The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-11

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close to the taking of life in enc in
stance, and to demonstrations against
the King and Queen. It is said the
resentment of the public against the
mIlltants is growing greater day b.
day, and that a deep rage is gathering
fer an outburst that may have serious
consequences. The processes CT the
law have failed utterly to curb the
crazy women in their violence. and
mob vengeance is not unlikely to be
visited upon them. It would be de
plorable thing, but unless the author
tiles screw up their courage and hard
en- their hearts sufficiently to let the
women work their own destruction,
that Is what it will come to. The
lawlessness that has been let loose In
England by the militants has pene.
trated throughout the body polite
and IT win not be easy to hold the
barriers built up through centuries o.
established society. once the passions
are given rein. The government has
been temporizing with the situation
for long time, out OF a consideration
for the women that does credit to the
chiyalry CT Englishmen and goes far
TO disprove ne tradition Itnat the
men of that nation are brutal toward
their female folk. bur the very foun.
dations of their society are being un.
dermined, and as soon as 1t is real
lied that a harsh attitude must be
assumed TO save them, the wild wo.
men VIII find Themselves brought
squarely to an issue of their own
making. Their hunger STRIKING has
bluffed the mthrough long time but
It VIII not carry them to their goal.
Net one of the suffragettes, has yet
starved herself to death, and II il
net by any means certain that one of
them would. least Of all either of the
Pankhursts-one OF the three CT that
family seems to have come to her
senses pretty well and is directing n
reasonably sane campaign from COM
Portable quarters in Paris. If the next
time they get hold OF the mother or
the daughter In pack Of their crazy
followers the authorities would shut
them all up together in comfort.
able prison with every accommoda-
ton subject to their call and leave
them to call for what they want.
there would be a test made of the
spirit lcf the m.lilhn4s that would
very probably bring the whole bust
ness to an end. II, with every crea-
ture comfort at command, and her
own followers to minister to her.
Mrs. Pankhurst should choose to lie
down and die, why should she not be
permitted TO have her way? She has
had her way in everything else, Ger.
tainly she might be allowed this con.
eession, The responsibility would be
with her own friends and followers
who refrained from serving her with
food supplied by the prison author
lties, and II they wanted to take the
responsibility they might, in the ex-
tremity of the situation, be permitted
to do So IL all the milltants should
follow her example and starve them.
selves to death England might be
well rid Of crazy crew. The "cat
and mouse policy has failed woeful-
~, and foreible feeding Is accounted
"a torture. The women are having
everything their own way in putting
pe responsibilities fer consequences
upon the government Why not pass
the responsibility back to them and
see how they will carry it? 1t would
be better to let them starve them.
selves than to permit them to enrage
a mob to their murder.
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