Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-27
TF SUFfRAGETTES WOULDN'T
EAT, LET them Die"
Member Of Parliament SUg.
CGStS That Solution

Iouuages have now thoroughly reused
public indignation, and the government
has been called upon from all over the
country to adopt drastic measures
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst met with i
mixed reception at a meeting held IN
the Chelsea town hall under the aus
pieces of the Women's Social and Polit-
Iical union, this week.
When she appeared on the platform
she was greeted with groans, Kisses
wells and cheering, and only large
force of police in the hall prevented
the hostile section of the audience from
attacking her. When she left the hail
Mrs. Pankhurst twitted the authorities
for being afraid to take advantage OF
her assumption of responsibility for
blowing up Mr.. Lloyd Georges house
and send her to Jail.
She declared again that, short of TAX
ing human life, the militant suffrag-
cites intended to do everything posi-
BILE to settle once for all the political
status of the women of this country
There have been several minor out
Irages today. including the breaking
of windows. disfguring them with dia-
monds and destruction of some letters
in the mail boxes. A plan was laid II
injure the oxford crews boat in which
they had been practicing for the uni
yersity race, but it was discovered II
time. It is stated at Putney that ii
the suffragettes try any such prank
they will be thrown into the river.
These speeches of Mrs. Pankhurst
her gloating over the senseless Grim
inality of her followers, and Miss
Christabel's violent indictments from
the safe distance of Paris are causing
bitter evaporation. The law officers
have not yet decided whether Mrs.
Pankhurst's Cardiff speech, glorying
in bombs and incendiarism, having
been delivered after the crimes, lays
her open to prosecution, but the home
secretary seems fully alive to the dan
ger of leaving the law any longer with
out vindication.
The belief is that the hunger strike
in prison is the sole reliance of the
militant suffragettes, and if that coull
be defeated their campaign woul l
soon collapse. They reckon that, no
matter what the length of sentence in
iicted they can get out in ten or four
teen days by undergoing the discom,
fort Of the hunger strike.
Several more were sent to Jail for
six months today for the recent win
dow smashing performances and the
jurymen who convicted them, express
ed dissatisfaction with the leniency
of these sentences. The prisoners all
displayed violent hysterical anger,
Swearing they would start hunger
strike at once One threatened the
judge that if she died of hunger he
would be morally responsible.
Mr.. Arthur Markham, liberal
member of parliament, who has pro-
tested against releasing the hunge"
strikers, was asked today what he
would do when the suffragettes re-
ANSCu IOOu. ne Ieplleu.
q should put the food before thea
and if they wouldn't eat it, let them
die. Clearly the only verdict a cor.
oner's jury could bring in would b.
felo de se-in plain English self-mur-
der If they can still obtain release
by refusing food the law will be do
feated and brought into ridicule and
contempt as it has been already"
This expresses the almost universal
view. The non-militant suffragist So
cieties yesterday refused to condemn
the conduct of the Pankhurst forces,
hut public feeling has become 50
strong that today Mrs. Harry Fawcett,
the head of the federated suffragist o.
CARNATIONS, strongly denounced mill
fancy. The militant body is a small