Show Women e i h in the Wa War By Kay Spencer Written Written Especially ten Esp Especially for the International News Service EDITH CAVELL CAVELLI I regret I t cannot live longer for for England I IOn On Monday evening October 11 I 1915 the Rev Mr 11 Gahan a British chaplain in Brussels ls was was admitted by I special passport to the prison of ot St Sl Gilles I As the divine entered the confines of ot the German military prison the I 3 Ii i muffled thunder teX Q of the tho h heavy yg guns n I was finding its its' way through the multifarious mul mul us noises of t a military ry street and the the- whole scene was dampened I by a cold drizzle as If it even the heavens heaT heaT- ens would add idd to the depression of J th the prison atmosphere A m military in the early afternoon had passed the final death sentence on one Edith Cavell a Brit British British Brit Brit- ish nurse who had remained behind when when the royal armies retreated for tor forthe the purpose of ot administering to the I ease of ot her wounded countrymen prisoners in the German hands For FOT Forten Forten ten weeks the little nurse had been leen I confined in the great gloomy prison on a technical sentence of ot espionage I Through her own words worda in her signed statement and by public acknowledgment ment In the military court which tried her Edith admitted the charge to be true and the sentence Just Actually her bel offense consisted of maintaining a sort of or underground route for tor assisting British prisoners I i in the German hands to escape escape and and as a rule the men who thus regained regained re reo I gained freedom were experts In some pome line and their observations within the I enemy lines proved of ot much mach utility utility util util- ity on their rejoining the British forces I I The Rev Gahan found the frail fran liti lit lit- littIe I i tie tie- woman calm and resigned Fear I Iwas was at no time expressed or ad- ad ad ad- m matted After a a. touching interview she gave him messages to dear friends and relatives In assuring him her deportment before the firing iring squad would be truly British she said I Ibave have bave no fear nor shrinking I 1 have seen death so often orten that it is not strange str or painful to me roe All AIl through the dreary afternoon the American legation was making a tireless effort in a great fight tight to save the the life life of the heroic nurse or at the least to obtain a sentence less horrible horrible horrible hor hor- than thaon death but hardly the less fearful Mr Whitlock the American minister minister min min- ister later assigned Gaston De Laval attorney attorney attorney ney to the legation to be Miss 1 Cavell's Ca- Ca Cavell's vell's veils counsel at the tho military trial As AsI I we have seen his efforts were abor- abor tive Indeed the case seems to have I II been hopeless from the first I I At word was received at the I American legation that Miss Cavell was to be shot some time during the I night The legation assumed a feverish ac ac- ac- ac These keen Americans had bad t decided to fight tight the death penalty to I the last Attaches endeavored to get In contact with Baron von der Lancken chief chiet of ot the political department department depart depart- ment TIle The Spanish minister was retained re retained retained re- re for the Influence he be wielded I at that time The situation became desperate when Baron von yon der Lancken could not be located Early In the evening he had left his of office rice for an evenings evening's entertainment nt at the theatre Baron Daron von on and Count members of ot the political department and on the staff starr of Von der Lancken ar are located however and at 1030 the tho chief rd of the political department e Is found he hurries to his office f After I a a. short and earnest consultation the 1 German officers declare they cannot I circumvent the decree of ot the military j tribunal The sentence Is to be carried through Tho The hour for tor the execution has ar ar- rived The usual German firing party consists consists consists con con- of ten men two of ot which would carry rifles loaded blank No man man could know whether his gun caused caus d the death of ot the victim icUm To arrange the execution of Edith Cave Cavel thirty Cavel-thirty thirty men are necessary with twenty of ot their rifles loaded blank Feeling Is running high among the themen themen themen men and none wish to have a a. part in inthe inthe inthe the worl work For twenty four hours Miss 1 Cavell would take no food or drink This with the strain has rendered her practically practically practically helpless As the guards conduct conduct conduct con con- duct her to the courtyard she faints taints In their arms but though desperately weak weal she Is revived ana ane expresses a desire to go through with the ordeaL She is not afraid A bandage is solicitously brought forward Have her eyes bandaged No Nol No Nol I Since when nave navo Britons found a necessity for the tha eyes to be covered when rifles are to be faced 1 She has her wish Would she like to say a few words Yes she wants to say something but this is what the astounded soldiers hear bear I II I regret I cannot live longer th the officers smile for old England The officers' officers faces undergo a sudden change of ot expression the smile disappears and even een the sternest officers feel teel nothing but admiration for this woman who speaks defiance with her last breath I The routine Is carried out hurriedly I When Then the tho men are filing out of ot the Inclosure the doctors examine the I bod body It Is curious but only one bullet bullet bul bul- let had hac entered the body and was re responsible re- re 1 for death It had entered the thel head penetrating the brain There rO 1 l were wera ten bullets in that file lIe of thirty i I Imen men and one only entered the tho little nurses nurse's body The Germans are marksmen marks marks- men men and and the tho reader render may draw his own conclusion Almost with the spark of ot life fleetIng fleeting fleet fleet- ing lug from the girls girl's body a wa wave e of ot horror and disgust sweeps over the civilized peoples of the tho world Von hissing Biasing the German Gennan military governor lasts but a short time in the lime lime- light For the wave of loathing is j nowhere stronger than in Germany The officers and government endeavor to palliate the tho situation but the German German German Ger Ger- man people realize the tho of ot the act and the monstrous blunder of the autocracy that autocracy that autocracy of which the German Gennan people see the tho bitterest side Inside the allied ring of ot steel In a mans man's fight tight she sho aid old for or her ber country what men would let her do cIo And then did more In a mans man's fight they took and shot her down don as they would a a. manU manIt man It U It is worse than a crime it is a blunder said Fouch Pouch of Napoleons Napoleon's summary execution of ot the young Due Duc dI Tho The action of ot the German military authorities In Jn Belgium who executed Edith Cavell belong likewise to the class of ot blunders that are worse than crimes Beige the Del Bel Belgian gian school of ot which Miss Cavell Cavon had charge was started by her In one ono little tittle room Today It has hac a vast building I with a large lare staff of nurses |