The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06
ENGLAND IN PANIC
OVER LAWLESSNESS
Of THE M|L|TAN1S
From Royal Palaces and Art
/, Collections to Depots, All
Are Under Guard
GOVERNMENT LOOK
ON AS IF BEATEN
public Opinion Appears to be
Growing More Hostile to
1 Women Daily---Summary
a. Punishment Urged

/ LONDON, April 5.--Within twenty
,aour hours after Mrs. Emmellne Paiik-
hurst was sentenced to three years
openai servitude for instigating destfuc-
,aion Of property by The militant SUI
wragettes the campaign OF reprlsa,
Eyas begun: within these twenty-fonr
yhnnrs. In addition TO sporadic window
,shreakina postal fsox outrages and SIM
4fnr crimes now scarcely noticed uh~
fssg on a large scale, a country house
rssas burned down. railway station
!. rssas blown UP. train was wrecked,
wnd valuable pictures were damaged
In i great provincial art gallery
To-day il race course was harmed al
Exs, Scotland. and two wofuea We're
arrested while attempting 20 set IRE
III another. Before morning other out
RACES. similar of worse, may be re-
ported and as things are the nerpstTn-
toss lf caught will never nay the pen
ally. just as Ii is assumed that MT
\ asanKhnrsi will bc again among her
friends within 3 few days.
Panic Ia Kingdom.
1t A. net aSarserat!5n to say that
d species of nenic prevails through
oct the country wherever there II
property oren to attack From royal
I.aiaeeg railway depots, from price
less ara collections TO empty houses
everything is under a special guard
agalnst handful Of women who
laugh in the face OF Tire Law with
rracfsxut srI3ptfrhv. The government
]. faok1 on hstnisss and openly confess
tnE that the women, If sufficiently re-
eafeisFasst. WITH he hftond the govern
snsnf power 10 deal with.
Marines irritation, and disgust
MI the anbiic mind against both the
Easmen and the government
s oa every hand ROW the government
HI Marnesi that such state OF affairs
III likeiv 10 serad the country speed
ily back Is the stage where private
gessgs sss9@e and lyneh sa,R viii take
this pgaee Of ssse Jaw courts and the
prsspps as the Pail Mall Gazette
rut& Il
Hostile 10 Women.
Public epiH.Un is growing more hos
tite ~ he women daily, as It is more
generally believed that the outrages
are the work Of a little band of no
.-f+sristy seelSing hysterical or mlsguid-
ed females whose cunning and stealth
fnvss, nor unrnixed with cowardice and
whose courage are merely the result
III their discovery that their SEX and
u weakness are ahle IL pAralyxe 1he
weak ard hara8sed government when
Il Is faced with the questions OF pun
b issainE thent,
Everything goes TO show that the
great majority Of the country, both
men and women are opposed To fe-
nfale suffrage, which rnhs both the
ss1nsIitants end the government of any
sympathy from those who are Will
Ing 10 Judge any matter tmpartialiy
ard on It's merits.
Call Ii Wrcsched Farce.
To let q hungry woman out az iaIl
and take her hack when she has been
led Is regarded as merely a proiouga-
tion of the wretched farce.
The Standard sums up the general
opinion. IL says:
The proportion of working people
IN the movement Is infinitesimal Most
a-oe reaolute opponents of rnilitantism
are working MEN and their wives. 1t
IL the most narrow. artificial and un-
democratic movement that ever claim
ed the serious attention of the public
Of the country. The agitation rests
mo more on solid foundation than
skslifui booming. and clever adver-
tising Dry up Its financial resources
and make its members amenabIe to
tbs common law. and in month
{ nothing would be heard of the MILL
tant suffragist movement. The move
ment is a mischievous imposture, and
must be broken up"