THE MURDER OF NURSECAVELL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2601, 25 October 1915, Page 4

THE MURDER OF NURSECAVELL

Geruanv has again shocked the world by the unspeakably brutal arid cold-blooded murder of Nurse Oaveli,. The Germans have waged this war with a savagery that would have shamed ArriM himself. There may be some excuse for excesses committed in ths heat of battle, but. can bo aono for the dastardly.

crimes which the Germans lnive deliberately planned and carried through'with the most shameless zeal. Our enemies have committed so many atrocities that we have grown almost to expect more o£ them, but even from_ a nation so steeped in wanton crime this latest horror comes with a new shook; and throughout the civilised world has provoked an impassioned outburst of protest. Tho action of the German authorities from beginning to end of this revolting crime was underhanded and dishonourable. The trial was a travesty of justice. The American and Spanish Ministers, endeavoured to save the life of tho brave Englishwoman, were tricked, and the mcrcilcss sentence was carried out in the most callously brutal manner. No charge of espionage was brought against the victim'. She frankly admitted that she had hidden English and French soldiers in her house, and had helped Belgian subjects to cross the frontier. She was made to pay with her life. A tribe of savages would have shown more mercy to a high-spirited woman who had the courage to befriend her own kith and kin. Protests and appeals to tile honour of such a nation arc mere waste of effort. The- only appeal to which the Germans will pa.y the slightest attention is that which is made by the sound of our guns and the flash of our bayonets. This latest outrage will intensify the determination of the British people to bring Germany to account for the torrent of blood she has caused to be shod.