A Noble Woman

m of indignation that had been aroused in neutral countries. To that end Dr. Zimmermann, Under-Secretary for Fo

to be executed, but it was necessary. She was judged justly.

has been executed; but consider what would happen to a State, particularly in war, if it left crimes aimed at the safety of its armies to go unpunished because committed by women. No criminal code in the world-least of all the laws of war-makes such a distinction; and the f

as not concerned with a single emotional deed of one person, but a well-thought-out plot, with many far-reaching ramifications, which for nine months succeeded in doing valuable service to our enemies and great detriment to our armies. Countless Belgian, French, and English soldiers are again fighting in the ranks of the Allies wh

ff several of the accused because they were in doubt as to whether they knew that their actions were punishable. Those condemned knew

otherwise in the interest of one's cause does deeds which justly bring after them the death penalty. Among our Russian prisoners are several young girls who fought against us in soldiers' uniforms. Had

ere. It was necessary once for all to put an end to the activity of our enemies, regardless of their motives; therefore the death penalty was

n engaged in assisting Belgians of military age to enlist in hostile armies, and in enabling Fren

ings against such activity, pointing out that se

ons of the imperial penal code and the military penal code for war treason and espionage. No spe

rdance with the established regulations, death occurring immediately

of patriotism, and in which there was not the faintest suspicion of espionage. It may be remarked, too, that in America Judge Lynch never executed a woman. The attempt to draw a parallel case between Nurse Cavell and Russian women who have fought as soldiers is puer

ission to be represented. It is laid to Miss Cavell's charge that she 'nursed only rich people for heavy fees.' Even if it were true, it would not palliate the German offence of hurried and clandestine murder; but we know, and the Germans know, that her whole life was spent in doin

the British Government, some circumstances of the utmost importance are inaccurately reported by the Belgian lawyer who acts as legal adviser to the Legation. To this Sir Edward Grey

onth later, the British Foreign Off

asked for a sentence of death against Miss Edith Cavell and eight other persons implicated by her testimony was due to erroneous information furnished to the U

the Germans but little satisfaction, because its only effect was t

civilized nations. They omit all reference to their inhuman haste and calculated trickery, and their venomous refusal to allow exhumatio