The Washington herald., 1914-06-28

men have gone. because men in revolu
tions have always killed people. Insteat
Of attacking human life, which is Of NJ
consequence whatever in England. We
said, Protect human life at all cost
to property Had We killed people they
would never have been half so disturbed
about it, because property is the sod ol
our country"
Personally, while wishing 10 explain
fairly why militancy arose, l regret that
women should have followed the bad ex-
ample which men have set and the bad
advice they have given. 1t is for women
TO make their own precedents, but the
habit of mind which has grown out of
women occupying a subservient position
in the past shows even in the methods
which theys take to achieve their free
dom.
With a backward look at English his
tory and precedent, the militant violence
is logical: with look at the movement
in any other country II is Incompetent
sible. Looking forward il is indefensible:
looking at the present il has had the eff
feet of stimulating the parent suffrage
association and more than half q hun
dred other assoCIatiOn-all of which are
nonmilitant-to the utmost activity, in
order to show that the majority of wom-
en- who are wanting the vote are not in
the militant ranks.
But do what they may. they are never
heard of on this side of the water, the
unusual devices of the miIitants being
the only recognized news" While many
say that the militant policy is putting
the movement back, the facts are that
with scores Of suffrage leagues of all
kinds and classes, not forgetting the
three great church sOcieties-the Angli-
can. the Free Church. and the Catholic
Ning he Fagr
and enticements and the militant society
prodding the difficult animal with a sharp
stick, he is certainly budging
The Labor Party has said ii will not
accept any franchise extension which the
government may propose unless women
are included. The National Union of
Women Workers. corresponding to both
our National Council of Women and our
General Federation of Clubs, has re-
Gently taken its stand for suffrage, and
il was noticeable that in the late CON
sideration of women's franchise in the
House of Lords, the bishop and arch
bishops were almost all in favor of 1t.
1t may he that the prayers of the women
in abheys and cathedrals. God save the
women" is being heard.
Rector Offers Prayers.
DR. Cobb, the rector of St. Ethelbursa,
a church founded by the woman whose
name it bears, in his midday service on
behalf Of the imprisoned women prayed
that courage and endurance might be
given to those who suffer for conscience
sake. In the opening sentence OF his ad-
dress he voiced the impeilng sentiment
of the suffrage movement: Your cause
is not your own. 1t is the cause of the
and broken-heaTted. OF
those who find 1t hard to gain the COM
petence without which fullness of life is
impossible"
While all the suffragists believe that
the ballot is necessary TO give women the
power to meet the vital human needs
which have been neglected everywhere
Dy masculine government for the ma
lerial interests which il has represented,
The militants believe that only by at
acking art architecture, horse racing,
and other false gods OF the country can
they call attention to the superior claim
upon the government of the living, suf-
Tering. despised. neglected embodiments
II the divine spark.