Maitre de Leval communicated with Mr. Braun, who said that he had been prevented from pleading before the court on behalf of Miss Cavell, but had asked his friend and colleague, Mr. Kirschen, to take up the case. Maitre de Leval then communicated with Mr. Kirschen, and learned from him that lawyers defending prisoners before German military courts were not allowed to see their clients before the trial and were shown none of the documents of the prosecution. It was thus manifestly impossible to prepare any defense save in the presence of the court and during the progress of the trial. Maitre de Leval, who from the beginning to the end of the case showed a most serious and chivalrous concern for the welfare of the accused, then told Mr. Kirschen that he would endeavour to be present at the trial in order to watch the case. Mr. Kirschen dissuaded him from attending the trial on the ground that it would only serve to harm Miss Cavell rather than help her; that the judges would resent the presence of a representative of the American Legation. Although it seems unbelievable that any man of judicial mind would resent the presence of another bent solely on watching the course of justice, Mr. Kirschen's advice was confirmed by other Belgian lawyers who had defended prisoners before the German military courts and spoke with the authority of experience. Mr. Kirschen promised, however, to keep Maitre de Leval fully posted as to all the developments of the case and the facts brought out in the course of the trial. [Illustration: German proclamation announcing the execution of Miss Cavell PROCLAMATION Le Tribunal de Conseil de Guerre Imperial Allemand siegent a Bruxelles a prononce les condamnations suivantes: Condamne a mort pour trahison en bande organise: Edith CAVAELL, Institutrice a Bruxelles. Philippe BANCQ, Architecte a Bruxelles. Jeanne de BELLEVILLE, de Montignies. Louise THUILIEZ, Professeur a Lille. Louis SEVERIN, Pharmacien a Bruxelles. Albert LIBIEZ, Avocat a Mons. Pour le meme motif, ont ete condamnes a quince ans de travaux forces: Hermann CAPIAU, Ingenieur a Wasmes.--Ada BODART, a Bruxelles--Georges DERVEAU, Pharmacien a Paturages.--Mary de Croy, a Bellignies. Dans la meme seance, le Conseil de Guerre a prononce contre dix-sept autres accuses de trahison envers les Armees Imperiales, des comdamnations de travaux forces et de prison variant entre deux ans et huit ans. En ce qui concerne BANCQ et Edith CAVELL, le jugement a deja recu pleine execution. Le General Gouverneur de Bruxelles porte ces faits a la connaissance de public pour qu'ils servent d'avertissement. Translation: The Imperial German Court Martial sitting at Brussels has pronounced the following sentence: Condemned to death for treason committed as an organized band: