Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-14
WHAT WOULD
YOU DO With
The Ex-KAISER
0mahans Are Unable to Find
Words to Properly Express
Their Views on the
Matter.
What would you do with the ex-

What would you do with the ex-
xaiser?
This question was put by Bee re-
porters to many Omahans today
after the New York World had
wired Mayor Smith for his views on
the matter.
And. if the feelings professed by
Omahans are reflected in other cities
and countries of the world, the ex-
king of Prussia should not be
sleeping we'll O nights.
"Hang him" is frequent answer.
"Put him in dark dungeon for life"
is another. Exile him., say few.
But the majority seem to be of the
opinion that the former emperor
should pay for the outrages he has
perpetrated upon humanity w tn his.
life. w.
In many instances when the cues
ton was put the answer was: Il
cont use that kind of language"
Davidson Mentions Place.
One of the little" things J. E.
Davidson wants done to the kaiser
is to consign him to the place that
Mr.. Davidson" hopes he will never
have to go to.
Frank Judson was one of those
who said he didn't use that kind of
language"
Mrs. c. T. Kountze said that it
was impossible for a woman to find
words to express her opinion 40 to
the disposition that should be made
of him. ID
Judge Would Study.
Federal Judge Woodrough was
struck dumb when he was asked
what sentence he would pronounce
on the kaiser.
"I'll admit I would have to pom
der on that" he chuckled. 81 have
to study lot on each sentence |
pronounce on some petty offender,
and If | were to decide what to do
with Bill I'll admit it would take
lot of bordering"
Live and Suffer. -,
Here are some other answers:
Leo Rosenthal; 'Let him live and
suffer"
Miss Edith Tobitt: "I don't like
to express myself in that kind of
language. I'mgEnglish, and we and
the Germans have not been friends"
Mrs. Luther Drake: "His punish
ment shWid be commensurate with
his crime."
Mrs. Charles Rosewater: "Put him
through the seven Mohammedan
bells and make it a slow process"
Mrs. James Richardson: Find
nice. lonely island for him, strip
him of everything which made life
worth while for him and let him eat
gut his heart with regret"
Try Him for Murder. =
w. ]. Cornell: LET him per-
form the duty that he owes to the
world--end his own life" .-
Ben S. Baker: 81 would turn him
over to England to be tried for
murder, and I would be satisfied
with the result"
Put Him to Work.
T. B. Murray: Poetic justice de-,
mands that the kaiser and his six
sons should be put to work on the
roads OF Belgium, to work as CON-
mon laborers until they die"
w. S. Heller: Send him to Ger
many, there to be dealt with by his
own people"
H. G. Moorhead; "He should be
tried and hanged for the unspeakable
crimes that are directly chargeable
to him." =,
Danish Him.
c. R. Sherman: Danish him to
a desert isle, to spend the rest of
his days in remorse. Killing him
would be an ordinary fate"
James Walsh: Turn him over to
Great Britain and leave his fate to
them. He should be exiled."
w. ]. Broatch: 81 would shock
the community IL should express
my opinion on this subject"
r. H. Manley: Il you'd put it
up to General Foch.''
Pen is the Place.
John O. Yeisser: "Now that his
army is destroyed and his power,
is gone and that he will probably
be hated by his people, | would put
him in common penitentiarv for
life as monument against capital
punishment, practice that helped
to make him the criminal he, is.
After he is dead I would pickle his
body or cremate it. or do any bar
barous thing that would not be- an
incentive towards the killing of
men,"
Herman Schonfeldt, Bee photog-
rapher, would put the kaiser in a
tiny movie show, made only for
one occupant. chain him in and have
him watch pictures showing the
horrors his work has wrought.
"And," he added, IF he ever dared
raise his eyes from the sickening
scenes before him | would have a
Yankee soldier dig a bayonet into
him."
w. d. McHugh: II would refuse
to allow him to work and keep him
constantly IN torture with his own
thoughts"