San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-08


he managed to get a few snacks to
her but n close watch was being kept
ON him.
If he had been caught it would
have been serious. So she told him
to keep away: she would prefer to
take her chances on starvation.
She was but lightly clad. and as
they began to approach the chill Nor
way coast she suffered agonies from
the cold. Long before she reached
Norway she was pretty well starved
and weak and i'll, but the Communist
land of promise was before her and
nothing could daunt her.
After the ship locked, in the dead
of night, she went down the ropes and
got ashore. Then, by railroad, she
reached a small seaport town on the
white coast. where. by arrangements
made in advance, she met several
other Communist pilgrims who had
gathered from different parts of tn"
world on their way to Moscow.
ON DANGEROUS TRIP.
The Norwegian coast was under
strong surveillance and the nearest
Russian territory was the Murmansk
coast, long way off. 1t was mighty
dangerous trip. Ii was explained to
the little party of Communists, and
the oDly way they could hope to make
it would be in a small fishing boat. on
which they would have to keep in hid
ing. A local Communist had been help
ing them. and he found an old fisher
man who was willing to take the risk
| of the voyage, but n terribly high
price. And he would not guarantee To
| land them. They had to pay in ad
vance. and the best lie would promise
was that he would promise that hf
would attempt to land them at Muir
| mansk.
"If had known what ] would have
to go through on that little boat !
would have given up the idea right
then and there she said with q
shudder.
Half way between Norway and
Russia a fearful storm blew up. The
waves dashed high and the little boat
bobbed about like a spinning top.
They were all battered about so
much that there was danger Of going
overheard any moment. Miss Pank-
hurst and two men Communists were
soon Frustrated. Then the boat began
to ship water. The fisherman-pilot got
out n big hand pump, but it was
| found to be out oil order.
1t was patched up crudely and. un-
| der the fisherman's orders, the Com
munists were put to work at the pump
and only the driving orders Of the old
man kept them at work.
SHE GETS TO MOSCOW.
Ordinarily the voyage would take
eighteen hours, out in the storm they
were at sea two full days, and fol
sixteen solid hours they were in the
very middle of this frightful storm
On the second day the sea Gained and
the boat finally reached the Thurman
sky coast.
The boat had been observed, and
when they landed they were met by
the commander Of a local red army
post. After examining their ere
dentials very carefully and learning
who Miss Pankhurst was, he arranged
for their transportation to Mos
cow.
There she told me, her reception
was very cold one. A report against
her had preceded her TO Moscow
British Communists had reported that
while she was a sincere fighter, she
would not accept the domination of
party leaders, and would not turn
over control of her newspaper, the
Workers Dreadnaught. They had
also charged that'sh would not nc
count to them for money collected.
But there was another and deeper
reason. Miss Pankhurst and the great
Lenine had differed on the question
of trying to elect Communists to the
Parliamentary bodies of their nations
and governments so that from officials
they could talk Communism to their
own people. Lenine was for it, but
Miss Pankhurst had ridiculed it in
her paper. Also she had talked
against it. She maintained that Us
soon as a Communist got into a gov
eminent position he would cease 10
be for the proletariat and would be-
come pro-government In almost every
instance.
As a result of all this contention
she was practically out of the Com
munist party on her return to Eng
land after all the risk she had taken.
There was bittnerness in her voice as
she finished the story over our coffee
cups.
SPY LEARNS MUCH.
But / had learned enough from her
to give Mr.. Marsh a lot of important
information. When / saw him the
next day ut the Ritz with Mrs.
Marsh and told him the story, he
was greatly interested. Despite Miss
Pankhurst's personal feelings she had
not criticised the Communist govern
ment of Moscow. In fact, she WIS
stronger for it than she had been be-
fore.
Mr.. Marsh urged me to go at once
to Colonel Carter at Scotland Yard
with my information. He said be
was going TO Warwick castle in a
couple of days and wanted me to come
and be his guest.
waited in London several days.
visiting Scotland Yard and Miss