The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-06
BRITISH FIXED IN
PURPOSE TO TRY
KAISER: ENEMY
ALIENS MUST GO
Lloyd George States Poll
icy-Says Germany
MustPay
(Ry Associatea press. J

(By Associated PresB.)
London. Thursday, Dec. SIN the
| detailed restatement of his policy, is
sued by Premier Lloyd George today,
calling for the trial and punish
ment Of the men responsible for the
war: however. high their place, he
pledged the entire influence of the
British government at the peace
conference TO see that justice was
done.
To Exclude Alien Enemies.
In declaring for the expulsion and
exclusion of all enemy aliens from
British soil the premier pointed out
that a considerable proportion OF
enemy residents in the united king
dom during the war had abused Brit
ish hospitality and thus had forfeited
their claims to remain.
In his statement the premier, after
paying a warm tribute to the SOL
diers and sailors of the empire. said:
The War Was a Crime.
THE kaiser must be prosecuted
The war was a crime. Who doubts
that? 1t was a frightful, terrible
crime. It was a crime in the way
in which it was planned and in the
deliberate wantonness with which
it was provoked. 1t also was
crime In the invasion Of a helpless
little state and in the wicked and
most brutal treatment OF that little
state. Remember the treaty of neu-
traltty, the scrap of paper"
Atrocities In Name of War.
Surely the war was a crime. The
fact that all these iniquitous things
were done in the name of war and
under the imperial edict of an auto
crat does not change their nature.
The war was q hideous abominable
crime, a crime which has sent mil
lions OF the best young men Of Eu-
rope to death and mutilation and has
plunged myriads of homes into de-
ISOLATION. .. !
Some One Responsible.
'Ts no one responsible? Is no one
to be called to account? Is there TO
be no punishment? Surely that is
neither Gods justice nor mans. The
men responsible for the outrage to
the human race must not he let off
because their heads were crowned
when they perpetrated the deed.
Kaiser Must Be Tried.
''The British government referred
the question Of the criminal cuIpa5-
ility. Of the kaiser and his accom-
plices to their law officers some
weeks ago. They invited body of
jurists in England TO investigate the
matter and they have come to the
accomplices in the making of this
war ought to be tried by an interna-
tiona1 court, They also reported
strongly in favor OF the punishment
Of those guilty OF murder on the
high seas and the abominable i'll
treatment of prisoners. The British
government will use its whole in
nuence at the peace conference to
see that justice is executed.
Lowest Type of Traitors.
After what has happened in the
last four or five years 1T is impos-
sible to entertain in our midst
of which a. considerable
portion abused our hospitality. This
has been demonstrated by evidence
to ignore. They spied
forming plans for the destruction OF
a country which offered them hos
pitality. They thus have forfeited
any claim to remain.
Much as regret that 1t Is i'm
possible to have free intercourse be-
tween all nations, hold we are up
against the events of the last few |
years for which Germany alone is re-
sponsible and the Germans must |
abide the consequences.
Germany Must Pay.
"All the European allies have ac-
cepted the principle that the central |
powers must pay the cost OF the war |
up to the limit of their capacity |
The allies propose to appoint a |
of experts to examine the |
best methods Of exacting the in
demnity."
In one passage of his program,
that dealing with measures for an |
increase Of British output, Mr.. |
Lloyd George says:
There is one condition for the |
success of all efforts to increase the |
output of this country, namely con-
fidence. Boishevism is the poison |
Of production. Russia proves that. |
Russia will not begin the building up |
Of a productive system until Boil |
5hevism has worked itself out"