Show I I I Nurses Nurse's Execution r 1 Officer r Shocks II I I ID D Death th of Edith Cavell Englishwoman Bloodiest Blood I iest jest Act of the he W War r Is Verdict i II l r of Belgians I LONDON Oct 2 21 1 The Th The cir circumstances co connected with the execution by the German authorities at Brussels of Miss E Edith ith Ca Cavell veIl a a British nurse occupy constantly increasing attention in London The forthcoming pub publication ic tion of the report of Brand l t n Amert-n n tn in Help nn hie ff in in n Mic Mice u Cavell's ells ell's behalf is awaited with keenest interest This report will willbe willbe willbe be published in tomorrows tomorrow's newspapers news papers The Mail says the report is a long longone longone longone one and adds This account will strike a note of horror throughout the world It will tell of the wonderful heroism of a woman who had nursed German Ger German German Ger- Ger man wounded It will tell of ot the greatest fight for or a womans woman's life that was was ever fought of unavailing ing tag efforts of nobles and neutrals to combat the callous secret cunning cunning cunning cun cun- ning of the Germans The Post publishes today a letter letter let let- ter from Miss Mis s Cavell's cousin concerning concerning concerning con con- her work her devotion to as a nurse My cousins cousin's Intense devotion to the alleviation of ot suffering caused her ber to devote her life to nursing in Brussels the letter says She voluntarily remained there them to continue continue continue con con- her work when the city was taken by the Germans She would have nursed a German with as much tender care as an English English- man In a letter to me she said We have no wounded here now The allies alUes do do donot not come here bere and the Germans Germans' sent are-sent back to their own country The few that remain are nursed by their own countrywomen countrywomen countrywomen country country- women so we are denied th the great consolation of being of use in our our own special way She allowed the womanly womanly quality quality quality ity o of compassion to get the better better better bet bet- ter o of prudence and self interest For this she slie suffered untold miseries mis mis- cries eries and died a martyrs martyr's death Parallel Drawn English newspapers draw a parallel paral paral- l I lel l between the case of Miss Cavell in Belgium and that of Mrs Louise Herbert was was sentenced to six months' months imprisonment as a spy in England Mrs Herberts Herbert's appeal was heard beard at Durham yesterday She is a German wife of an English curate at Darlington She admitted admitted ad ad- that she had sought information Information in formation regarding munitions and Intended to send this information to Germany The Judge asked her yesterday I Did you intend to send the in- in Continued on pago page 21 NURSES NURSE'S EXECUTION Continued from page page- 1 I. formation to Germany if you got t the he e chance Yes I did she replied Mrs Herbert also admitted that she had corresponded With Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many through friends in in Switzer land The judge astonished by her frank answers remarked This woman has a conscience conscience- she wishes to answer truthfully and deserves credit for that At the same time she is dangerous He lie affirmed the sentence of or six months months' Imprisonment The Dally Daily Malls Mall's Amsterdam correspondent correspondent cor car respondent sends the following details details de do- tails of ot th the execution of Miss Cavell who was was charged with aiding Belgian Belgian Bel Bel- gian giazi men to escape to England by hiding biding them in her house anti and helping help ing to smuggle them over the frontier fron fron- tier after she had given them money and addresses in England Revolver Ends Life The execution occurred In a aw a w walled garden or yard ard in Brussels The Tile firing party patty of six men and an officer was drawn up to await Miss Cavell whom other soldiers led from an au adjoining house bonse She was blindfolded with a black scarf and Was deadly pallid but stepped bravely forward until pastIng past pass Ing the firing party Then her strength failed tailed and she dropped In Ina Ina ina a swoon thirty yards from the wall wail where she was to have been shot The officer commanding the soldiers soldiers sol sol sol- diers advanced took a large revolver revolver re re- re- re volver from his belt aimed steadily and then shot the woman through the head as s she lay quietly the ground The officer er then r replaced placed bi his r revolver re revolver re- re volver and ordered the soldiers to carry the body Into the house bouse It was there taken in charge by Belgian Belgian Bel Bel- gian glan women who ho were acU acting g on instructions instructions in in- from the Spanish minister minister minis minis- ter who undertook to care for the body pending burial The execution was a shock to the Belgian people who describe it as the bloodiest act of the war The execution of Miss lIss Cavell was characterized as a a. crime that dwarfs even that of the Lusitania b by the flight Right Rev A A. F. F V. W. Yo Ingram bishop of ot London preaching I IB St. St Martins Martin's church today at St a ft Trafalgar day serice ser ser- vice ice Always U up UI to now said the bishop chivalry ha has enlightened th the horrors horror of sar 01 But it is ill not so with our enemies of ot today whose latest crime is is' is the murder In In cold c ld blood of ofa ofa a a. p poor or defenseless English girl I. I |