Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-10-22

Despite ,hese assurances. We m8dc
repeated inquiries in the coutse of the
day the as, one being at 6z0 3. IN
Mr. Conrad then stated that sentence
had no; been pronounced ana spcciN-
ca,ly renewed his previous assurances
thta he would not fail Jo inform uSI
as soon rs there was ans news.
Az $50 Dc Was learned from nu I
outside source that sentence had been 7
passed boz the course of the after
noon before The last conversation with [
Mr. Conrad and that execution would !
take place during the night
Governor l. Increlulous.
Secretary Gibson thereupon sought
the Spanish minister with the Ameri-
can minister's note for clemency. and. /
With AIR peavan they went 10 Won
der LauCkeu's quarters Finding the
governor and his staff absent. they
tclephoued 20 them. asking them tol
return on d matter of the utmost ar
gency. The governor with his staff
returned shortly after 10 o'clock Sec
Rotary Gfoson report 90 Minister
WhiCock continues
were explained to him ana YOUR note
Tho circumstances of the cas-,
was presented He read it aloud In
our presence Tie expressed disbo-
lief in the report that sentence had
actually been passed and manifested
some surprise that we should give
credence to any report not cmanat-
ing from official sources. He was
quite nsistent on knowing the exact
source Of our information but this I
did not feel al liberty 10 commuui-
eat TO him.
Governor Is Cynical
Baron Won der Lanckeu stated
that it was quite improbable that sem
tence had been pronounced and even
if SO It would not be executed in SO
short a time, and that in any event il
would be quite impossible to take amy
action before morning
1T was. Of course, pointed out to
him thai even if the facts were as We
believed them to be, action would be
useless unless taken at once. We
urged him to ascertain the facts inn
mediatoly. This, after some hest
/ fancy. he agreed to do. He tele-
/ phoned to the presiding Judge of the
court martial. and returned TO say
1 that the facts were as We had pre-
scented them and that it was intended
! to carry out the sentence before morn
/ ing.
/ Earnest Appeal Futile
i I'VE then presented as earn silly as
possible our plea for delay So Gar
as am able 60 Judge, we neglected
to present no phase Of the matter
which might have had any effect em-
/ phasung the horror Of executing a
woman, no matter what her offense,
and pointing out that the death sem
1 tence had heretofore been imposed
( for actual cases Of espionage and that
4 Miss Cavell was not even accused bE
. the German authorities of anything
So serious.
Il further called attention to the
failure to comply with Mr.. Conrad :
promise to inform the legation to sen
tence. | urged that inasmuch as the
offenses charged against Miss Gayet
were long since accomplished, and a'
she had been in prison for some
weeks, delay in carrying out the sen
tence could entail no damage to th'
German cause | even went so IA
as TO point out the fearful effect @
a summary execution of this sort upoi
lpublic opinion. both here and abroad
s and, although ! had no authority 70
doing so, called attention to the pos
3 sibility that it might bring about re
q prisals.
Spanish Minister Appeals.
d Mr.. Gibson's report continues:
"The Spanish minister forcibl.
: supported all our representations am
! made an earnest plea for clemency
! Baron Won der Lancken stated tina
f. the military governor was the su
E preme authority in matters of thi
sort. and that an appeal from his de
+ cision could ,be carried only to tn
e emperor.
b after some discussion ne agree
TO call the military governor on tn
; telephone and learn whether he ha
d already ratified the sentence an
+ whether Their, was any chance TO
q clemency
o Military Governor Relentless.
"He returned i'm about half a
hour ana stated that the military gov
t ernor said he had acted in the cas-
n of Miss Cavel only after mature DIG
IS liberation. that the circumstances
r. the case were Of such characte
e that he considered the inflictlon oil IN
=. death penalty imperative.
Gwen after Baron Won Lanck"n
very positive and definite statemef
that there was no hope and that undt
/! tho circumstances even the empert
himself could not intervene. We cor
tinued to appeal to every sentiment
y secure delay.
No Ieniency Possible.
THE spanish minister even D.
4 Baron von der Lancken aside ~ ord'
Il to say very forcibly % number
Ie things which he would have felt ne
% itancy in saying in the presence
II the Younger officers and OF MT -
lavan. a Belgian subject pelaNan an
presented to the younger office
every argument we could thmA o.
reminded them of our untrns e
forts on behalf of German suoJe1
al the outbreak Of the war and duiiI
the siege Of Antwerp ! pointed o
that while our services had been ela'
~ rendered. and without any tnoug
Of future favors they should 'e