The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-09
FORM TRIBUNAL
TO BRING HUNS
UP FOR TRIAL
Continued From Page One

Continued from rage Onc
nn,inaries Of setting up the grand
court of the allies.
i. This committee In 20 work with
similar bodies In other allied coun.
tries. IL IL ordered to report on;
F1RST-The facts ~ % breaches
Of the laws and customs Of war az.
ferting members Of tho British
armed forccs or other British sub.
lerts. committed during the war by
the forces Of the German cmpir~ and
It's allies ON land, ON 500. and In the
air.
SECOND-Th~ degree Of rvspousi.
bility for these offcnseS attaching to
particular members Of the German
~ other enemy forces. including the
German ~ the enemy general staff.
~ other highly placed individuals.
THIRD-Thc constitution and pro
ecdure Of tribunal appropriate 20
the trial Of thcsr offcuscs.
rOlRTH-Any other matter, cog.
nate 10 TIN above which may arise
n the course Of tho Inquiry.
NJ. Fasitch. Serbian premier. says
The Judgment will be Just but in.
cxorabie. The penalties must not b.
enacted solely with view To the
past and tho present but must be
inflicted with the safety Of the fu.
ture world In mind"
Cannot Escape
Attorney General Smith. some Of
whose books arc regarded as au.
thcritativc on international law. says
the plea Of military Necessity will
not save the criminals.
such . plea" he says. must
stand on its special merits. As
general ruic u excuses nothing.
Germany adopted q military the
cry which would have justified can.
nihaltsm. II Is precisely as a pro
test against such a view that the
whole body Of law. national and in.
tcrnAfionAl. has grown up.
we do not allow a man or
nation 90 judge his own case on
the plea OF necessity That plea.
then. cannot shield the perpetrators
oe heinous offenses and horrible
atrocities committed By tho believ.
err In terribIeness-
Tue Germans win not ~ allowed
to eoApe by . process Of passing
the buck" either. according to
Smith.
AN inferior IL protected from the
consequenceS OF his act II II In done
under such ordsrs OF . superior Of.
fieer a. he IL legally entitled 10
g>ye.- aid Smith. But
II ~ supporter h not. ana
eAnns1 ~ mtilled BY law 20 b.
- surA 9iss4 18th he and his
in19ssP sss squnl1y guilty.
Thus. smith points out. in the
cnse q atrocities and crimes Of all
kinds. not only the higher ups. not
only The men who carried out their
orders. but bseh 81 them may be
eonueted and punished
Dcsens Of hsts have been put for
Nara In Europe OF German GRIM
anAls who must b punished. Some
ol thee lists run into the hundred.
and. even then. present only chief
eriDaWl9s
An oe ths lists include one william
Hshansollern and his heir. Here arc
ssms e the others
Hln1snbsry: Ordered bread which
had hen found soaked In paraffin
given 70 RmslAn prisoners as food,
At Resell (9omme). March 10. 1917.
srdessd everything burned. destroy
81 and piIlAgsd In ara about to be
evacuHked.
11ne1mn11s Responsible for thefts.
lncsn6iasinm and execution Of notA-
bsss and psAsAnts in RumaniA Or
Gwod about . thousand children
from 10 to II years shot. on the
ground that they had conspircd
against him
Duelsw: Posted this notice at
Andennes Aug. q. 1914: with my
consent, the whole place has been
burned and about 100 people have
besn shot"
HupWeeht: Massacred and hang
ed Russian civilians In Russian Po-
lAnd In 1913. Responsible for de-
portatton in Lille and elsewhere. car
lied out with help Of Won Graevc-
utts. military governor Of Lille.
0e6ub9E shelled old men and
women and children whom he had
collected at Boruage. on the ground
that they were useless mouths"
Klsass: Responsible for massa-
erss at Gerbeviller and Fraimbois: at
former place 60 civilians were mas
sacred. one Of them being soaked In
oil and burned.
6tng0: Ordered: IAN prisoners.
even II taken In large numbers. are
70 be put to death. No living man
II 70 be left behind u.s."