The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-27
NATIONS
FACE PERlLS
Of CLASS WAR


4s 44t1s n<uAui1Ah1O o1onN y"
I1nx assurance Of the cordially Of
~ people, presented tho ultimate
Reotufion Of social disorder and
sllung ! challenge. to her American
audience last night.
a fair sized audience. Of which
women made q marked majority.
heard the English, suffragist on
ssClaAs Cooperation VS.. Class War;"
~ the Augustana gymnasium, un-
dsr the auspices Oft the Tri-City
Press club.
Mrs. Pankhurst held her aud
hence with a quiet, though force
fni presentation, sound argument,
and q distinctive charm OF bearing.
ssoecasionally throughout the course
- her lecture. she won applause
With observations particularly
rithy and pointed. Known for her
radical and revolutionistic meth
DDS In behalf of suffrage she was
last night conservative, quiet and
affective in her address.
ss Preceding her lecture, NJ. w.
Campbell, president Of the Tri-
City Press club, presented the Sill
Wis Glee club, which gave three
musical numbers. Mrs. George H.
Huntooon was then introduced by
Mr.. Campbell
In introducing the speaker OF
the evening, Mrs. Huntoon said,
I'VE never hear the name OF Mrs.
Pankhurst but there comes to mind
the picture Of a little, earnest Eng
I lishwOman, with the courage or a
martyr, suffering many indignities.
yet steadfast and loyal to the
cause
"Women Of America are going
TO have the ballot. 1t may be long
In coming, It may Sbe slow. but 1t
will come. Women will vote for
measures and ideals, mot for people
and parties. Their right OF suffrage
means great good to come"
Democracy Imperiled.
The peril to democracy was not
ended with the conclusion Of the
war, Mrs. Pankhurst said in her
Introductory remarks. Her mission
here is to make clear the danger
which still threatens 1t, she said.
Ii was in the interest of the
preservation of the democratic
IDEAL that the militant suffragists
waged their tight in England. 1t
4 was the thought of human liberty
and responsibility which: sustained
and inspired them. When this same
4 ideal was at stake in the war, they
put aside their effort for the fran
chise and gave their best to the
winning of the war for the allies
the speaker said.
The origin Of what she termed
Sclass war;" Mrs. Pankhurst traced
4 to Germany and the philosophy Of
u Karl Marx, who devised it in ar
organized form. There was be-
hind it the belief that it woult
Head to the dominance Of the Ger.
man people, and, according te
Il Marx. lin the end the German
workmen will rule the world"
The movement got its great foot
hold in England during the war
when "Kitchener's army" took the
nations best, and left the Stacker
and the disloyal behind. This soil
was the best possible for the in
/ sidious propaganda The cranks
took advantage of the situation to
capture the trade unions and use
them as their tool. The result was
the spread of the teaching of the
radical, the bolshevist, the red"
A Constructive Program.
To combat this teaching was the
work undertaken by the women
who lead the movement of their
sex in England, Mrs. Pankhurst
said. She outlined their effort as
follsw:
IF we allowed class war to 20,
I'VE knew that even though. the
world war should be won, we were
1 doomed to national extinction, and
that this would come from the in
side. We realized that We must
repress. deal harshly, as you dealt
with those whom you deported. bf
We must also change the soil III
which this propaganda grew.
we believed the mdu4tria
workers were justified in yhntinl
share of the wealth of the world
I We believer there was a clear wa,
they could have it. Not by elias:
antipathy. But by class coopera
ton. But the united effort Of thu
so-called captains of Industry ar1t
the men who WORTH with theil
hands. TO create wealth, there