The Pensacola journal., 1914-03-08
O|SSENS|ON IN
RANKS OF THE
SUFFRAGlSTS
PANkHuRsT FAMILY SAID TO BE
DlsAcREEINe AMONG THEM
SELVES, AND LEADERSHIP OF
THE MILITANT ARMY is IN
DANGER.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

London, March 7.-Dissensions with
IN the Pankhurst family threaten to
end Its leadership OF the militant suf-
fragette army. according to assertions
by some Of the younger members OF
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. formally as
the kWomen's Social and Political
Union. II Is said that the dissensions
are rife in the, inner circles of the
union. and that the outeo ne may re-
suit In gripping the elaborate cam
paign which the war caoinet of the
militant organization had pIanned for
this year. at the same time ending the
sway which the Pankhursts have ex-
ercised over the society since the Pc
thick-Lawrences were forced out of its
ranks last year.
1t has bee, me an open secret that
Christabel Pankhurst is anxious to end
her long exile in France, for she knows
that her mot. er is not well enough
to takoscp the arduous duties of COM
mander-in- chief and it is even doubt
full IL Mrs. Pankhurst is able to re-
turn from Switzerland for several
months. Christabel knows that she can
return 20 England as a free woman
only on condition that she discards the
extreme principles of militancy of
which she has been chief exponent. She
10 said TO believe now that such mill
fancy has run it's course and that the
future appeal must be made on moral
grounds.
Sylvia Par khurSt, a later recruit to
the militant field. is not vet ready to
abandon it as a lost cause, and she is
particularly anxious 10 test her East
End peoples army in a Parliamen-
tRry demonstration. or IN raids like
those she made last autumn on the
Prime Ministers house in Downing
street Hence the friction with her
sister and what promises 10 lie break
I'm the autocracy of the society. Syl-
via does not believe that the govern
ment win give the vote until the conn
try is on the verge of revolution and
she believes that she can st5rt the re-
volt In the East End. Other leaders
share her belief that a revolution could
be started in the congested East End,
but they are not at all sure that once
started it could be controlled in favor
OF votes for women. They prefer their
own elaborate schemes for making the
lives Of public men uncomfortable, and |
while not ohjecting to violence pre-
fer to keep Its use within their own
hands. The failure of the P;fnkhurst
to give the forward command for this |
new plan Of campaign has made sew
er-al members Of the war cabinet rest
less and the overthrow of the Panlx-
hurst triumvirate may be imminent
In spite of the peaceful attitude of
the Women's Social and Political I'm
ion the destruction of property con-
tinues. md the fear is now expressed |
that the organization has lost con-
troll of it's more desperate members. |
Among the latest sufferers from the |
activities of fireoi and type OF milf |
tant, is Mrs. Archibald M4ckirdy, who |
has been making severe attacks on |
Christahel Pankhurst in her parer |
''Mackirdy's Weekly" No sooner was |
her Intention of attacking the mill |
tant movement made known than her |
house was burnt down with the loss |
OF some of her most precious possess
sions. Since the burning Mrs. Mac |
kirby has received many threatening |
and abusive letters. many OF which she |
has published in her paper Mrs Mac
kirby Is an enthusiastic suffragette and /
has often expressed her sympathy for |