Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-11
HOW TO PUNISH KAISER
IS PUZZLE FOR LA WYERS
i las Been Indicted for Murder Lusitona Case and Conrictcd
Of Other Grimes Before Bar OF Public Opinion-High
ASK Holland 10 Deluer Him Up

What's to be- done with the Kaiser?
lie has been convicted Of murder, Of
arson, of rapinc, OF torturing men and
staying little children. The conviction
has not been in any court, but at the
bar of public opinion.
Ila has escaped He is q fgitivo from
Justice lie has hidden himself IN Hol-
land demanding asylum there. Can an
Indignant world get at him" Can he he
made TO pay. in his own person, for the
crimes or his soldicry I'm Belgium FOR the
brutal wholesale murder committed on
the high seas by his piratical sub
marines
what is his standing before the law
Of nations, now that he has fed from the
country he bathed in blood? lie has
deserted the armies which his policy
turned into wild beasts. can the Allies
reach across the border of Holland with
the long arm Of the law. and drag him
back 10 stand trial for his crimes"
Question Of international Inv
I ID. a question of international Jaw
such "a question as lawyers never before
had propoundcd TO them. Eminent legal
authorities have been asked the qu's-
tom Their answers vary.
Tho difficulty iS they point out thdl
international law is like code OF honor
Cmuug gentlemen there Is no I'Eai
remedy for the infraction Of It's rules
II is recalled by legal authorities that
after the sinking of tn" Lusitanla.
coruu,r's jury in England hrId N''l'"'I'
IuncrzpIlorn guilty of murder
I.,paI authorities thus summarized the
.ra.,. AGAINST the Kaiser, aud the pos
sihili,v of holding him personally guiIty
f,r these wears Of bloodshed and PUNISH
.,,,. Iri1,, ftr his crimes.
There Is. Of course, no moral question
of nis guilt But il is "a guilt ia" Ter
man Government shares. the German
propla could punish him, NO doubt, ne
for, "a tribunal of their own. The Allles
could do the same thing il they obtained
ro.sess,ou of his person. But II rs nara
a. .-,, how the Dutch Government could
M, compelled to give him up hE any
formal process. as eNtradition, Tor eN-
amule 1t could hold that the AlIles
had no Jurisdiction.
Tho German Emperor was indicted for
"yyiilfuI and wholesale murder hre daNS
after the sinking Of the Lusttania by
a ,orouer's Jury sitting az kinsale, Ire
land
The Jury. under the direction Of Coro-
ucr Horgau. had been investigating spe-
cihcalIy the deaths of five British SUBJ
iacts caused by the loss Of the steam
ship.
Afrcr examining many Witnesses
among them captain W. r. Turner, COM
mandcr Of the Lustanid, as to orders
received. conditions attending the tor
rrdniug and the rescue Of survivors,
coroner HorEuu said on May 10, 1917:
Il propose TO ask the jury to return
the only verdict possible Tor n self-re-
spcctinC jury. that the men in charge Of
the snhmarinc were guilty of wilful
murder
Thereupou the jury Withdrew and
soon rcconypued, presenting the follow
ing indictment to Coroner Horgan: The
Jury find that this appalling crime was
contrary TO international law and the
conventions OF all civilized nations, and
we therefore charge the officers Of the
submarine, and the German Emperor,
and the Government Of Germany. under
whose orders they acted with the crime
Of willful and wholesale murder
Now that william Hohcnzolleru. is n
refugee ia Holland, John Frederick
Lewis, the eminent authority on inter-
national law was asked if the former
Emperor could bc eNtradited to stand
trial on the Indictment of the Kinsale
jury for the "willful and wholesale"
murder OF the specified five persons VINO
lost their lives when the Lusitania was
tUrpcdOed
There is no oNtradition treaty be-
tween Great Britain ana Holland, Of