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ifittoanBRANDON PEOPLE REMINDED SERBIANS ARE IN DIRE NEEDMdpie:heaotgoMrs. Emmeline L. Pankhurst Points Out Sacrifices and Suffering of Brave FolkWOMEN IN TRENCHESndSerbian Women Served in Fight ing Line—Large Audience Greets Noted Leaderfor us to pniiure to the end. as they have done.In a very feeling manner, Mrs, Punk* hurst spoke of the condition of the glorious little Serbian nation beforethis war, its hope* and ambitions and(hehat►ec-till-LD5 erfP.nal,iza-erntre-;hereenin was ion-:rue isla* iher riad-the rces my-that contuse ost-»em-vere ntly lk0,-1 itsNever has a more appreciated or interested audience been gathered together in this city than that which listened to Mrs. Emmeline L. Pankhurst, the famous leader of the suffrage movement in England, who spoke in the First Methodist church, Saturday evening. Fully twenty minutes before the opening of the meeting every seat in the body of the church was occo-I pied, and in a very short time the remaining seats were filled. On the platform with Mrs, Pankhurst were Mrs. J. S. Matheson, president of the Women’s Canadian Club, Mrs. lonald McEwen and the speaker’s secretary, Miss Wickham.An address of welcome w*as given by Mrs. Matheson, in which she spoke of the great privilege it was for a Brandon audience to hear this famous leader, and also mentioned the regret that was felt at the absence of Cheddo Miyatovich, who was unable to attend on account of a slight illness, w’hieh detained him in Winnipeg, However, it was very evident that it, wras to hear Mrs. Pankhurst that such a large audience had assembled, and following Mrs. Matheson’s introduction the speaker arose, amid applause. Mrs. Pankhurst has a kindly and altogether very charming appearance, and aall a valiant nation stood for, which has been desecrated. Although »o very small In area and population, they have set the world, in this war. a magnificent example of heroism, gallantry and courage She went back to the early history of this country, which had witnessed wars upon wars They fought to be free, not for pow er. to work out their own salvation and to civilize themselves. Continu ing, Mrs. Pankhurst said that in Ser hia, the women carry on the affairs of the country w hile the men are at war That if it had not been for the women, it would have been impossible for them to maintain their independence, this being testified to by the great men of the country* Women had even actually fought in the trenches, for to have brave sons, the women of a country must naturally be brave also While England was preparing, this country had to suffer as no countr\ has ever had to. The Serbian arim was not crushed, she said, hut had been reduced to less than half. Tin* refugee^ were not driven from the country until the middle of the winter, for the invading armies waited until the terrible typhus fever epidemic had been subdued. She asked that when the women of Canada gathered together the comforts for our soldiers that they not forget these destitute people.To Preserve Christian Civilization,pleasing, clear, well modulated voice, _that was distinctly heard in every {Mrs'. P^khnrst expressed _ herself part of the building, and from the first won the interest and sympathy of her audience.•very strongly on the subject of recruit ing and urged the mothers, speaking as a mother of seven children, to give up their loved ones in the great cause
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Brandon Weekly Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Mar 23, 1916
Page 10
Full Page
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