Second Edition. Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 52, 30 October 1915, Page 6

Second Edition. Great Britain

TOE GAVELL CASE. OUTSIDE THE PALE OF CONVENTIONS. [OnitEL- Phesb Assjciation.] London, October 29. Replying to a question as to whether Miss Cavell was guilty of a military offence under the Hague Convention, Sir E. Grey said it'was un- '. necessary to go into technical legal points regarding" an act, reprobation of which was wide.-spread throughout the world. The case rested on higher considerations than mere legal derails. We were under no obligations .towards' Germany respecting the declarations,/)/ conventions,, but he hoped that, regardless of Germany's act, we-would-'continue to observe the. considerations of humanity, which are independent of the declarations of conventions. | An impressive service at St. Paul's has been arranged in memory of • Miss Cavell. MEMORIAL SERVICE IN ST. - PAUL'S. AN UNFORGETTABLE SCENE. (Received 12.30 p.m.) London, October 29. The memorial service to Miss Cavell at St. Paul's was one of great beauty j 1 in its solemnity. There was no striv- ( ing after effect, not even a sermon extolling the bravo woman's sacrifice, | vet the simplicity'of the service and ( the dignity of the music thrilled the vast congregation. .No one who was priviledged to join in this act of wor- ( ship will forget the picture of the Great Cathedral with a few struggling sunbeams aslant the soft mist in thej dome and a thousand worshippers' paying their homage to a. noble life. | Althoiigh the doors were not opened till ten o'clock, c.rpwds gathered outside in an enormous quene long before dawn. By mid-day, there was no | standing room in the Cathedral. Queen Alexandra was in the pe w beneath the dome. Sir E. W-. Wallington represented! the King and Queen, and Mr Asquith, and other members of the Cabinet,' the\ Lord Mayor, Sir George Reid, and the | Agents-General occupied front seats. J Near them, in deep mourning, veiw Miss CavelPs relatives, a vacant scut being left for her aged mother, who. was unable to bear the ordeal of the service. Underneath the dome and in. the transept, were over 1000 nurses,! young girls, greyhaired women in distinctive uniforms of blue ami white, I some wearing rfoate, their red brasj sards relieving the sombreness of tty scene. Among them were many A us-

tralians. The First Life Guards Band assisted at the service. j Sir George Martin; the organist, 'opened with Chopin's" Funeral March, followed Try the" congregation, impressively singing Miss Cavell's favourite hymn "Abide With Me," which she recited just before her death. "The Lord's Prayer" was followed by Psalms and "De Profundis." "The Lord Is My. Shepherd" and the Litany of Saint Chrysostom was sung by .the choir, the playing of Handel's Dead March, and the recital of the words of the burial service "We give thanks that it has pleased . Thee to deliver Sister Edith out of the miseries of this, sinful world," calling fo mind the fleeting picture of the awful scene of Miss Cavell's death. Although there! was no sermon, the. prayers included the following allusion to the war, "Look, we beseech thee, Lord, upon the people of this land at this time of anxiety j and stress, and grant that the laying'aside of divisions may be united to bear the burdens, of the war laid upon us; help us to respond to the call of the country according to our powers, putting away selfish indifference, to the j needs of others, without uncharitable- ■• ness/in word or deed." . % .' . The Benediction was pronounced by , the Bishop of London, then jthe'.swell- '•' ing notes of the National] Anthem closed a mernqrable service.