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y. This marked the beginning of the adoption by the Administration of tactics from which they could never extricate themselves with honor. Unfortunately for them they were entering upon this policy towar

suade Russia to continue the war and to convince her people of its democratic purposes, and of the democratic quality of America, that Elihu Root, one of the President's envoy

ion offered us the opportunity again to expose the Administration's weakness in claim

June day when all

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ates of the White House there stood on the picket line two silent sentinels, Miss Lucy Burns of New York and Mrs. Law

RUSSIAN

SSIA WHEN THEY SAY "WE ARE A DEMOCRACY, HELP US

WENTY-MILLION AMERI' CAN WOMEN ARE DENIED THE RIGHT TO VOTE. PRESI D

OUR GOVERNMENT IT MUST LIBERATE ITS PEOPLE

efore the Russian Mission had brought a great crowd to the far g

h the women's order of the day. There was a flurry of excitement over this defiant message

assing our Government before the eyes of foreign visitors. In answering the cri

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otest is, therefore, with the Administration and not with the women of America, if the lack of de

cracy must not know that we had a day-by-day unrest at home. Something must be done to stop this expose at once. Had these women no manne

t it to be. The truth must be told at

e White House! Women could not advance on drawn bayonets. And if they did . . . What a picture! Common decency to

And all for what? Because women were holding banners asking for the pr

onferees. The Chief of Police, Major Pullman, was detailed to "request" us to sto

six months without i

the law bee

reply, "but yo

nsulted our lawyers and know we

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be arrested if you att

tes "We shall fight for the things we have always held nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the

to come into conflict with prevailing authority, whether rightly or wrongly, to find friendly hosts vanishing with lightning speed. To kno

childish epithets at them. Small boys were allowed to capture souvenirs, sh

the crowd moved on its way. Two solitary figures remained, standing on the sidewalk, flanked by the vast Pennsylvania Avenue, l

Major Pullman and his entire staff were utterly at a loss to know what to answer. The Administration had looked ahead only as far as threatening arrest. Th

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conduct. Inciting to riot? Impossible! The women had stood as

rd. The book on rules and regulations was hopefully thumbed. Hours passed. Finally the two prisoners were pompously told that

me. They were promptly arrested for "obstructing the traffic." They, too, were dismissed and their cases never tried. It seemed clear that the Administration hoped to suppress picketing merely

structing the traffic," warned by the court of their "unpatriotic, almost treasonable b

the answer of the women. "To pay a fine wou

untry, were Miss Katherine Morey of Massachusetts, Mrs. Annie Arneil and Miss Mabel Vernon of Dela

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f the foul air, the rats, and the mutte

se, "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." In front of the White House thirteen silent sentinels with banners bearing the same words, are arrested. It would have been

Miss Joy Young. It developed that "orders" had been received at the jail immediately after the arrests and before the tri

pare the cells the direct appointees of President Wilson? And was not the Chief of Police of the District of Columbia a direct appointee of these

e world was on fire with a grand blaze. This tiny flame would scarcely be visible. No one would notice a few "mad" women thrown into jail. A

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d all be explained away

edness. Observe the document, of which I give the substance, which he caused or

IAL BU

der order of the Pr

Committee on Pu

CREEL,

ernment officials and agencies of a public character for the d

uly 3, 1917. N

and reporters not to "encourage" us in our peculiar conduct by printing defies to the President of the United States even when "fla

the roots by a sense of the ridiculous, a polite bow-and for the rest a complete ignoring of their existence. He happens to be the man around whom the little whirlwind whirls

the Woma

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he oppressor when he is strong in power and his weapons are effective. When the

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