The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-29
Nv IOHN II. RALDERSTON.

Copyright Ig5. BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicIte)
London. Nov 1.-THE militant suf-
fragettes are at II again. Emerging from
the comparative obscurity OF the past
fifteen months. Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst and her fiery daughter Christabel
are hot on the trail OF their old enemies.
the Liberal cabinet ministers. II their
language is any forecast Of their tnten-
tions, the world may be again edited by
the spectacle OF women beating august
British statesmen over the head with
umbrellas and throwing bricks through
their windows.
The issue is not suffrage. but the war.
II Is a fair inference from some recent
utterances of Mrs. Pankhurst that she is
coming to the point of demanding that
the women Of England be allowed TO run
the war And II she does. u viii be no
Joke. Her old band of furies still SUR
rounds the Joan of Arc of the suffrage
cause. ready at her slightest nod to do
her bidding.
Repudinte Men of the Nation.
In protesting against British policy In
the Balkans. Mrs. Pankhurst. amid
cheers, told a crowded house at the Lon
don Pavilion recently: Women who love
their country and love their country $
honor are coming to the point Of saying.
We repudiate the men OF the nation.
Women will not be associated with them
In this national disgrace"
The government. despite Its omnipotent
powers under the Defense of the Realm
act. is showing all dts old wariness IN
dealing with the wild women" The
other day the oldest London evening
paper the Globe. was suppressed for
saving that Kitchener had resigned.
Week after week the Pankhursts bring
out their paper, once the Suf1ragette'
now Britannia. containing on every page
blistering attacks upon Prvmier Asquitn
and Sir Edward Grey. The government
has contented itself with seeing that
none OF these utterances, some of which
accuse leading statesmen OF unadultet-
ated treason. is quoted elsewhere Inc
naughty censor lets Britannia severely
alone.
Say Britain Betrayed serbia.
The suffrage leaders have been lashed
TO frenzy by what they term Britsn's
betrayal OF Serbia" II was while
speaking on this theme that Mrs. Pank-
herst made the remark quoted ABOVE.
Christabel Pankhurst. her daughter, de-
mands that Sir Eyre Grove. Sir Edward
Grey's right. hand man at the foreign
office. be dismissed. and Mrs. Pankhurst
from the platform recently denounced
mother, the husband OF a German wife.
a man who received his education in
Germany" and added that II the Kaiser
had been running the foreign ONCE ne
could not have conducted II more to
his own advantage than Grey and Grove
have done.
There are plenty more OF these
Innuendoes emanating from the sur
fraRettes. a 1 however absurd they may
Nhnt-
serious here. for II was just such stories
that cost Rritain the services of Prince
Louis. of Battenburg. and Lord Haldane
Sir Eyre Grove is regarded by the govern
ment as the best diplomat England
possesses excepting Grey himself.
Br,ckbat. for the Premier.
Here is Miss Christabel's verbal bou-
Duet for the premier and the foreign
secretary, which II uttered by any man
run newspaper in the country would
cau.s its instant suppression. with
possible cell in the tower for its editor:
sir Edward Grey has betrayed Serbia.
"His BETRAYAL of this most gallant and
loyal ally has been pitiless, cruel ana
most foul.
EVERY new fact that becomes known
makes the shame OF this betrayal the
greater,
And be II known that tne Germans
are only waiting to reap the full pront
of Sir Edward Grey's betrayal OF serbia
to throw that betrayal In our teeth ana
denounce us to the world as hypocrites.
breakers of our word and false to the
cause Of the small nations That Is
what the retention of Sir Edward Grey
as British minister means. The only
way to wash our hands Of the scandal
and dishonor that Grey has brought
upon the British name is to get rid of
Grey!
"A public man addressed TO the prime
minister and to Sir Edward Grey this
question: What Is being done IN the
matter of sending troops TO help the