Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13
PROTEST IN NEW YORK.
Women send Letter to Davis and
Curran.

NEW YORK, February l3 P)-
Women of New York are aroused over
the exclusion of the Countess of Cath
cart by the immigration authorities,
while the Earl Of Craven. the partner
In her alleged misconduct which re.
suited in her being excluded. was per
mitted TO enter the country.
A group of prominent women of
this city today made public a letter
to Secretary of Labor Davis and I'm
migration Commissioner Curran of
Ellis Island asking if the countess
had been Disseminated against be.
cause of her sex. The letter follows:
We see in the daily papers that
the Countess of Cathcart has been
excluded from the United States on
the grounds Of moral turpitude. be-
cause of her divorce in which the
Earl of Craven, a married man. was
the correspondent.
We know nothing of this case, ex-
cept what we have read in the papers
We are not championing the case of
Lady Cathcart. We are not acquaint-
ed with her. But we know that the
Earl Of Craven has been admitted into
the United States and lis at present
here.
THE purpose of this letter is to
an act which has not barred the man.
although he is admittedly as guilty
as she?
IF the case is as reported we pro
test against such discrimination
against women"
The letter was signed by Mrs. A.
Gordon Norrie. Mrs. Raymond Brown.
Mrs. II. c. Dreier. Mrs. John Blair.
Mrs. Alice Duer Miller. Mrs. Norman
De r. Whitehouse, Mrs. James Lees
Iaidlaw. Mrs. James Russell Parsons
and Mrs. Lewis S. Thompson.
Countess Asks Help.
The Earl of Craven, who is in New
York, was admitted to the United
States last November.
The countess. through a mutual
friend, has sent him a letter appeal.
ing for his assistance in her predica-
ment.
His presence here, he SAYS, has
nothing to do with the countess ar
rival and he denied that he or his
friends have done anything to cause
her exclusion. The earl. whose recon
ciiation with his wife followed the
countess divorce by the Earl of Cath
cart, was found last night at the
home of his uncle. Bradley Martin.
Il am not interested in any AFFAIR
concerning the Countess Cathcart,' -
he said. IAN I want is to be allowed
TO live with my wife in peace and
quietness. There II no reason why
any relationship should Be presumed
to exist between me and Lady Cath
cart except an fmpersonal one"
Considers Ban Contemplate.
The young earl said that he con
sidered it Contemplate for any one
to attempt to influence the authorities
to debar the countess.
The countess, meanwhile. faces
three more days at Ellis Island, until
her case comes before Secretary Of
Labor Davis for final decision. II
wish it were all over" she said yes
terday. "It seems such g. cat and
mouse game, and the suspense Is
playing havoc with my nerves. I al
ways have loved liberty. and It Is tor
ture for me to be held prisoner, al
though the Ellis Island authorities arc
exceptionally kind"
On Monday the immigration board
Of review at Washington will hear ar
guments Of counsel for the oounteeA
who seek to upset the decision of a
special board Of inquiry which ordered
her deportation The boards decision
then will go to Secretary Dav1a
Sir Esne Howard, British Ambas-
sador, has called on Secretary Davis
to obtain Information in tho case.