Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-22
MRS. PANKHURST
HURLS EP|GRAMS
Says One Always Has TO Dyna-
mite Things Out of
Parliament.

h1S iedIned LDaI u may impr1SOn
women, but not the truth
With this axion, Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst- the mentor and inspira-
ton of the militant suffrage rebellion
in England. was introduced to wildly
enthusiastic throngs in Madison
Square Garden last night.
And straightaway Mrs. Pankhurst
SET forth to tell why and how Eng
'a1 laar'7ed this truth. and how
the truth had spread from England
tsatae .I=at uf til.- world
Chdr.es Edward Russell presided
as chairman The vast auditorium
was not filled when the slender figure
or the leader of the fight of Eng
lands women for emancipation took
the stand. But there was no other
hall in New York that could have
held the crowd without congestion
Mr. Russell made q sweeping intro
duction which scored Premier As. /
quith and Home Secretary Mekenna
and held up the light of the work of
Mrs. Pankhurst and her associates
SO that all might see the path that
the fighting women had beaten
through the wilderness of ignorance
and petty prejudice. As soundly as
We're Mr.. Asqnith and Mr.. AIcKenna
Kissed We're his words OF praise for
Mrs Pankhurst cheered
And thus I present to you this
general of a bloodless revolution"
were Mr.. Pussel's fnal words.
poor Well Fed "a Ellis Island
Mrs Pankhurst began with words
of praise for the officials of Ellis
! Island and for the institution itself.
She withheld thanks to President
Wilson. saying that he would not
I IN ha t-od "a "a
did his duty.
But Ellis Island has shown me that
the poor who come to America are in
finitely better fed than are the poor
who live in Great Britain said Mrs. |
Pankhurst.
when came first TO America, four !
years ago, the progress of the suf-
frage movement was virtually at
standstill. But since then progress
has been made by leaps and bounds.
Before many years pass the women OF
this country will be admitted within
the circles of the Constitution. The
ants admit it. They are concerned in
progress merely. Not one Of them
hopes to stop the wave"
Speaking of the militant movement
Mrs. Pankhurst said:
Nothing ever was got out Of Par
lament without force. 1t calls for
through that great body of legislat-
ors The whole Br fish government
is an elaborate Arrangement of how
not to do anything. The insurance
act was passed merely because the
advocates thereof cornered members
of Parliament and threatened them
with failure of elect ION. The old age
act was passed merely to save Wins
ton Churchill from defeat when he
went for appreciation after promotion
to the Cabinet.
English Government Taxes Patience.
people who are patient where gov
eminent is concerned may go on be-
ing patient insofar as the government
cares
"Are we to become so accustomed
to two standards of morals in society
that we mus submit to a double
standard in government?
zone cannot make omelets without
breaking eggs; you cannot make
revolution with rosewater. hold hui
man life sacred. ] have never adyo-
Gated murder. The only justification
for damage to property lies in the fact
that we have tried all other means of
attaining our ends. We have no other
recourse.
Patience is an addition to crime
when it permits the oppression of the
weak and oppressed. Your sympa-
thies are with the oppressed in Rus
STA, in Turkey, and so on. How is 1t
that you men have nothing but ridi-
Guile and scorn for US women? We
desire neither to be exalted nor
abused. We are neither superhuman
nor subhuman. We women are fight
ing for our rights and are becoming
better women in the process.
IRE On, LII rot q =
come for money only; that she seeks
nothing but ammunition with which
to fill the war chest in London. Well,
l am asking nobody for anything. If
you pay to hear me. l am sure you
cannot blame that on me. / did not
compel you But when this republic
was struggling you went TO France
for help and got 1t.
"Militancy is unnecessary in this
country We women of England will
do the fighting for you women of
America We will do it for the
women of the world and glory in the
chance.
I'VE women in England have
proved that government rests with
the governed We have proved that
they cannot govern you If you Will
otherwise. They tried to govern me.
They sentenced me TO three years OF
penal seryitude / served but three
weeks.
1--WE women of England will do the
fighting. 1t is for you to back rs up.
Mrs. Pankhurst realized s1,5o0 by
her work last night. This is the
largest sum ever realized for suffrage
at one meeting in this city, according
to several suffragettes present. There
was some confusion about the seating
arrangements and tickets. Many
came holding tickets for the aban-
doned Carnegie Hall meeting. Among
these were a motor party who were
without funds. but whose names were
so assuring that Miss Maude Malone
lent them SO.
There was quite a gathering of
society folk, and, of course, almost all
of the active suffrage workers. Mr..
and Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, MI
and Mrs. James Montgomery Flagg.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Nixon, Mr.. and
Mrs Walter Damrosch. Miss Fola La
Toilette and Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont
were present.
DR.. Anna H. Shaw Has Two