The Washington times., 1920-06-16
Presidents and Pies
An Interesting Account of Washington Peo.
pie of Yesterday and Today BY the wife
of the WeL-KnOpn DiDlomatist
BY Mrs. Larz Anderson.


TO escape to Holland. young girls
often acting as their guides. and
she told me that IL she could be or
further service she would be only
too pleased to lend her house and
service to the cause.
mo praise could be too great for
the kind way in which she treated
the men, some of whom were still
in hiding nearly a year after the
Germans had come into the country.
She sheltered not only British, but
Belgians, French and Russians, and
in one day had twenty-one Irish
soldiers there in her, house. FL
nally, rumors of her services began
to leak out, and the German spies
heard about her. One day a man
came to our door as an escaped
French officer.
We hesitated about taking him In.
but his story seemed plausible, so
we kept him a couple OF days aud
then sent him on to Brussels. where
he went to Miss Cavells. She help
ed him across the frontier. but later
we were surprised to find him again
in Belgium: he explained that, he
had been sent back on special
tache in Holland, but we were sus-
picious and had as little to do with
him as possible. Later 1t was dis
covered that he had been In prison
for forgery, but had been liberated
by the Germans on condition he
would spy for them. He has since
been tried in France and sentenced.
1t is the general opinion that he
BETRAYED Misc CayelI,
"One morning in the end OF July,
1915. went to her house, and she
told me the Germans had been there
and made a general search. I'm
afraid l am going to have trouble
she said, and you had better not
come bacw here any more. You
will probably be followed when you
leave The Germans had been very
thorough, but though four British
soldiers were hidden in the house
when they arrived. they did not
find them. and she was able to set
them safely away.
"The next thing ! heard, how
ever she was arrested. At the
trial, my sister, who had been taken
also about the same time, saw a
great deal OF her. She was very
brave and calm through II all. The
Germans were never able TO prove
that she was a spy; she mere,-:
helped people out OF kindness.
They condemned her to death while
many others who had been doing
exactly the same thing received
only term OF Imprisonment.
When asked why, she didn't sign
request not to be shot. she replied.
1T is useless, because 1 au Eng
"a ho a q q n
espionage and high treason, but
there is in history no precedent
where a woman has been shot for
such charges as were made against
Edith Cavell."
The Queen was especially inted-
ested in the success of the Cavell-
Depage hospital, for she knew the
Depages well and had worked in
the Doctors operating room at
Ocean Hospital during the war. l
was very happy over the results OF
our efforts. which had go far ex-
ceeded even my hopes that we had
$4,000 to give Her Majesty for the
new institution. The committee
gathered in big room at the
Longs and formed circle. The
Queen made a tour of 1t, speaking
to the members as presented them
and explained what the war service
of each had been, for many organl-
cations were represented.
Her Majesty was exquisitely
dressed, in white, a gown in the
latest French style with singing
lines, but devoid of drapery: over 1t
she wore a silver cap trimmed with
chinchilla fur. Her delicate, sensi-
tive face and tiny stature made her
seem very fragile. She is not ex-
actly beautiful, but has that much
rarer and more precious quality we
call charm, enhanced by an attrac-
tive shyness and a touch OF wist-
fulness that are very appealing. 1t
must have been hard for anyone
who had not actually seen her at
work to realize what heroic and
thoroughly important services she
rendered her people. A woman OF
great intelligence. she is, besides.
surgical nurse of long experience.
and became a sort unofficial min
lister of public health in Belgium
Libre." Not only did she care for
the wounded at La Panne, but
sometimes under heavy fire in
cellar near the front lines