The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08
Members of Family Are
Not Agreed on Cam
paign Method.
SYLVIA HOLDS OUT
FOR M LIT A N G. Y
Christabel Anxious to End Long
Exile in France, but Can Re-
turn to England Only When
She Discards Extreme
Principles of VIC
lencc.

London, March 7.-Disscusions with
IN tho panlshurst family threaten to
end Its leadership Of the militant sur
tragette army, according to assertions
~ some OF the younger members of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES formally as
tho Women's Social and Political
Union. II is said that t'lc disscnsions
arc rife I'm the inner clrclcs Of tho
union, and that tho outcome may re-
suit in gripping tho elaborate cam
paign which the var cabinet Of the
militant organization had planned for
this year, 1T tho same time ending tho
sway which the Pankhursts havo ex-
ercised over the society since the
Pethick- Lawrcnces were forced out OF
It's ranks last year.
It has become an open secret that
Christabol Pankhur3t IS anxious to end
her long exile In Franco. for she knows
, that her mother IN not well enough to
take IN tho arduous duties OF com
inanaer- in-chiet. and II is even doubt
ful II Mrs, Pankhurst Is able TO return
from switzerland for several month";
| Christabel knows that she can return
10 England az q free woman only on
condition that she discards the cx
IRENE PRINCIPLES or militancy, OF which
she mas been chief exponent she Il
said to believe now TINT such mill
fancy has run It's course and that tho
future appe7! must be made on moral
grounds.
srIvin SIM Militant.
sylvia Pankhurst, 4 later recruit.
to ,hc militant field. IL not yc, ready
10 abandon III as q lost cause, and she
Is particularly anxious 10 test her
East End peoples army" In a par
iiamentary demonstration, or IN raids
like those she made last autumn on IN.
Primo Ministers house, in Downing
street Hence the friction with her
E!stcr and what promises To bo break
~ the autocracy Of the society Svlvlr
does not believe that the government
WEI give the vote until the country IL
en- the verge Of revolution. ana sh. be
Hef.S that she can start the revolt In
the East End. Other leaders share her
cellei that revolution could no start
Cd In the congested East End but they
arc not az all sure that 1ncc started
u could be controlled IN favor Of votes
Tor women. They prefer their own
elaborate schemes for making the lives
OF pubic men uncomfortable. and
while not obJecting to violence. prefor
10 Keep its use within their own hands
me failurc Of tho Paukhursts To give
the forward command FOR this new plan
OF campaign has made several members
or the war cabinet restless, and the
overthrow Of the Pankhurst trlumyi-
rate may be imminent
In spite OF the peaceful attitude or
the Women's Social and Political Union,
The destruction OF property continues
ana the fear Is now expressed that the
organization has lost control Of It's
more desperate members. Among the
latest sufferers from tho activities OF
the rrcbrand type Of militant, IL Mrs
Archibald Mackirdy. who has been
making severe attacks or ChristaDel
phnkhurSt In her paper. MaclSirdyfs
weekly No sooner vas her Intention
OF attacking the militant movement
made known than her house was burned
down. with the loss of some OF her
most precious possessions. since tho
burning Mrs Macklrdy has received
many threatening and abusive letters,
many OF which She has published IN
her paper hIi4. Maclirdy IS an en-
. thusnstic suffrageie aud has often
expressed her sympathy for the hcroism
aud suffering of tho iuilitsits
Art of sunrajitau.
Tic latest development OF sufgr,cctt.,
'nilltancy is the art OF "auffra jitsu"
b!htants who are assigned 10 political
meetings uno to get In a word for
suffrage arc being coached In the new
art the chief feature of which is ahil-
ity TO twino arms and legs around
chair Or pillar III such 4 way that IL
would take a small army oil ushers or
policemen To pry tho diSturbcrs loose
The system worked wcl On its recent
, trial at Il meeting addressed by John
I Burns In Strcatham until the head Of
tie local government board ordered the
stewards TO remove the chairs as well
rs their occupants from tile hall.
Tho Labor party, which, In spite Of
its advocacy Of equal suffrage, Is be-
ing attacked because Of its alliance
with the Liberal government. has lit
upon a novel plan to meet this latest
move OF the sunrarcttcs Husky
women stewards arc being employed to
deal with the interruptcrs. and. IT'S one
labor leader explained, the plan is 4
distinct success because oil account
Of aubtic point 81 militant rsychol-
DRY. tho sense Of martyrdom liz less
comforting when one is elected by a
member OF ones own sex. Al u re-
cent demonstration the militants o.'ed
dospaiIinGly: why don't you send
your men 10 put US out
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