ana she spent her hrst night In
America with Miss Burns, who 10 prom.
inent In tbs work Of the Nationas
Woman Suffrage Association Of the
United States
Once more We are denied the sight Of
\ militan,-appsarinS militant. Person.
ally. I never expect to behold . ''bashi.
baxoukeas" who looks the part. Mrs.
Pankhurst herself. - everybody knows.
10 . slender. gray.haired, sweet-faceA
woman. whom one would never suspect
OF talent for stone-throwins. Nor do
her followsrs-thoss who have voyaSe0
| to America-rssembis Ama4ons In any
degree. Miss wickham 10 no excep-
tion to the rule. She looks about a.
ieroc'ous a. q glass Of milk. She has
. tall slender. girlish hgure. big blue
eyes . crown Of English yellow hair.
and an Enslish voice. than which moth.
Ing In the world 10 more meiodious.
suppose she rushss around n mobs
and hollers at policemen. But IT'S dif.
ncult to imagine her doing either.
ooiNo TO SPARE HUMAN LIFE,
SAYS MISS WickHAM.
"Oh. but they Got that quite. quite
wrong" she protested. when I showed
her . clipping In which she was quoted
a. prophssying an attack on huamn
life by her party. THAT IL precisely
tho opposite Of what said. We always
have spared life. We are still sparing II.
and there will be no change In the
policy Of the party In this respect"
"Ars. PankhVrst told 10 that she ana
her followers always made sure whom
they broke windows. that no ono was
behind them for the stones to h!t." ,
remarked.
Exactly" said Miss Wickham.
| osSo
or child, AAs been KILLED through
any militant uprasiag. We sAoula
have deeply dsploseA such Q hap.
psaiAg. Hat u does seem remark.
sbls that not svsn a. accidental
death cen ~ laid to our door
whoa there has been % much dis.
tufbaAos."
1T does" I agreed. And ye. I sud-
pose you intend 70 ny In the face OF q
benevolent providence by continuing the
disturbance"
I'VE shall keep on destroying" replied
Miss Wickham. I'VE have found out
that 1t 10 the only way. We have had
long. long years. more than nifty years,
OF constitutional agitation, and IL hss
accomplished absolutely nothing. II We
could have won the vote that way va
would have done %. On general prin-
ciples. no one would consider IL wise
to start . campaign involving 30 much
effort and suffering an mllitancy exccp,
as a positively last resort. But We be-
lieye that VIC can win In this way, and
without this way we cannot win
And you haven; In any way checked
or abated your efforts. a. some Of the
reports al!ege?'
mot IN the least. Much that ~ do
Is not reported In America. And OF
course there Is bound 10 BE- special
excitement when Parliament Is IN ses.
sion. But our spirit 10 unchanged and
our policy remains the same
win you tackle the British Museum
next?' ] asked. 'Of course " you've
planned to do so you won't tell
SHE SMILES A SWEET AND Mvs.
FERROUS SMILE.
Miss Wickham smiled the sweet, mys,
terious smile OF young woman who.
asked which young man she's in love
with.
Il don't know tina, view. Sc, apar,
any particular building" she said.
I'VE shall harry aal bar. and
tsss UP snd destroy. We uhau lsy
haads upon H. AsQuitA or say
other 'nsmbsss Of the oevssunent
I Whenever W can SET 70 tAem-ai.
though their lives VIII ~ sssDsotsa.
We shall ooatinus our efforts 70 70.
stroy the mails. bsciuss n this
way ws rsaeA not only the Govern.
+ meat but the people who Put In
power the nsA who REFUSE 10 our
, rights"
But don't you respect the propert,
OF those who are in sympathy viii
lyou"' ] asked.
I'VE try to do So" she replied.
But how can you tell that you
= friends may no. have letters In tn
i mail boxes Whose contents YOU de
=. stray"
"a He slender shoulders moved In q u,
4 tie shrug I'VE try to protect ou
!, friends" she replied. III they ar
hurt II IN nv accident Hut when W