New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-25
MISS PANKHURST
CHIDES HECKLER
Lone German Sympathizer
Quits Carnegie Hall
Meeting in Disgust.
ADMIRING AUDIENCE
GREETS MILITANT
Enthusiastic Women Throng
Platform at End of Address
Warning for America.


Miss Christabel Pankhurst charmed
a large audience at Carnegie Hall yes
terdsy afternoon into 3 state of afec-
tionate admiration from which no Ger
man taunts could shake them. The few
who sought to disconcert the young
militant were laughed into silence even
before she turned the quick fire OF her
repartee upon them, and when the pro-
gramme was ended the enthusiastic
women crowded about the platform to
ask questions and admire their heroine
at close range.
Miss Pankhurst's appearance quite
disarmed those who had come TO make
trouble for the fury" A punk checked
slip of girl, with fluffy yellow hair,
in a gown Of white satin and pale
green chiffon, she looked so dainty and
appealing that more than one in the
audience was moved TO calculate that
she didn't see how Asquth could have
done it,
The atmosphere became so saccha-
rine, in fact, that the one subject OF
the Kaiser who had ventured into the
orchestra could not endure IL to stay
until the end. He had remained hope
fully until the hour for questions, but
when his lonely Kisses and his taunts
failed 10 disconcert Miss Pankhurst he
rose, cast one Disguised look at the
radiant figure on the platform and
strobe away with "Good night"
No preparations had been made to
prevent anti-British agents from IN
terrupting the meeting, in spite or the
fact that IL was quite we'll known that
Miss Pankhurst was TO make strong
rartisan speech Five police ofhcers
were stationed outside the hall, but
there was none inside, and events
rroved that none was necessary. :,
Miss Pankhurst's speech offered
nothing new in the way Of Information
about the war, and the enthusiasm
with which IL was received WAS due
rather TO her gallant and terse style
than to the matter OF her ADDRESS,
The following are examples OF the
crisp sentences which won the most
applause: v c.unr ho.
adopted the rule that Might makes
Right. That is theory my country
has no use for.
~ am a militant. That does not
mean that I prefer war to peace, but
simnly that when people went to gov
ern me by physical force, not by JUS
flee. | am prepared to defy them to the
very death.
"When a warlike country attacks q
peaceful one you must either hit back
or 20 under, and we are not disposed
TO go under. -
81 have vet to learn that culture can
be imposed by brute force. The world
does not want an exclusively German
culture. anyway. II wants human cult
ure. r.:
~ put my faith not in Cars or Hal
sers. but in the spirit of the people.
"The spirit of the Russian people is
the guarantee of her advancing civili-
cation.
"You mustn't suppose that because we
fought the government we sutfragettes
are not patriotic. Good heaven! why
should We have fought so hard Tor
british citizenship If we did not prize
II so highly that we would fight to pre-
vent another nation from taking 1t
away from US? Our view IL that II the
Allies do not win--of course, they are
going to-the value Of British citizen
ship will be decreased.
eve believe that we shall be given
the franchise when this war IS over
II we are not we shall resume the
Nobt where we left IL when the war
broke out.
"The British people have made mis-
takes. or, rather, the men have. For
example. we think they would have
been better employed in reading Ger
man literature and finding out the
Kaiser's plans than in hunting through
our suffragette literature looking for
illeealities; better employed in watch
inc those German forts disguised ss
factories than in raiding our offices
better employed in preparing TO hght
the Germans than in torturing the
women of England.
awe call Belgium the suffragette ma
ton. .,
Won let France be crushed. Germany
Is hacking her way through When she
has hacked through us-it she can
she will come at you. Don't think
Germany has any partially for you.
Don't fatter yourselves. You are very
nice. hut YOU are no nicer than we are.
We are having the price to-day OF our
neutrality in 1870. Take warning from
our fate.
federated world. The allied nations
are the nucleus of that world, and the
allied armies the nucleus of the inter
national police force.
1Germany is a male nation. We don't
vant any male nation to dominate the
earth.
"The peace Of the world for the next
hundred years will rest with women.
ar our country needs the women we
y,ilI hght. We aren't afraid"
The collection, which amounted TO
$500, will be used for Belgian relief