Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-25
=: The Truth About Belgium
6cOutiausa from Last IssusI
BY BRAND WHITLOCK


After the evidence was in the Of
ticer, KIM of judge advocate, who
acted as prosecutor would state
the penalty he thought applicable.
and the SQUIRT would vote % apply
II. The lawyer for the defense,
after having gone through the case
without any possibility Of prepare
tion. without even having spoken 10
ms client before or during the trial.
and with no admitted principles 10
guide him. without the right 10 pre-
sent testimony in rebutal, would be
allowed To make a statement. or an
argument But, as though ne were
not already laboring under . disad-
vantage sufficiently heavy he must
he careful IN his argument not 70
say anything that would reflect IN
the least on one OF the witnesses.
especially IL the witness happened
20 be 4 German soldier. or even
German: ~ must not contradict or
contrary a Judge advocate, or CUES
tion the validity or prOpriety OF any
act OF the prosecution, Tor this
would be equivalent &c Ortempt OF
court and amount TO 4 c lelnOus OF
Tense Of falling in respect 10 the
German army He must show the
most exquisite and exaggerated re-
spect for the court. and as re-
suit he could only stand there mid
dy-noddying. pale with fear and
say nothing,
In . word, even when thc 1uds-
mentS OF those extraordinary tribu-
mails reflected a kind o. natural
justice, as perhaps they did on oc-
caSiOn. the whole proceeding was
the verieSI tEAVCSrE aud mOckSEy.
The judses could be >Wssged by any
passion and prctudicc, aEy wilma
and when the accused happened 10
be some one who had offended the
secret police or "MeSSleurs les Mil
itaires, the judgment was q fore
gone conclusion unless ne was
parsonage, especially a titled per
SouagC. and then. with revolving
snOb-shueSS, hC Was shown consld-
GRAFTON
IL vas before such 4 court that
Edith Cavcll was 10 be arralgmed-
J had asked Maitre de LeVal 10 pro
vide for her defense. and on his ad-
vice. inasmlch as MsiJre Braun was
already Of counsel in the case, chOs-
Ell by certain friends of Miss Ca
veil. j invited him into cOnsulta-
ton Maitrc Braun was Belgian
lawyer Of standing and ability; his
sol was defending the most dis
tiaguished o. the accused, the Prin-
cess OF CToy. he Was 2 man thor
OuEhlN equipped who had the adj
vantage OF knowing German as
vel as he knew French. and had
appeared constantly and not without
SIIcCess before the German tribunals.
] asked. then that Maitre Braun
would appear FOR Miss Cayell. rep
rcsentine the American legatiOn-
Il was supposed at nrst that
the case was &c more serious than
the generality Of cases brought be-
fore such tribunals, that is. that II
was one % those numerous cases
IN which BelEians were being con-
demned 10 deportation To some Ger
mar prison. like Madame CatrOn de
Wharf o. MaitrC TheodOr. to men
tiou the most celebrated. or. if one
were TO consider the cases of those
less prominently situated. the many
victims and sentences to imprisOn-
ment for terms OF years-twO. or
ten or twenty They all amounted
10 the same thing, those terms or
Imprisonment. for they would be
freed at the conclusion OF peace.
il they 8ived and If peace were ever
concluded
Ii was not until weeks had passed
that we heard that the charges to be
brought against Miss Cayeu were