The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-23
TELLS Of MURDER
OF EDITH CAVELL
NURSES ATTORNEY GIVES sECRE-
TARY LANSING FULL ACCOUNT
OF THE HUN OUTRAGE.

/ DelBidH lawyer VINO was attached u
the American legation in Belgium foy
ten years and who defended Edith ca
veil, the British nurse shot to laath
| by order Of the German governor gen.
eral, spent several days in New York on
his way to Washington to report on
the Cavell case to the state department.
At Saratoga Springs September he
will address the American Bar associa.
tion on the Cavell case.
Mr.. de Leval was condemned to death
by the Germans for his activities in
behalf of Miss Cavell 1t was only
through the vigorous interference of
Minister Whitlock and Secretary of
State Lansing that he was permitted 20
escape TO London.
In London Mr.. and Mrs. de Leval
are engaged in charitable work among
Belgian refugees. Though there are
| 12O Belgian lawyers in London, Mr.. dc
! Leval is the only one maintaining Of
fces.
Following are points made by Dr. de
Leval in an Interview:
Former Well-tODO i'm Soup Line.
THE man who used TO sport a limou-
sine and the woman who was wont to
peer through the lorgnette are now on
the bread line Starting? Yes. In
credible you would have said three years
ago. Now common sight.
1T used to be at the beginning Of the
war that man would say to his neigh
Dor, 'Pshawn And the neighbor would
reply Pooh, pohl In three months
there will be peace Three months went
by heard them saying with a little
less confidence. Well, in three months
more And at the end of the half
year l would hear the woebegone la.
ment When will this terrible catas.
trophe end?
by that time, you see, the poor man
had already become a patron Of the can
| teen, an attendant at the bread line
and the soup line. His earnings were
insufficient for the strain. The we'll
TODD scoffed at first. They didn't save
for the future.
There came worse days and the
well-to-do began to fell the pinch. The
moderately wealthy and even the
wealthy had failed to save. And today
know Of many cases OF persons, for.
merly wealthy, now regular patrons OF
the soup line. Their pride had sus
tanned a mighty and humiliating fall
| The war has endured for three years
\ Their fortunes, in many instances. did
not endure for three months. And to
day they seek succor where once they
were wont to supply soup and bread tc
those lowller than themselves. Wors,
still the relief organizations are hard
put to it to maintain the pace.
Belgian Spirit Unbroken.
My father owns about 100 houses
in Brussels. The tenants found il i'm
possible to pay rent The houses be
came a dead loss. Though occupied
they produced no revenue.
Yet, despite their losses. the Bel
gians have shown a most courageou,
spirit. l have known society womer
and society girls TO do the most menia
tasks in the knowledge they were helm
ing Belgium. | have known Of societ,
girls who were imprisoned by the Ger
mans because OF some Of the thing,
they accomplished in behalf Of Bel
gium. But in many instances the girl,
escaped. How? Well. that's a secret
believe women are very often NOR,
clever than men. anyway.
Some Of these society girls acted a,
distributors Of the secretly printed L,
Libre Belgique. There you have IN,
Belgian spirit. Nobody will tell wher,
II is printed. Many hundreds and thou
sands Of dollars in rewards have beer
offered by the Germans for the capt,lr,
OF its editors. Hundreds have been i'm
prisoned. many have been shot. score,
have been under surveillance because OF
this proud and defiant publication. Ye
II continues. Every week il appear,
ana with remarkable regularity con,
Us placed each week IN the hands Of m.
herman military governor. He fume
ana raves. II is calling. lie is cha
srned. But the paper continues. an,
always viii continue. They say /, i
published in an automobile cave, The,
say II is published here. there. every
where Maybe maybe not. II Won ar
with us In spirit do not ask question,
II is enough that the paper is regularl
printed.
Many Fled TO London.
Two Belgian newspapers have hoo,
removed to London They are /.
Metropole and La Belgique Nouynl,
Ihings got a bit hot in Antwerp. !
they are doing business in London. gi,
ing the Belgian refugees there an m
latest news Of Belgium in their ow,
language.
ANA II must not be thought ther
are Few Belgians in England. On m
contrary. may parody Caesar
words, Gallorum omnium fortissima
sunt Belgae,' and say. OF all the allie
the most numerous are the Belgians' 4
london. Sometimes, when hear >
many people talking French. WaIloo
ana Flemish. think myself hack 4
Belgium. NN
And one OF the produest younRster
among the Belgians in London Is m
son Roger. ten years old. He used /,
oe a Boy Scout when was az the leg,
ton in Brussels. and he ran nessa %
between the American and British an,
'omatss He considered that as his bf
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