Evening journal., 1914-05-06
Wild WOMEN ARE'
Annoying ENGLAND.
ohm Bull Wants to Know
What to Do With
Them
lat AND MOUSE
ACT A FAILURE
BIZ ED L. KEEN.
london Correspondent of the United
Press.

HMOnuQA Correspondents Vi iut Aulitu
Press.
~ LONDON, May 6.-John Bull is fast
cquiring chronic insomnia trying to
uess the answer to the question,
What shall we do with the wild wo-
benz" So desperate has he become
yer the absolute mockery of the law
the "malignantss that he is al
lost-but not quite-persuaded to ac-
ept the suggestion now seriously adj
anced by some eminent men, and
ertainly endorsed by large section
the public, LET them die"
The failure Of the Cat and Mouse"
ct as a cure for militancy has been
thoroughly demonstrated that even
ome Secretary McKenna, the author
as at last begun to realize that
berner measures viii have to be
dopted. He is not at any loss for
dviee. Great Britain is notoriously
IA epistolary nation, and the office
the Chief OF Police" of the Em-
ire is nowadays the favorite target
the ever ready letter writer's The
uggestiona, which are being received
the hundreds daily, prescribe
unishments varying from tattooing
d the chin to deportation for life.
The recent statistics of window
mashing, arson, dynamiting, etc, by
O means indicate how sorely John
ull has been hurt in the tenderest
art of his anatomy--his pocketbook.
he women have destroyed more
han five million dollars worth of
roperty since they began their cru
ade Of militancy five years ago. This
epresents only a fraction of the in
irect loss in money. Merchants and
otelkeepers are complaining bitter
OF the falling off of their tourist
srade. especially from America. Mary
Richardson could not have selected
more opportune time, from the suf-
ragist standpoint, for her meat-axe
Assault upon the Rokeby Venus in
he National Gallery. The consequent
zlosing of practically all the famous
how places of London-the CALLER
Hs. museums, and palaces-coming
sust at the season of the year when
olks in the United States were PLAN
al ing their summer European trips,
as. according to the tourists agen-
lies. been responsible for thousands
Either cutting out England entirely
rom their itineraries of curtailing
'Sheir expected visits TO this country
b the minimum. Judging from adj
Bance bookings from the other side,
.ondon will be little more than a way
tation en- route to Paris and other
ontinental points for probably nine
enths Of the Europe-bound passenger
rafEic this season.
number Of prominent members
N parliament are urging as a solu-
ion Lord Robert Cecil's plan 70 ex-
e convicted militants to st. Helena
8r to some British island nearer to
England. Deportation seems to be
8he only thing left" for instance says
V. Ormsby-Gore, himself an ardent
Supporter of woman suffrage. IL
Ngould doubtless be an expensive and
POSSIBLY a dangerous precedent, but
consider it absolutely necessary that
nilitancy must be stopped, not only
IL prevent our laws being brought
Mnto complete contempt but to adj
ance the cause of woman suffrage.
An interesting feature of the present
81 suffraeette agitation is the atti-
,,de of the doctors. The fact that three
DISTINGUISHED members Of the profession
.SnedieaI officers in his majesty prisons,
ave been publicly horsewhipped by suf-
raoattes because under directions from
~ home secretary they have been
n onnelled to administer forcible feed
80 has had its influences. The profes-
#ion generally objects not only to the
q ssrlmption of this sort of risks but to
8he other responsibilities that have been
q dded to the already uncongenial duties
III the prison doctors by reason OF the
#cat and mouse" act. As stated by Sir
sYictor Horselv. one Of Eiigland's most
Eminent surgeons, to the Medlco- Legal
Society. "The prison doctor has become
i common executioner, judge OF the
/ criminal court, partial dispenser Of
Unequal punishment, and lastly and only
occasionally a medical practitioner of
he ordinary type"
4 Among those who have been trying
~ convince McKenna that he has made
nrievous error in turning hunger
striking militants loose for fear Of their
8lving on his hands Is DR. Charles A.
hlercier. leading criminologist and ex-
bert in mental diseases. Il believe the
General verdict would be served her
Sight he says. 'This systematic and
uccessful defiance Of the law is men
bee to the life Of the nation. If it were
10 become general-and it is certainly
spreading society would break up, law
#essness would lead to anarchy, and an
sarchy would end in barbarism. The
8value of society as a whole preponder-
Aates vastly over the value of any of
sits component individuals
But if the authorities cannot be
Brought to see the advisability of adopt
ing the "let them die policy, DR.. Mer-
lcier has a novel alternative suggestion
(which has met with much favor.
l'These women he says, "are prompt
TO invoke the protection and benefits Of
That very law that they seek to de-
|stroy. They should be proclaimed out
|laws; their contracts should not be en-
|forceable; they should be made incapl-
|hle of taking legal proceedings of any
kind. civil or criminal"
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