Evening star., 1915-10-21
M|SSCAVElLSFA7E
HORR|F|ES BRITAIN
Execution OF English Nurse by
Germans Denounced by
London Newspaper.
REPORT OF u. S. MINISTER
AWAITED WITH INTEREST
Expected to Detail His Futile Efforts
in the Condemned Wom-
ans Behalf.

LONDON, October 21, $40 a.m-The
circumstances connected with the execu-
ton by the German authorities at Brus-
sells of Miss Edith Cavell, a British
nurse, occupy constantly increasirg at
tention in London The forthcoming
publication Of the report Of Brand Whit-
lock, American minister to Belgium. on
his efforts In Miss Cavelrs behalf is
awaited with keenest interest This rc<
port will be published in tomorrow morn
ing's newspapers. Tho Mail says the re-
port is q long one. and adds:
This account will strike a note OF horS
ror throughout the world. 1t Will tell
of the wonderful heroisn OF a woman
who had nursed German wounded 1t
will tell of the greatest fight for q wurn-
ans life that was ever. fought, Of un-
availing efforts OF mobiles and neutrals to
combat the cal1ous secret cunning Of the
Gernans-" E-.~.s-.
Her Devotion A. Nurse.
Tho Post punHsRes today q letter from
Miss Cavears cousin concerning her de-
votion to her work as q nurse
MY cousdn's intense devotion to the
alleviation Of suffering caused her to
devote her life to nursing in Brussels"
the letter says she voluntarily re-
mained there to continue her work
when the city was taken by the GER
mans She would have nursed q Ger
man with as much tender caro- as an
Englishman
In a letter to me she said: We have
no wounded here now. The allies 90
not come here, and the Germans are
sent back to their own country the
own countrywomen. so that we are de.
MED the great consolation OF being OF
use in our own special way.
she allowed the womanly quality OF
compassion to get the better OF pru-
dence and self-interest- For this she
has suffered untold miseries and died
q martyrs death
Contrasted With Case in England.
English newspapers draw a parallel
between the case of Miss Cavell in Bel
gium and that of Mrs. Louise Herbert,
who was sentenced to six months i'm
prisonment as spy in England. Mrs.
Herbert's appeal was heard at Durham
YESTERDAY. She is a German, wife of
an English curate at Darlington. She
admitted that she had sought infor-
nation regarding munitions and in
tended to send this information to Ger
Did you intend to send the infor-
nation to Germany if you got the
chance?"
yes I did," she replied.
Mrs. Herbert also admitted she had
corresponded with Germany through
friends in Switzerland. The judge, as
tonished by her frank answers. ret
marked:
This woman has conscience-she
wishes to answer truthfully and de-
serves credit for that. At the same
time she is dangerous"
He afirms the sentence of six
months Imprisonment.
Characterized as Climax.
The execution of Miss Cavell was
characterized as "a crime that dwarfs
even that of the Lusitania" by the Rt
Rev. A. F. w. Ingram, Bishop of Lon
don, preaching in st. Martins Church
today at Trafalgar day service. :
Always up to now" said the bishop,
"chYalry has enlighted the horrors of
WAY, but not so with our enemies of
der in cold blood of poor, defenseless
English girl"
The bishop remarked that Admiral
Nelson would not have resorted to dip
lomatic inquiries in such q case.
He would have made his inquiries
with the thunder of the guns of the
feet" the bishop continued The
spirit of Nelson IS dead in the young
man of the present day If he does not
want to know the reason why this
crime was committed" >"