Evening journal., 1918-07-26

MRS. EAIMLINE PANKHURST.
I'VE know we can depend upon the
soldiers to fight TO the end, but can we
depend upon the people at home 10
stick Il out until the end? That is the
question the officers I'm the allied arm
les have most frequently asked me.
That is the reason why / am travelling
from allied country 10 country, trying
10 help maintain the soldier spirit
among the people who must be back OF
the armies" said Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst, the British suffragist, in an ad-
dress 10 the munitiOn workers OF the
Artillery Fuse Company this morning.
Mrs Pankhurst has recently come 10
America, under the endorsement Of
Lloyd George. the British Premier, TO
bring q message to tn ewar workers OF
this country OF the great need and
value Of their work In winning the
war for the allied nations. She is speak
ing at various war plants, under the di-
rection Of the Ordnance Department Of
the United States Government. The
noted Englishwomsn was accompanied
from Philadelphia by Mrs. Herbert Lin
coin Krot a member Of the Emergency
Md
Mrs. Psnkhurst is Of slight build, and
shows the fatigue Of her constant ac-
tiyities, but none Of this WEAKNESS ap-
pears In her face or words. She has q
lmotherly and winning smile. and a sin
cerely cordial hand-grasp for everybody
There is nothing OF the spectacular about
her nor does she indulge the impassion-
ed oratory A listener might expect from
her strenuous experiences In the cause
OF suffrage She is the most business
like person Imaginable and depends
upon esrneslness 10 con~nce her
hearers.
Before addressing the workers she
asked the nationality OF the people 10
whom she was about to speak NEARLY
all at the Artillery Fuse Company are
Of American descentl, and inquired par
tlcularly about the work done at the
plant. and how much was done by the
women. She was told that the women
were doing practically everything but
making tools. Mrs. Pankhurst remarked
that scarcity OF toolmakers was the
great trouble In the English munltion
factories just now, and that II was the
toolmskers who were causing the pres
ent strike troubles, as a few tOolmakers
could tle up many other workers.
Thomas p. Bayard, city solicitor, In
troduced the distinguished speaker,
saving that the war had caught both
England and this country unprepared,
but both countries are making good,
and the munition workers are doing no
small part. He congratulated the Ar
tillery Fuse employees on the Oppor-
tunity OF listening 10 Mrs. Pankhurst.
Mrs Pankhurst has relegated woman
suffrage 20 the background until after
the war. but her speech emphasized the
Important work done by women TO help
win the war She said I'm part;
1T is true that II It were not Tor
the work Of British women, VINO are
now making nine-tenths Of the shells
sent from that country to the battle
line. Great Britain would not be aDle
10 carry on the war. Great Britain
now has an army Of flve millions, out
OF a total population Of 40 million men,
women and children. The war IS tax
ing the men more and more, and Eng
lish women are taking every sort OF
mems work that can be mentioned, no
matter how heavy. II the English wo-
men had not forced the government
early in the war 20 recognize the work
Of women. England could not have Kept
up the war.
"It Is easy for the soldiers at the
front 10 realize the war, but II IS much
harder for those doing humdrum mo-
notonous work at home TO keep up tle
lghtlng spirit, and TO feel the import
ance Of our part"
Mrs. Pankhurst was In France az the
outbreak Of the war. she compareu
the tears OF the women and the set
faces OF the men, when the order OF
mobilization was read, with what
friends told her OF the exultation ana
shouting. ITO Paris" the joyous way
in which the Germans plunged the
world into death and misery. She said
the French men were taken all at once,
but although the English men were
drawn more gradually into the war,
they were taken also.
"We women must take part in this
war, or lose our freedom" urged the
speaker. ~ wish America had entered
the war a year sooner, for the sake OF
Belgium. Serbls, and Rumania, but now
that America Is In, her quickness OF
preparation is perfectlX wonderful. We
are all rejoicing that the German tide
has been stopped at the front, and that
the American soldiers are helping, but
we must have the belief that we will
be in Berlin before the end Of the year.
The Allies must have Russia, or the
Germans Will get Russia and organize
its millions to tight against the Allies.
The war Will be long and terrible II
the Germans etlcceed in that plan
I'VE have much to do. to save Rus
sia, to free Serbia and Roumania, to
drive the Germans out OF Belgium,
where the peope are now literally
slaves. We have long boasted that
England and the United States. the
grea. Anglo-Saxon countries. Were tho