The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-06-12


fragettes of Great Britain has been in
progress for slightly than one year
The record of its first twelve months shows
1gSEzsN that Mrs Johns chose the well. On
SS| \ Ga the night of April g. 1913, this woman
M i4 of the most aggressive Of the leaders, speak
~ IN ing in Glasgow, borrowed from the French
SS,,1s52e Revolution that appeation with which to
chrsten the new frenzy Of militancy, come
to life that day She added that the militancy of the
past would be the merest pin prcks compared to what
win happen all over the country"
On the same day, in London officers of the Women's
Social and Political union turned to the Boer for
phrase and declared that what be done would
stagger humanity" Yet another leader announced that
human life, we have resolved win be respected
longer"
Throughout the army of the miants in short there
famed fresh fury that day.
The that Mrs Pankhurst was then sen.
fenced to penal servtude for three years for melting
the destruction of the country house Chancellor of
the Exchequer Lloyd George The suragettes rioed
Old Bailey after Justice Charles Lush pronounced
sentence and then went from the begin their
reign of terror.
The initial the miltants was the defacing that
afternoon in the Manchester gallery paintings
by Leighton and other famous artists The initial act of
the authorities, in preparation for the reign the
issuance Of general warning by Scotland to own
ers and tenants of property the taking
precautions by the police throughout the United King
dom.
Since then, according to the published records not a
day, and for days in sequence scarcely an hour
passed without militant damage being done person
to property without danger inconvenience
being caused to of the public
The activities of the mitans have ranged from throw
ing pepper Premier Asquith and cat at Angus
tine Birrel chief secretary Ireland burning the
Midland railway sheds Bradford with loss of $780,
600 and attempting to blow up part of the Bank of
England They have endangered hundreds of lives they
have done direct property damage and indirect
losses to the extent of millions of dollars.
The mitants in their campaigns have used fire,
bombs, mines. hachets, hammers. revolvers, pokers
knives, bludgeons, stones, tar paint riding switches,
horse whips, dog whips umbrellas, foul smelling chem
icas corrosive chemicals, barbed wire entangements
for police, besides using their fists. nails
teeth and feet
The mitants have burned wholly or partly country
mansions in charge of servants who escaped only by
being awakened by the names castles including Balli
Klnraln, Alberuchtle and Lisburn unoccuped country
houses, some owned by peers and members of parlia
ment; railway stations, railway sheds, railway cars
churches factories timber yards hayricks exhibition
buildings conseryaories track grandstands cricket
grandstands football grandstands, furniture, organs
tapestries paintings, houses racing shells Car
nege library town corporation structures college and
school buildings Including Cambridge laboratory and
an empty hospital
They have attempted to burn the Royal academy
buildings at Harrow school, aeropane sheds of the army
flying corps and historic church They have plotted
according to the Daily Mirror to burn by stimuli
aneousy firing all the big timber yards and cutting the
telephone and telegraph wires surrounding
They have with bombs destroyed or damaged shops
railway stations railway cars churches country houses
'onservatores the Royal observatory at Edinburgh the
Liverpool cotton exchange and the Trade hall at Man
chester They have destroyed with a bomb an empty
ar attached to express ran endangeng passengers
other cars and they charged with having tried to
wreck an express by obstructing the track
Ihey have placed bombs which failed to or we're
ound before exploding in streets shops tube stations
astles, a public library, a tennis club theater St.
auls cathedral and the football pavilion at Cambridge
They have sent bombs through the mails addressed to
'egnad McKenna home secretary and other prominent
men, one Of the bombs badly injurng the hand Of mail
orer they have exploded mines in attenpts TO bow nm
iohoway prison and to breach canal to flood;
hey have plotted to blow houses members of par
ament; they have scattered dummy bombs broadcast 8
9th to advertise their movement and to terrorze At
ne time the London papers declared that "everv day
rings its bomb and instructions the art of handling
nexploded bombs safely were printed daily G.
Ihey have pummeled Premier Asquith dogwhipped Al
ORD Weardale, horsewhpped Holloway prison nbvsi- n
ans hurled apples in at Justice Lord salyesen
lrown hammers at judge in Old Bailey, scattered IL