New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05

source that sentence had been passed in the al
ternoon. before the last conversation with MI
Conrad, and that The execution would take pace
durinG the ni-ht."
Mr.. Gibson. accompanied by Mr.. Delavnn, coun-
selor of the American legation. and the Spanish
minister to Belgium. went To Baron Won DER
L~nncken's headquarters and pleaded earnestly
with him for delay in carrying out the sentence
The baron said that the military governor was the
supreme authority ana that an appear from hs
decision could only he carried to the emperor
The military governor In a conference win te
baron said he had acted only after mature delib-
Grafton and that he considered the death penalty
Imperative.
Miss Cavell was tried by II martial with
others accused of the same offense and was shot
in the prison of st. GILES nj > o'clock In the morn
ing by n squad Of soldiers. Those who saw her
before and at the time of her execution said thht
she met her death bravely. She nj
the trial that she had helped soldiers TO escape,
hut there seems to be nothing on record TO SHOW
that she had been guilty of spying.
In view of all the circumstances and OF the
fact. announced in Minister Whitlock's report to
Ambassador Page, that she had nursed German
officers and soldiers, the execution OF Miss Caveli
aroused great Indignation. not only In Great BRIT
ain hut In neutral countries. Services attended
nv many distinguished persons were held IT, ST.
Paul's cathedral, London. October -. In memory
of the dead nurse and steps were taken to erect
a monument In her honor.
Dr. Alfred +. NJ. Zimmerman. German under
secretary Of foreign affairs, issued a long state
ment, October "a. j~ustifying the execution OF Miss
Cayell on the ground that she WINS at the head
OF "a well thought out, worldwide conspiracy 10
render the most valuable services 10 the enemy
TO the disadvantage of our army"
The execution OF Miss Cavell. according to
Prof / II. Morgan. n noted British jurist. was not
nerhnps. the most revolving of the innumerable
outraces committed by the German army. but u
was certainly the most callous ana the most au-
,boritotiye. Hundreds of women and young girls
were outraged by German officers and men. many
were shot. and others burnt alive. But what dis
tinmishes the case Of Miss Cavell-not forgetting
the singular nobility of her llaracter-from these
obscurer tragedies is the fact that. owing 10 the
presence of the vigilant and high-minded minister
of a neutral state, the veil has been lifted upon
the whole proceedings from their Inception TO
,beir moutnful conclusion In the courtyard Of the
prison of st. Giles. and the world has had re-
yeaIed TO it in the most lurid light the sinister
character Of German Justice" He says:
"when II is said-and IL may be admitted-iha
Miss Cavell was guilty Of an offence according to
military law in harboring British and Belgians
and assisting their escape. let the reader reflect
from what kind Of fate 1t was she was seeking
10 save them. The noble woman was condemned
and executed on a charge OF having offended
against military law. I know nothing more tragi-
eally ironical than that the power which has
broken all laws. human and divine. should seek
TO Justify the condemnation of Edith Cayell with
all the pomp of a tribunal Of Justice. While
thousands of ravishers and spoilers go free. one
woman who had spent her life in ministries ia
sucl, ms we're sick and afflicted is handed over 10
the executioner. Truly there has been no such
triaI since Barabbas was released and Christ led
forth 20 the hill Of Calvary"