The British Militant Suffragettes
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst quietly slipped into a meeting in the east part of London a few days ago and began to address the audience in her usual fiery style. She was out of prison on parole, and was not supposed to be engaged in that kind of work. When the audience really discovered who it was that was to address them, it went wild with enthusiasm. The police promptly arrested Miss Pankhurst, when a riot started, and the congregation, using chairs and other similar weapons, began to club the police. Miss Pankhurst was taken away from the officers, and got away. It is also reported that the suffragettes of England have laid their plans to invade the wedding ceremony of Prince Arthur and the Duchess of Fife “for the good of the cause.” These recent outbreaks have caused scores of protests to be sent to Washington against the admission of Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst into the United States. So it has been arranged that when she arrives on Ellis Island she will be detained there until the question is decided by the authorities as to whether or not she is a proper person to admit into the country.