Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-05
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line tnav crossed with 4 piece OF gra-
tuitoUs brutality:
lie jugCmen, rSndu COntre Baucq
at Cayeil a deja eJe execute. tThe
Judgment pronounced against Baucq
and Cavell has already been put
into execution
In one OF the throrgs a digniGed
old Judge said:
1T was not Tie execution of
Judgment; il was an assassination
TwCnty-sIN others were condemn
ed with Miss Cs.'eiI, four of whom
were sentenced 10 death; PHILIPPE
BaucQ. an arcn!tect OF BRUSSELS,
Louise Thul.CE, a school teacher at
Lille: Louis SEVERN, pharmacist
IL Brussels. and the Countess
Jeanne de Bellcville. OF Monugnies-
Sur-RoC. H-Im&u Capian, q civil
engineer Of Washes; Mrs. Ada Bo-
dart. Of Brussels; Albert LlbieZ,
lawyer Of Washes, and Georges Der
VcIu. a pharmacist OF PaJuraSes'
were sentenced each to nIteen
years reaal servituda at hard Ia
hur The Princess Maria de Croy
was sentenced TO ten years penal
servituCe At hard labor. SeY IN,
teen others We're sentenced 10 hGId
labor or to terms of imprisonment
of from two 10 I'VE years. Inc elgh''
remaining were acquitted.
All dav long sad and solemn
groups stood under the trees in the
boulevards amid the falling leaves
gazing at the grim proclamation
discussing the crime in Mortified
-tCnaS. The horror OF u pefVaded
the house. I found my wife weep
ing It evening, no need l., ask W.laI
was the matter. the wife CT the
chaplain had been there. with some
details OF Mis- Cavclis last ho'trS,
how she had arisen YEARLY from
her cot ut the coming of the clergy
man. drawn her dressing gown
about her thin throat.
I sent a note to Baron Won DER
Iancken asking that the governor
general permit the body of Miss
Caveu 10 he buried by the Ameri-
can Iegl ton ana the friends OF the
dead girl In reply he came MINI
self 10 see me in the afternoon. lie
was very solemn and said tnat ne
wished TO express his regret in the
circumstances. but that he had done
all he could. The body, ne SAID
had already been inferred. with re-
suect and religious rites. in a quleI
rlace. and under the law II could
not be exhumed without an order
from the imperial government. Inc
governor general himse'f had gone
to Berlin.
Their Thirst Is slakedI
And then came Nill3lobar. and
thanked him for what he mad done.
He told me much, and described the
scene the night before in that ante
room with Lancken. Inc mar
uuis was much concerned about the
Countess Jeanne de Belleville and
Madame Thuliez, both French, and
hence proteCees of his, condemned
To die within eight days, but L told
him not to be concerned; that the
effect CT Miss Cavells martyrdom
would procure other deliberations,
this among them; the thirst for
blood had been slaked and there
would be no more executions IN
that group: il was th' way Of the
law of blood vengeance. We talk
ed a long time about the tragedy
and about the even larger tragedy
of the war.
Life is going, and after the war,
if we live in that new world, we
shall be OF the old-the new genera
ton will push us aside
Gibson and de Leval prepared
reports of the whole matter and j
sent them by the next courier to
our embassy at IOnlOn. But some
how that very cry the news got out
into Holland and shocked the world.
Richards. of the G Il. s.. just back
from The Hague. said that they had
already heard OF it there and were
filled with horror. And even the
Germans who seemed always to co
a deed and to consider its effect
afterwards. knew that they had an
other LouVain. another Lusitanta
for which to answer before the bar
Of civilization. The lives OF the
three others rem" i.iNG of the five
con- erruad to death. We're ultimate
80 =0Gro-. ass I hid told Nillalobar
would DC. she king OF Spain
the president 81 the United
..s -n-Ic rCn-t seHtatioRS at Ber-
g. behalf Of the Countess de
vile Js,G Madame ThulieZ, and
"a, sentences we're commuted to
ts-iSoIuent. ass Was that OF Louis
g.. erin. al" Brussels druggist. The
--tnrn ~ universal loathing and
.. -nD1Jion for the deed was too
-..s..l even for the Germans.
SO nToCi.---tion announcing the
.-s -,tiol OF the sentence against
--s-f C-vcll WIS not the only one
s.l tac wallis OF Brussels that morn
Lsr. There were others, among
.rs-a those that announced that a
belgian soldier, Pierre Joseph ClaeS,
"a Sch.erbeck, = suburb of Brussels,
E--d been condemned at Limbourg
.-.sd shot as ii Spy. and that in the
ssaiaaut. at Mons. ninety-fOur
worl.ingmen had been condemned to
prison Tor havirg refused to work
torlhe Germans. The terror was
spread everywhere.
But two OF the new announce
ments bore on what was and always
viii continue to be known as the
Cayel case. one of them, on the
walls or in the newspapers before
the senCe was pronounced against
Miss CaVel. was a long screed of
Won BiSSing's that made an impress
sion almost as painful as the crime
il sought TO justify, and enraged
and Inundated the people. 1t was
significant in this. however, that il
showed that the crime was premed-
itated and arranged, and had been
put out to prepare the public mind
for the shock of the proclamation of
that morning which was to an
Eouncc the murder of Miss Cayell.
This first proclamation was posted
Monday and the judgment against
Hiss Cavell was pronounced Mon
day afternoon, and taken together
they show the hypocrisy and the
brutality of the military regime OF
the 'hObergau." The Monday proc
lamatiOn was full of owlish advice
in the tore of oily piety the Ger
mans adopt when they are caught in
some bastard act; the governor gem
eral told the people to depend on
him, to believe him. to trust him,
and then alludins to espionage told