The Elbert County tribune., 1920-03-05

source that sentence had been passed in the af-
ternoon. before the last conversation with Mr..
Conrad. and that the execution would take place
during the ni.ht"
MIR. Gibson. accompanied by Mr.. Delavan. coun-
selor of the American legation. and the Spanish
minister to Belgium, went to Baron Won der
Lancken'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 and that an appeal from his
decision could only be carried to the emperor.
The military governor In conference with the
baron said he had acted only after mature delib-
eraion and that he considered the death penalty
imperative.
Miss Cavell was tried by court-martiai with
others accused of the offense and was shot
In the prison of st. GILES O'Clock in the
ing by squad of soldiers Those who her
before and at the time of her execution said that
she met her death bravely. She acknowledged at
the trial that che had helped soldiers to escape.
but there seems to be nothing record to show
that she had been guilty of spying.
In view OF all the circumstances and of the
fact announced In Minister Whitlocks report to
Ambassador Page. that she had nursed German
officers and soldiers, the execution of Miss Cavell
aroused great Indignation. not only in Great Brit
ain but In neutral countries. Services attended
by many distinguished persons held ir ST.
Paus cathedral, London, October 20. In memory
of the dead nurse and steps were taken to erect
a monument in her honor
DIR. Alfred F. NJ. Zimmerman. German under
secretary of foreign affairs issued long state
ment, October "a, justlfying the execution of Miss
Cavell the ground that she ut the head
of "a well thought out. worldwide conspiracy to
render the most valuable services to the enemy
to the disadvantage of our army"
The execution Of Miss Caveu according to
Prof ]. 81. Morgan, noted British jurst. not
perhaps the most revolving of the nnumerable
outrages committed by the German army. but 1t
certainly the most callous and the most
thoritntsve. Hundreds of women and young girls
were outraged by German officers and men. many
were shot, and others burnt alive. But what dis
tingushes the of Miss Cavell-not forgetting
the singular nobility of her character-from these
obscurer tragedies Is the fact that owing the
presence of the vlglant and high minded minister
of neutral state, the veil has been lifted upon
the whole proceedings from their inception to
their mournful conclusion In the courtyard of the
prison of st. GILES, and the world has had
vealed to 1t in the most lurid light the sinister
character of German Justice" He says
'.when 1t is said-and it may be admitted-that
Miss Cavell was guilty of offence according to
military law in harboring British and Belgians
from what kind of fate 1t she seeking
TO save them. The noble woman was condemned
and executed charge of having offended
against military law. l know nothing more trryi-
cally ronical than that the power which hns
broken all laws, human and divine. should seek
to justify the condemnation of Edith Cavell with
all the pomp of tribunal of justice. While
thousands of ravishers and spoilers go free.
woman who had spent her life In ministries 10
such were sick and afflicted is handed over to
the executioner. Truly there has been no such
trial since Barabbas released and Christ led
forth to the hill CT Calvary"