Evening star., 1918-12-03
PRESIDENT Joins
ETRAuT|Ok PLAN
Makes Suggestion to Britain
Regarding Move to Punish
Former Kaiser.
CONFERENCE UNANIMOUS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 3-A demand
for the surrender of William Hohen-
zollern will be submitted to the Meth
erlands government in the name of all
the allied cabinets, according to the
Express. The views Of France and
Italy have been fully communicated to
the British government and President
Wilson has also made suggestions rela-
tive to procedure in the case.
Authority is claimed by the Es-
press for the statement that. al
though there are some little differ
ences as to points of law among allied
Jurists. Mondays conference IN Down
ing street revealed unanimfty rela-
tive to the bri gig of the former
German emperor to answer for his
crimes.
The opinion is held that Holland
VII not be disposed to put obstacles
In the way. She will not be asked
% deliver Herr Hohenzelfern under
TIE ordinary extr d laws. %
IbI0 SIdIuS WILL DC COaSlucTcu
eOCs to that of pirat or slave
tf$der, who is not regarded as en-
uted to sanctuary In any country.
German Government Undecided.
...The German government Is still
undecided as to how to deal with the
FORMER en- peror and the Hohenzol-
lerns" said Hugo Haas. secretary
for foreign affairs in the German
<.oh m rorroCnnnHnnf
Express on Sunday.
II think" he continued. they may
he. sufficiently punished by the inter-
rational odium they have incurred.
1.-THE guilt of starting the struggle
lies ith both German and Austrian
Iffiitarism. The government is now
Investigating the prev methods
Of the foreign office, part cularty :
lsarding the handling of secret '-ds.
me result III be published as soon
% the investigation Is completed.
Britain to Press Holland to Yield.
.LIvERPoo1. December Sir
Hiederick E. Smith. the attorney gem
Sral intersie ed today by tf Echo
said that the British war cabinet. in
Guiding the colonial representatives.
has unanimously decided to press
holland to extradite the former Ger
Dan emperor.
French Lodge Complaints.
PARIS. December (Havas).-French
ci1ens are lodging complaints with
-sttorney General Lescouve regarding
crimes committed by the German
aJnnies under William HohenzoIlern.
the former emperor. Several persons
who lost relatives in the lombard
TSent of Paris by the German long
~ nfr
haints.
lin he case of Nine. Prieur. whose
husband was killed on the torpedoed
mail steamship Susser. the attorney
general declares that the ship was an
extension of French soil and conse-
uuently the French authorities are
competent to make an Investigation.
A decision with regard to the COM
plants against the former emperor
will be reached within a few days.
If 1t is decided that French tribunals
are competent to open proceedings, q
Judge will be appointed
One of the first acts Of the Judge
will be to ask for the extradition Of
William Hohenzollern.
The Belated Abdication.
LONDON, December British wire
less service).-The Morning Post,
on the former German
belated abdication. says:
1T is possible that the document
tion OF the German emperor Is gem
uine. and it Is equally possible that
1t II nothing of the kind. In either
case. the instrument contains no word
concerning the succession or the
dynasty. nor is II countersigned by
any responsible official.
IF. however. by virtue of this paper
William II. has in fact. abdicated tho
throne OF Prussia and the overload
ship OF Germany. he has been stay
ing in a neutral country under false
pretenses- II is also worth noting
fished at the moment when there is
a. demand for the extradition of the
visitor. What proof of his abdica-
ton. it may be asked. did the Ger
man emperor present to the Dutch
government when he crossed the
frontier? II no such proof was Of
feEed. it seems that the royal fugitive
srould have been promptly tnterned
uSa a dessrter."
Wilhe1m's Flight Condemned.
The flight OF the former German en-
peror from Germany is condemned in
many quarters there and particularly
blythe soldiers. according to the Ber-
LID correspondent of the Berlinsky
THende of Copenhagen, says a dis
patch received here from the Danish
capital. DIR. Steinager. a professor Of
law. writes in the Der Tag Of Ber-
lin as follows:
NO criticism would be too strong,
BECAUSE the emperor's action was un-
k Agly. unsoldierly and unmanly and
sesved to give the death blow to the
idea In Germany. A mon
Rreh cannot run away like school
boy. A man who, like this last of the
Hohenzollerns. represents five CEN
uries Of history commits by such
conduct a crime against the dynasty
aAp the people"
At Religious Service.
KMERONGEN. Holland. Sunday, De-
cesnber 1.-William Hohenzollern and
his wife. Augusta Victoria, attended
dfYine service in the castle here this
In6rning It was conducted by Rev.
w. Reichel. a clergyman of the Evan
zeifcaI Brethren at Zeist- The congre-
gallon included Count Won Bentinck.
the former emperor's host. the castle
servants. Count Won Bentinck of Muy-
] le1tein, q brother Of the owner Of the
castle, and his family and servants.
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