Show NOTICE the persons mentioned below were condemned by the tribunal of the council of war and shot this same day at the citadel namely eugene jacquet wholesale wine merchant ernest deconinck lieutenant sub georges maertens tradesman sylvere workman 1 for having cofie concealed paled the english aviator who alighted at wattignies nies on the alth of last march for having given enli him lin shelter and facilitated his passage to france so that he was able to return to the lines 24 2 for having maintained and assisted members of the enemy army who after discarding their uniform remained in lille and its suburbs and having enabled them to escape into france by the proclamation of the ole governor of the eth april 1015 1915 these two cases being considered as espionage are brought to the knowledge of the public in order that they may serve as a warning TIIE THE GOVERNOR lille 21 ad september 1915 espionage la Is punishable with death that Is a commonly acknowledged rule of 0 military law but there are other services which the civil population of an occupied territory may perform for or their allies and follow fellow countrymen under arms which are absolutely distinct front from espionage of 0 infinitely lesa danger to the cu dying power the germans wished to punish these nets acts of service with thee the extreme penalty they therefore considered them as espionage |