GERMAN WOMAN PAYS WITH LIFE FOR LETTER.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 137, 9 June 1917, Page 15

GERMAN WOMAN PAYS WITH LIFE FOR LETTER.

ANOTHER CAVELL CASE. A story of the cruelty of the Kaiser's minions toward women that Is almost unbelievable came through the mails to a Canadian resident recently. That the story wns permitted to pass the German censor, it is believed, is due to the fact tbat the individual handling this particular piece of mail desired to impress upon the world at large the punishment Emperor William Imposes upon those who question the Kaiser's authority. The missive related conditions existing ln Germany, told of insufficient food, howOld people were virtually dying for want o% nourishment, and pitiful sights In the homes of those residents nf Germany where there were young children. The food dictator doled out only as much as he deemed siiU-cfent to keep the people alive. In contrast to these home conditions, the people In their hunger were told of howwell fed the soldiers were. Further on in the letter the woman wrote that she bad suffered so much and her family had been so reduced for want of food that she felt as though she could kill the Kaiser if she wns given the opportunity. All of these details tne German censor permitted to pass imcensored. Then at the bottom of the letter was a line j n the handwriting of the censor. It read: "Tour sister was executed this morn tag."