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[23 October 2015].
By way of
American media, a new level
Had shifted from
indignation at Edith Cavell's
Execution; 'horror
and disgust' of brutality
Of German
military, in opposition of American
Plea and
premeditated murder of a woman.
In a complete
report, The New York Herald
Predicted waves
of horror about the world;
In a killing of
a nurse, in a matter of military
Routine - New
York Tribune told of a German
Woman in Britain
given a lenient sentence.
Could then German
policies or conscience
See mercy towards
woman as a weakness?
The British Telegraph
sported American unity
Against the
island's enemy - who would pay
Dearly for
loathing raised in both countries.
For some there
was no surprise in atrocities
Carried out in
Belgium; 'Zabern military
Despotism’ seemed to have no limitations -
Edith Cavell's
unapologetic murder might only
Increase
recruiting, as any Zeppelin raid.
Back to an American
view came Wall Street
Journal, in asking
if it would be too much
To request Germany to promise to halt such
Actions on women and to stop such murders?
Or maybe this was merely for amusement?
German-American
viewpoint also expressed
An indignity, via
editor of Staats Zietung,
Herman Ridder spoke; Cavell being executed
As an unnecessary
shock - while Secretary
Of State, Mr Lansing, was asked for opinion.
Of State, Mr Lansing, was asked for opinion.
Would there be
protests or action taken?
But the deed was made and anything done
After would have
no viable effect - an equal
Opinion from
Washington President Wilson
Said nothing
might improve this situation.
Maybe America was at war,
In everything but taking arms?
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. America
Roused - 'Horror and Disgust.' The Daily Telegraph, [online] 23 October. P.10. Col.1. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11936838/Daily-Telegraph-October-23-1915.html
[Accessed: 23 October 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 23 October 2015).
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