New-York tribune., 1918-06-07
Mrs. Pankhurst Here to Help
Win by Telling What She Knows
one- ime Militant Suffrage Leader Appeals to u S. to
Save Russia From Anarchy-says Women
in Industry Will Stay

cannot permit their governments to
nave rave any dealing with such people.
they would destroy the whole fabric
or civilization which it has taken CEN
lures to build up. Those people have
NO conception OF freedom. Their con-
esept'on is only of greed In all the
time l was IN Russia last summer, |
make reference to defeating Ger
many.
;. "Keerensky was not the man the AL
lies thought him. Only those of us
who had been in Russia and seen
him knew the truth about him. saw
MN and your Mrs. Door saw him. Half
an hours talk with him was enough
Tor me. more repulsive looking man
! never saw. His furtive look, his heavy
lldded eyes, from which he never gave
you direct glance, told me all |
wanted to know about him.
Loyal People Not Organized
There are many loyal people in Rus
sia to-day who could save the country
II they could be organized. Who is
there to do it? The Cossacks? They
saved us last summer when we thought
we would all be murdered in our beds
IN tetrograd, but they are nothing
against Germany. They have horses
ana swords. but this is a war of ma
chine guns"
Should we send machine guns to the
Cossacks' Mrs. Pankhurst was asked.
I'm not here" she shrugged, "to
tell you what to do. l can merely tell
you what l have seen"
She described, then, her visit to AL
sace-L Lorraine and the schools recently
established by the French army, where
ola women are taking their first les
sons IN the beloved French language,
winch they were never allowed to speak
Under German rule. She visited the
franco American trenches and was
treated to "real American candy" by
American officers.
Women in Industry to Stay
The woman suffrage movement in
England is thing of the past, Mrs.
rahkhurst said. The funds of the
Woman's Social and Political Union
have been spent for Montessori
school on Camden Hill, London, for
the children of men killed in the war.
The Woman's party, of which Mrs.
Pankhurst is leader, will attempt to
mold the new women voters in sep
arate political division from the men
Ihey Will nominate no candidates, but
Will deliver the votes to such candi-
dates as carry out their wishes. Hous-
ing reforms, education and industrial
reform will compose their platform.
I'VE have new gospel of labor"
said Mrs. Pankhurst. 1--WE take issue
with the Socialists and the trades
unionists. Their slogan seems to be
Shorter hours and less work. We
believe in Shorter hours but more
work We believe the tendency of the
trades unions is to cripple the nation
by decreasing wealth. There is not
enough wealth, and we must increase
rather than diminish it, if we are to
have the necessary social reconstruct
ton after the war. Women going into
the munitions factories were dismaved
to find the union policy actually de-
creasing production. They refused to
be slackers in industry, and although
their hours are short they work hard
while they work, and have actually
succeeded in speeding up munitions
production. This policy will have to
be put into operation everywhere after
the war, for women are in industry to
stay"