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Durham Review (1897), 3 Nov 1927, p. 7

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Bravery of Nurse One morning she walked with serene iace and firm step out from her prison cell to face a firing squad man courtmartial. Nurse Cavell made no complaint. She knew the rules of war, and that they were not always softened in mercy to women. de Croy and others operating the| Alone with bis awful thoughts for erâ€"ground _ railroad" . were @"â€"| nearly eight years, Quien appears to d and" tried. lhave constructed a holeâ€"proot de ur, including the devoted woman | fence. ‘e name has become a symbol oli "I am the victim of judicial erâ€" spiritually glorious side of war, rors," he continued. "It is my past _ sentenced to death by a Gerâ€" nistory that has convicted me. The Betrayer of Edith Cavelljon a 20 Year Sentence Secures A Rehearing Through His Jailor E. e rmn Emm NRRTTTTETCOC SE C a f $ _ hk t ,‘ & pouies mavagge 9 5000000 05; Aauptins e iiigetiens m ndieeSenppie ie rering stesus r ie h 0 & *4 *‘ @ ( » 3 ri (§0e" “i:fi § § i.4 Lk‘ "= ‘”: $ uk * * s >> ts Paske p uon s . 4 oi ons gi; +oi. c se u. j , $ess ~~ iyg »ar‘>. ie . $imw .‘ ‘% "€ £ / + Aooet., 3 uies ds cs aog * & o oveoie a smcs ~2 P # 4°*" J BME cspin avsto iss K# o se P es is *> s png®®> yasuaa‘ s t qh e on‘ c3 a v s . \\m"«g@)&f@" fl'i&fl *4 ie C $ * 7%e." ! 2 i P e Pn i aminterse ) sif 5 Afircv Sm onemmonnt cmmmim s cce mm coe ePAAAE x * epre~s»* Alinkk â€", m n e Me :: «: > + £ I C â€"geaptt® Ti i .. e s A correspondent of the U.I visiting George Quien, the orlous criminal now in the I son at Clairvaux. He goes H sorges Quien, Betrayer, Gets New Trial in vaux, Franceâ€"Cringing, cursâ€" a Judas, an outcast among outâ€" the most despised man in all ce is living out here a 20â€"year wh Q emer guilt Story of Others in eorges Caston Quien, 50, begrayer of Nurse Edith 1e died with a smile in hands of a German firing en times a day at tho i traitor as he. met Nurse Edith » hospital, in Brussels, doctor, a lawyer, an id even as a military made himself trusted itriots who wore Tiskâ€" en times a day at the i traitor as he. Quien July 8, 1915,. er Miss Cavell, Prinâ€" 1 others operating the railroad" â€" were â€" arâ€" the . Quien into of n it wh rving th 1d in 191 n a beaten dog that n‘s cyes when the 11 is mentioned, the ‘e with which he f the m#ost dastardly is brought him but scorn from all but scorn from the Clairva 18 that ther pr Ju t h n Clairvaux peni Quien is a con Sti i guiltle nal ch man en# in army the W term in _ _A BROKEN MAN gan tyrâ€"nus the U.P. tells of soldiers U 1 of Qu an th HIS LAST CHANCE in 16 it () ret com ting the na L7 the French goes on to en s nto _ Quien‘s has been ir worse men he t mu& back lenies his guilt so‘s death. H jail enâ€" ado 1d the w e n n 14 of i1 n most H n )ld nd b . "But I am not gvilty. My life durâ€" Ing the war was a drama. . I escapâ€" ed from fhe occupled territory to Holâ€" "My lawyer tried hard to save me; but he has lost interest. _ Now I never hear from him and be does noâ€" thing to reâ€"open my case. , i "I am tired of‘ flihunx I am beâ€" coming resigned to my fate, n "I have sinned often, I regret. But neverâ€"neverâ€"did I denounce Nurse Cavell." Quien‘s huge frame seemed suddenâ€" ly to collapse into a mass of unâ€" healthy flesh. His face blanched. Cowering, he covered his face with his huge hands, Then his story came with a rush of broken sentences: "I am not guilty! I am not guilty! "If you,. knew the real story of my Cavlary you would pity me. Cav in th prison dering Georges Qu In army. He There, in ( rested _ as Cavell. In 1916, Quien returned to France. He was arrested immediately and senâ€" tenced to six months imprisonment for theft. At the expiration of his term, Quien was forced to go into the French army. He was sent to North Africa, There, in October, 1918, Quien was arâ€" rested as the betrayer of Nurse Quien soon le‘t Brus dered through the C camps, talking to allied friend _ Fdvors shown mons made the allied war suspicious. There was but . tenceâ€"death. Af ‘ourt debate, this ‘osed on Quien. But doubt arose, iatural prejudice lemned man becau hatâ€"attached to hin A barked command, the crash of fire and Nurse Cavell dropped dead. Hardly had the fumes of smokeless powder curled up from the muzzles of the firing squad‘s lowered rifles beâ€" fore a revulsion at realizatinn af ima af se a_. _ "~â€" YP iTON the muzszles of the firing squad‘s lowered rifles beâ€" fore a revulsion at realization of the full horror of a war to the death went echoing aroundâ€" the world ds s a d i1 sage of pride in her country tempt of death, she awaited tering close YAD#ge vollay af cutioners H Th m M attached ty hiin tion that ho was 1yâ€"10r Imitted the little director office, he ministers n 1MI Prison Nickname H n th iste ntur fr 1mp n f1 With a last °", sze awaited the shat range volley of her cxe hi but one possible senâ€" After ‘two weeks this sentence was imâ€" flice Quien *~ S20980!8, and wanâ€" the German prison to allied soldiers as a illeged betrayer 6 s a spy who resem L1 hown him by Gerâ€" allied prisoners of D I even despite the gainst the conâ€" e of the stigma by the mere acâ€" &ullty of such a rigorou bidding f M h country and con France ¢1 the outside has desortâ€" deflant mesâ€" is press 1 justice R is peniâ€" . _ Once founded nard. Quien is 1 to cne b won ire he ill it Laborers, office workers and motorists along the route from Baltimore craned their necks and struck amusâ€" ing poses as the lithe whippet of the rails, resplendent in dark green paint and shining brass, swept by with 1 coaches. _ _ _ C Dolling Up Ma. Ralph Conrow of Unadilla has been making improvements on the mother Mrs.. Mary Conrow. He has made improvements on the inside and paintâ€" ed tho outside.â€"Bainbridge (N.Y.) paper. "Cut that out â€" ! Pipe down there"â€"A voice somewhere in the dynamo--meter car, which contained the instruments and dials, said as the speedometer quivered upward. Some one picked up a telephone recelver and the hand dropped back to 60. tell him imy story there would be a scandal." There Quien broke down. Tears welled in his eyes and he sobbed unâ€" reservedly. With his face buried in his hands, he was led back to his cell, to serve his long sentence ,as dead to the world as the heroic nurse, of whose betrayal he was convicted. M. Roc has been successful in gainâ€" ing a rehaaring. It is progressing. Only the future can say what Quien‘s future will be. SPEED MARK SET BÂ¥ ENGLISH TRAIN # Baltimore.â€"The fastest and most powerful lovomotive in Europe, the "King George V" of England‘s Great Woestern Railway, completed a 290â€"miile test run over Baltimore & Ohio tracks recently and startled officials of that road by hitting a 76â€"mileâ€"anâ€"hour speed with its throttle only 75 per cent. open. > "I was the victim of a hos campaign at a time when stlll were white hot. "I swear I never touched of German money. "How unhappy I am! "My parents have died, _ me their fortune of several thousand francs, but of wha it to me? Iam 50 and I have hope for the future. shot the V1 equ mans "For collaborating in Nurse Caâ€" vell‘s work I was twice condemned by the Germans, once to six months‘ imprisonment at Antewerp "Often I handied important miliâ€" tary documents. "I never was in the pay of the Gerâ€" land, and I carried ‘out numerous mis sions for the French military at tache, hands, he serve his the world WHAT MEMORIES TO OURâ€"VETERANS! * Neuve Chapelle will recall Gurkha, Pathan and Sikh to many a Canadian. . A memorial to the Army of India was unveiled there recently. The Maharajah of Kapurthala, M. Leon Perrier, Marshal Foch and the Earl of Birkenhead inspected the guard of honor. I1 If rman Als illy tall as mbling m . and he LV LV uld nu \U b ul th M he wh ave died,. They left of several hundred but of what good is 0 and I haven‘t much th > I tad a double, ind otherwise closely He was named Caâ€" ; a German spy. led in working Into ontained Nurse Caâ€" vho eventually wore good there English Locomotive Goes 76 Miles An Hour on U.S. Road InC h it lawyer would _ ) pré rssi pe wh and be a nn €1t 53 documents. The principle is laid down in the Constitution, and few people would dare openly to dispute it. The difficulty is in putting it into pracâ€" tice. There is also the difflculty in the fact that the Englishâ€"speaking majority, never having to wait for their papers, and never receiving a document written in a different lanâ€" guage from their own, do not experiâ€" ence the grievance which the French minority naturally feel. matte ernmeé Quebec Evenement (Cons.): (The ’Quebec Government is improving the conditions of employees‘ insurance). In the assets of the Province of Queâ€" bee the moral courage and the indusâ€" ‘try of its population counts for a great deal. Legislation which vill protect the worker against accidents of his occupation serves the cause of the general public by assuring to the worker more ease of spirit and social contentment. . .. The first to gain by it is the manufacturer, for every act of justice of this kind contributes to the stability of economic condiâ€" tions. . . . By coâ€"operating with the authorities to help in the application of better laws for workers, our indus-“ trialists must realize that they are looking after their own particular iu-l The Protection of the Worker| o l NGL o n ernc neremmemeae Hillsedo enc C _A =<1 SAY, WHATCHA 2y ~\ Doin‘up f’kfi@& ‘THERE? {‘:l::,':-‘:é'i,::. \*\ = E:"::h’ Poscr s kZp J § ijnG )o â€" 7 "' :â€":‘ > c mzéen the f es .. 71â€" 0o gare U Psap/its, *** Better in ‘27 Than in ‘17 of it Devoir the oth onvince aking ( ti w ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Bilingual Reports uld be won ame, in our f the use of department s. The princi onstitution, . re openly to is in puttin n A uld ime, ‘ the de; XVII in ily to C putting also t the _E _ havin OH JUST MAKIN® A LITTLE ‘ (Ind. day: that nadia SsTumpP â€" SPEECH! n the l iple is 1: and fer dispute ng it in illy opinion French _ and le is la M. hav mc il th int, It , in BRe in led il w Mc do ourt vays ungâ€" hat the will the iovâ€" clal )wn "Jack,‘ the girl said reproachfully, "you wouldn‘t marry me for my money, would you?" "Not if there was any other way to get it," he said thoughtlessly, When a girl‘s complexion goes to pot its usually returning whence it came. _ . "I look forward every Sunday to the afterâ€"dinner nap.", "I thought you never slept after dinrer." "I don‘t, but my wife does." The fiction that a Scot has little they been sense of humour was destroyed in a lteam, howe: certain club recently. One of the | establishmer members embarked upon a longâ€"{singapore | winded, funny anecdote which he told | ceived. very badly. In the end he whs reâ€"| s warded by a few feeble smiles, but a' "You know Scot, looking down his nose at the ofâ€" | dying for u fender, rapped out, "Man, there ara can‘t see how several humorous versions . of thatj“Oh. that‘s a story. Why don‘t you learn one o!:a parson fric them ?" ‘it for nothin The "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street," the Bank of England, closed her door a few days ago, butâ€"only to open a new one. The rebuilding of the bank is progressing while business is still being carried on. â€"The old door had been in use since 1825. Great Britain spends three times as much for war pensions as does the United States. foaes. o ponim ies onmmen mame eaime . o. .. ols clesoot . â€" onl( es comme fls CWeara n sls C 2 3 . .tA 2 o casy 2 | _ "tae ie s\,:;« s pommn uks * 0 Lo 1. mtc , W3 u. 3k °> J hn e Haces a~~ 1e i ons 1 . s riadite T agl y > . e .A v-i.ii'(;' 2 e e e it Ne e 1 2 e 1y o e ; T i aar e $s 2e .. : t yc‘ o Lyilclc ce :. : k aenn sai i3 34 § | es | . . wl a ‘?& e ; Ps # 4 % PS . m + d C 1 ferpeane 1 s w ior Loukkg . e sls + oi ove SGoR . 9 ohe maie ty it j ; «e 5 * e e 2 s sinaR. on ts * *~* wl s €+ _ ie Ovelns ‘Q‘ 2‘ .. s . Hee . =â€" eV c thkes: t" & x e ~Kie‘ ~ ano 1 c C c ty +5 Te Je . § Nee To o t i Prsiccm + ; o o c s | e m mt ce t L % p . SX t e ; NBA 3 n i n i .e i iA / h Wnn net * ’g<;’,, foul . has enb ; ,> hiiiéag» e * L.‘ y e m 4 & i wos* s (< in oessl t 3 R lc o i F4 Pr ceb > us Bs » s . & 2 smpaoss | ‘ s »hos &E vomeee t & h. 4 @‘* .‘ ) # pocesonnsnommnge Prack Â¥% uy‘ » *A * Tan‘s £ + GETTING READY FOR LARGER THINGS Progress Affects "The Bank" Aoscow Pravyda: The policy of threats and blackmail has not, and never will have any effect on the Boviet Government. If there are peoâ€" ple in France who count on terrorizâ€" Ing the Soviet Republics by diploâ€" matic complcations, they deceive themselves and aro only depriving French business of advantages which the preliminary treaty which bhas alâ€" ready been negotiated would have given them. ‘"‘We are going to sweep the counâ€" try, John," she exclaimed. "Then," remarked hber husband, "you ‘had better start with the kitâ€" chen, dear!"â€"Montreal Daily Star, Mrs. Jenkinson had been to a poâ€" litical meeting, and when she returnâ€" ed home she ragaled her husband with ber party viows. Quebec Soleil (Lib.): It is quite clear that Quebec and Ontario will alâ€" ways be coming together in problems of an economic character. Though ruled by different governments, the two provinces have no real frontiers. From the point of view of agriculture, industry, commerce and finance, they are so closely allied that one cannot adopt a policy on any essential quesâ€" tion different from the other, without one of them suffering directly or inâ€" directly. Rome â€" Observatore Romano: In spite of the mitigation of the former harshness in the mutual relations beâ€" tween the Vatican and the Italian Government, the disagreemonts have not yet been eliminatedy and they will only disappear when means have been found to assure the whole Catholic world that the Pope has that full and real independence and lberty which should be manifest to, and recognized by all. The Roman question is not only a "national" question, but one which affects all Catholic peoples and nations. dying for us to get married, but I can‘t see how we shall ever afford it." "Oh, that‘s all right, dearest. I have a parson friend, and I‘m sure he‘ll do it for nothing." Kobe Herald: ‘The British in the East do not give tongue to their susâ€" piclons of the Japanese so freely as do the American and Dutch, but they, as a race, are not outspoken, and, moreover, until recently they were in alliance with the Japanese and conâ€" siderations of decency doubtless exerâ€" cise> a restraining influence. Had they been without misgivings and fears, however, the scheme for the establishment of the Naval base at Singapore would never have conâ€" ceived. This appeal followed upon a recital of events since September, 1924, which made the republic secure on a firm foundation, and an allusion to social reform, such as abolition of the fez, closure of the schools and conâ€" vents, adoption of the Swiss clvil code, consecration of women‘s liberty an dthe abolition of polygamy. . "Even when all appears lost," he said, "when the enemy occuples the country, when the nation is exhaustâ€" ed, you, youth of Turkey, and future generations, will not forget that your first duty is to defend and preserve the independence of the Turkish reâ€" public, and you will find the necessary force in the noble blood running through your veins." Francoâ€"Russian Trade You know, darling, of course, I‘m â€" â€"f.â€"â€"â€"â€"_~_ The Sister Provinces Italy and the Vatican ESchoo! for Politics. East and West London Truth (Ind, 145.): It must be admitted that there is too much speculation and that on the whole prices are too high. . . What would be interesting to know is the extent | to which the speculation is conducted on borrowed credit. That money is bor.rcwcd for the purpose scarcely edâ€" mits of doubt, for it is inconcelvable that the country can afford to co on buying large lines of shares at the prices ruling during the last twalve months or so. Sinc the beginning of 1923 the eggregate advances of the ten clearing banks have risen by apâ€" proximately £200,000,000, This inâ€" | crease hbas not been due to a corres lpondlnl expansion of the country‘s trade. . . . If it cou!d be shown that a considerable proportion of the ipâ€" crease represents the greater extebt to which the banks have lent stock exchange securities, the â€" clreumâ€" stance would be disquieting. Mental Science. Mrs, Bridel (at 1 am.)â€"â€""Oh, Jactk, wake up! I can just fee! there‘s m mouse in the room." # Husband (drowsily) â€"â€" "Well, just feel thereo‘s a cat, too, end go to One touch of + whole world chin, By that tim been added t school where of navigation of arithmatiqu cted class of come "Capntail n th mirall y the ad: school‘ blu It was Edward VI who, moved by a sermon of Bishop Ridley on the duty of the rich "to be morciful unto the poor," gave to the city of Lon&@on the old monastery of the Grey Friars to provide orphans and poor men‘s chilâ€" dren "with moeat, drink, clothes, Jodg» ing." _ At first the governors of the foundation took in bables only a fow months old, but the accommodation available was not unlimited, and very soon the age of adinission had to be raised to four yoars, to be changed again to seven years before the end of the seventeenth century _ Londonâ€"The last vestiges of the buildings which for over 300 years housed the famous Blue Coat School in London are very shortly to disapâ€" pear, and so will vanish from the metropolis all traces of an institution which was in many respects unique in characted, The school itself, Christ‘s Hospital, to give it its proper name, moved into the country 25 years, ago, and many of its buildings were then pulled down to make room for extensions to the General Post Of« fice, but part of the original quadra» ngle and cloisters remained. On this the houseâ€"breakers have now been sot to work, andâ€" before many days are past thero wiK. not be left one brick upon another to remind Londoners of the famous old school which counts Coleridge and Charles Lamb among its @lumni. Speculation in Britain tti 1pJ te b Amn n Archaeologic Rhodesia U ptain But i1 1t boys 10n if years before the « nth century, a grammar school 1 the foundation, and nstruction in <the * nd the whole sciet " was given to a se oys who were to â€" or W o ist t his s s ol ruinâ€" all appar e., houses ast of the and a 12 1s rt

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