The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-18

vote" Mrs Pankhurst announced
when the inspectors had left her.
They appear to be abundantly able to
manage their own campaign. Their
progress has been remarkable and they
need no foreign leadership
Talks to the Reporters
There was no touch of militancy
about Mrs. Pankhurst's face or figure
she chatted with the newspaper
men. She was dressed in a grey suit,
cut V shaped at the throat, a blue hat
that bore but a single ostrich plume
of black, and was half hidden by a
blue veil and wore sealskin coat that
touched the floor when she walked.
Her fast greying hair belied the youth
that seemed stamped on her features.
She had almost recovered, she said,
from the illness caused by forcible
feeding in Holloway Jail. But she
was willing to live her narrowing ex-
periences all over again a dozen times
if need be, ''for the cause"
would I see it through" she re-
peated in indignant answer to ques
ton asked by reporter.
why of course 1 would. 1 would
die if 1 had to for the cause. And
there are dozens, yes, hundreds of
women in England who would do the
same thing. 1 don't set myself up as
different from any other woman, or
better than any other woman.
We are having revolution in Eng
land just as you people of America
had a revolution when you wanted
your freedom when you were taxed
without representation.
I'VE English women are fighting for
our freedom. Just as you won yours,
so will we win ours You fought
against King George. We are fighting
against King Asquith, for he is the
obstinate man who blocks the way.
"I don't think 1 should be denied
admittance to your country. 1 don't
think I will be. 1 am willing to trust
to the sense of justice of the Ameri-
can people"
Mrs. Pankhurst was questioned
closely about her departure from
England. She told the immigration
inspectors that she thought she would
not be arrested if she returned there.
Il was at liberty under license she
explained. MY license had expired
and I was, of course, subject to ar
rest.
Did Not Stop Her.
Il was of course, subject to arrest
at any time Notwithstanding [ ad |
dressed the International Medical con-
gresS about the expiration of my Ii
cense and was not moIested. Inasmuch |
as 1 had been arrested for addressing /
public meetings previously, l should |
think that if L had been wanted, I
would have been arrested while ad-
publicly that I expected to
leave England. No attempt was made /
to prevent my Departure
Acting under orders from WaShlnS- t
ton the special board of inquiry
speeded the hearing. At the detention /
station Mrs. Pankhurst was lodged for /
a few minutes in the room which |
Cipriano Castro occupied while at Ell /
lis Island. Then she was taken be-
fore the board.
Four women who accompanied Mrs. /
Pankhurst to Ellis Island were allow i
ed to converse with her and her coun-
sci in her rooms. They were not per-
mitted to accompany her before the
board, however nor was her lawyer.
Protest to Wilson.
Chicago, Oct. 1S.-Immediateiy upon
hearing of the order of deportation is
sued against Mrs. Pankhurst, Grace
Wilbur Trout, president of the Illinois |
Equal Suffrage association, sent a teIe-
gram of protest to President Wilson.
Her next act was to call a special meet
ing of the board of directors of the as
sociation to consider what aid could be
extended to the famous English suf-
fra gette Mrs. Trout's telegram to the
president follows:
I'VE deeply deplore the action of the
authorities in ordering the deportation /
of Mrs Pankhurst, which is not in ac-
cordance with the bigness of our Amer
loan institutions. We have always al !
lowed political exiles from other coun-
tries to visit the United States. Men f.
have never been excluded, and why .
exclude women. 1t makes no difference
how we feel in regard to militant meth
DDS in England No one who knows