23 OCTOBER 1915, Page 2

We have dealt elsewhere with the case of Miss Cavell,

but we must say here that the cold-blooded brutality shown has never been surpassed even in the actions of Germany. There was no accusation of spying, and no one can pretend that succour given to a few fugitives could have had any deleterious effect upon Germany's conduct of the war. When Napoleon shot the Duo d'Enghien and the bookseller Pain], he could at any rate plead high policy as a justification. The Emperor William can show no such excuse for the shedding of a noble woman's blood, That crime will be remembered against him and his Government as long as the world retains a spark of chivalry or the golden flower of mercy springs up in the human heart.