'The Foreign' Secretary's views expressed in a letter sent to Mr.
ox, producer of "Daven" in re: ply to' an invitation to a. private View of film. After stating that he feels obliged to decline the indi tion, Sir Austen Chamberlain says that the story of Nurse Cavell is a very noble one and her memory will bbe held in reverence, not only by her countrymen, but by all, to whatever country they belong, whether friend or former enemy, who admire her folless devotion to duty and. hee serene fortitude in the hour of trial Tt may be possible to present such history' pictorially without loss of its beauty and without danger of controversy when the lapse of Sears than made it history but, for him-elf, Sir Austen feels that it fs more Seautiful In his memory than' any picture could make it.
Tf the accounts in the newspapers fare correct, he would be even lasa wil ling to attend the performance, "He knows of no authority to justify certain incidents ay presented in the film and their' representation can only provoke controversy over the
Cavell had no thought of fame oF one of the world's heroines, fave of a woman who has become
self but can one doubt what her feet-ngs would have been if she had thought such use was to be made
dads and the entrance of Screws Ims which, whilst recalling herd her sacrisce? "There are "war
elsewhere but serve only to unite all copie, call forth no bitter fedl
men in admiration of heroism and fortitude. But this film appeare to the of an entirely different character the stra ugnanee to its And he must frankly any. he fea rrongest repugnance (o ita prot
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