The Washington times., 1915-10-22
BRITAIN ENRAGED BY
CAVELL EXECUTION
Recruiting Is Brisk Following
Detailed Account Of Shoot
ing Of English Woman.
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she had cared for wounded Germans
as readily as for her own countrymen.
the Belgians. or the French. Is de.
nounced by the entire press as beyond
belief. if the circumstances were not
incontrovertibly attcsted.
Rushed To Her Death.
The story. when first told on unoffi-
cial authority. was not very seriously
received. the general impression being
that. II not fiction. It had at least been
much exaggerated. and that the Ger
mans would prove. on Investigation. to
have a more or less satisfactory justif-
cation.
The best Informed circles. however.
did not incline to this view. In such
quarters the opinion was more generally
held that the Cavell execution was
rushed at the orders of the German
he feared the Kaiser would extend
clemency. II given an opportunity.
which. 1t was thought. the governor
deemed likely to weaken the authority
There is considerable speculation con.
cerning the effect the publication OF
his report will have on Minister Whit
lock- = relations with the Germans. The
OOCuTntnt IL pam stHttT1tht Oh laCtS
unaccompanied by any arraignment of
the German authorities or by any con-
cluslons of the minister's own. 1t Is
decla red to present the Germans In such
a light. however. that 1t is regarded as
certain they will see at once the harm
II must do them in public opinion every
where. The situation is not regarded as
one in which complaint Of the minister
can very we'll be made. bit that his
position will be rendered difficult. II
io rdod aY tro
ly likely.
Minister Whitlock's account, the pa
pers emphasized. not only fully verified
the earlier version. but added details
which made the affair still more shock
ing.
Not Killed BY Officer.
The story that Miss Cavell tainted
when she faced her executions and
that the officer in charge OF the
squad killed her with his pistol ap-
pears to have been false. the authen-
tic account being to the effect that
she walked proudly to the place OF
execution, refused to have her eyes
bandaEed, and that the firing squads
There is no indication that the pub
lies horror has been In the least modi
tied by the pardon granted by the
Kaiser to the Countess de Bellevillc.
Mile. Thulicr. and others condemned to
death on charges similar to the one Of
which Miss Cavell was found guilty.
1t is the widespread belief here that
In the cases where pardons were grant
ed. mercy was shown because the con-
demned were French and Belgtans.
while that mercy was refused to Miss
Cavell on account of the Germans
hatred of her as an Englishwoman.
Callous and Brutal.
The English provincial press IL even
more violent In denouncing the Germans
than the London papers.
Miss Cavell's execution says the
Manchester Guardian. IN typical edi-
torial. mirrors the spirit of the whole
German administration In its callous-
ness and brutality. which are not spon-
taneous, emotional or explosive. but
cool, calculated and systematic.
There is no need to ask neutral ma
tions to be Mortified. They will pass
their own Judgment. But the Germans
themselves should study the episode.
loved In the world. Miss Cavells death
obscure mystery. If they fail to find 1t.
then their soul is indeed lost"
THE Cavell case" says the Birming-
ham Post. shows that the high Ger
man military and judicial admlnistra-
tive authorities are all tarred with the
same brush as the common soldiers who
murdered. raped and looted their way
through Belgium.
The soldiers had the poor excuse of
not blood: nervous over-strnin or
sponsibe for the Cavell affair acted
coldly and deliberately In merciless pur-
suance of carefully prepared system
whose inhuanity> did not disturb them
because they themselves are inhumane."
"Cavell the Battle Cry"
Among the Characteristic express
sions Used by the London evening
papers in commenting on the Cavell
case are: Secret savaGery 'lnsati-
able bestiality," "unspeakable ruth
lessness. ,friEhtfulness without
mercy" foul minded brutality" "ar-
rogant barbarism." the Kaiser should
be hanged the German system is a
deadly menace to civilization" and
'the name of Cavell will become the
British battle cry"
Hugh Gibson. secretary of the Ameri-
can legation at brussels. in the course
OF a report made by him to Minister
WhitloCk, says nc was informed at ,hh
menD at 6:2O p. m on October II. that
sentence had not yet been pronounced
and was assured hat the legation would
be kept informed Of developments In
had been sentenced to be executed dur
ing that night.
Learning the true status Of the ca Sc
two hours after his visit to the polit-
other attaChe of the legation and the
Spanish minister. the latter taking up
the task because of the illness of Mr.
WhitloCk. went 20 see Baron Iancken
and pleaded with MIN long and earnest
ly. the Spanish minister even leading
Baron LanCken ..side 'in order to say
very forCibly II number Of things which
he would have felt nesitancy In saying
fcers."
Mr.. Gibson says that although ne
himself had no authority to do so, he
even pointed out the effect Of such an
execution upon public opinion and the
possibility of a reprisal.
Spanish diplomats left the politische
aDteilunE entirely unsuccessful
In accordance WITH German military
regulations Miss Cavel's counsel was
not permitted to speak with his client
before the trial, and he confessed his
ignorance of rer side of the case to
Mr.. Gibson.
Seventeen Documents.
There are seventeen documents in the
correspondents, covering in all thirty
two typewriter pages.
One document is a letter from Baron
I.ancken to Minister WhitloCk, dated
September u. stating that Miss Cavell
was arrested on August and incarcer-
ated in the military prison at St. GILES.
The letter continues:
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