Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25
BY TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

BA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
LONDON. April 25-The "Pank-
| bursts must goi" promises to be the
rallying cry Of a new suffragette or
ganization formed by leaders who be-
lieve womans cause has suffered q
! setback by the practise Of The leading
militant society. 4 significant feature
of the new movement is chat It Is
| fathered by suffragists who were
once strong supporters Of militant
tactics, but who, at various times,
/ have been forced to withdraw from
| the Women's Social and Political
| Union.
| The simmer of discomfort, which
now promises to break into revolt,
began last year when Mr.. and Mrs.
/ l.. w. Pethick Lawrence on their re-
turn from Canada were informed
| that Mrs. Pankhurst no longer de-
sired their services on the executive
committee Of the organization. This
/ intimation was carried to the Law
rences before their boat reached the
dock. They were inclined at first to
laugh at 1t as preDosterous, but on
/ landing they found that Mrs. Pank
hurst had made herself so powerful
during their absence that 1t would
/ he hopeless To fight her edict. SO out
| they went.
| As firm believers in the efficacy of
militant tactics, the Lawrences did
not air their grievance, in the hope
! that the autocratic regime of the
| Pankhursts would advance the cause
which they held above all else This
| truce and fine determination of the
various constitutional societies not to
/ crticise any tactics, which sought n
| common end, gave Mrs. Pankhurst
and her daughter Christahel alum
dant time in which to perfect their
organization before opposition was
offered to their autocratic sway. But
the promised results did not materi-
alize and now the Womens Social
and Political Union faces both oppo-
/ sition without and dissenson within.
/ While Diminishing members of her
/ personal staff. Mrs. Pankhurst has
also been discharging privates in the
! re AXIS. One of these women, who was
/ expelled from the organiza ton last
/ week. declared that she was dis
missed on the most trivial pretext
| possible and that lately Mrs. Pank-
/ hurst had dismissed number of the
| workers from the organization ap-
| parently through caprice. The dis
| missed member asserted that the
/
| at the present moment there are only
! 5000 active workers In the Wom-
! ems Social and Political Union.
These women are subject to Mrs
! PanlShurst's autocratic DEGREES and
| may be called upon at any time to
| perform militant deeds. In spite OF
| the dwindling number of workers the
| finances Of the organization are said
| to be iii an excellent state. This Is
! due mainly to two Scottish spinsteT
| sisters, whose fortunes We're made in
an Atlantic steamship line. Their
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the funds of the mil
| liant fighting forces are heavy and
| unfailing
A police court case has called at
tention to the existence In London
of an avocation which Is not known
| to exist anywhere else in the world
It Is that of pawner. II profession
| given over entirely to women who
| in the poorer districts of London
undertake for n small compensation
to carry the goods of their neces.
sitous but sensitive neighbors TO til,
pawnshops Most of this work o.
pawning is done for women who ar,
ashamed to be seen entering a pawr
shop, but some Of 1t is done for Other
| women WHO are TOO busy to attenG
to the formallty.
| In certain districts these pawners
are known as runners and they live
on this work. charging from one to
two cents for each journey, according
| to the means OF their clients In one
| of the meanest streets Of the East
| End which has a pawn shop at either
end, two women ply a busy trade as
| pawners. One of these women is "a
widow. known and trusted in this
work, and she has built up big con-
nection'in the neighborhood. She uses
IA perambulator and is frequently seen
| passing along the street with a load
of miscellaneous articles destined for
! the hungry NAV of the pawn shop.
Monday morning Is her busy day. as
| hundreds of ill-paid casual laborers
! living in the district depend many
| times for their weeks maintenance
upon pawning something that day
On Saturday, when the head of the
| family brings home his money, the
pawner Is called upon to redeem the
| goods which she carried away the
| previous Monday, and usually the
next Monday the first journey is re-
peated.
BERLIN, April 25.-German moral
! lists and artists are waging battle over