The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-20
Extradition OF German
Kaiser Must Be Honored
Bv Dutch Government
French judicial Experts Give
Their Views to Premier
Clemenceau- Can BE
Tried as Accomphce In
Germany's Crimes Before
international Tribunal.

PARIS, Jan. l9.-Some points in the
report to which Premier Clemenceau
referred Yesterday. when he said he
had consulted two eminent jurists on
the penal responsibility Of the former
German emperor. were made puDhc
to-day. The report was drawn up by
Ferdinand Larnaude. dean Of the
Paris law faculty, and DR.. 4. G. Della
pzadelle, professor Of rights Of nations
in the same faculty.
The object of the inquiry was to IN
yestigate from 4 purely JuTIdlclaI
point of view il the crimes committed
by the German government anu army
involved the penal responsibility OF
the former German emperor. what
tribunal should judge him and wheth-
er his extradition could BE- demanded.
The authors Of the report give
long argument against bringing the
e1-emperor before a tribunal OF com;
mon law, because his will commanded
but his hand did not execute. Thry
saw that he was not the principal Of
fender and that therefore he could
only be punished as an accompIlce.
An international tribunal. consequence
". must be- found. They consider
The Hague arbitration court, founded
at the 1929 conference. incompetent
10 Lry him. as the court WIS meant
for cases where no penalty Is 10 Dc
applied. They argue that an entirety
new jurisdiction mus bc created,
i hn n = r1ID1pnf
of a league OF nations and IN whicn
should appear exclusively the states
which fought Germany.
The TWO French jurists prove that
the eytradition OF the former German
cannot b. refused, aS he is not
political refugee.
The report says:
II; is anti-juridicial TO assimiiate
war with conspiracy. Crimes OF war
ara crimes of public Law and internal
law. not political crimes.
The authors of the report COM
mence by establishing that no penalty
is possible against a nation any moro
than against 4 company. but mat me
manager or director OF company can
be punished.
Must Be Held Responsible:
The emperor IN n" ir$t place. says
IN. report. "as kIEG of P:uSsia. IS pros.
dsut Of The CONFEDERATION d! r!rIuG tIi d,os %
a special law III which human VIII dncs
rot enter The German sovereign a.
pendA only an Cod and thr sword. WIN
such Il conception Of power ~ "ou..
b. unjuriH:cia, !" IN" highest oeE'''
s.hilit; for his actions; his rcsp"hSl-
plii,y for .hr VA" Tor which. under
he constitution. tn" decision belonged
tn him alone: hjs r"Sn"nSlb b'!itT Tor Elo-
latiou Oh Belgium n"ui"a!itE. wh'cn NHs
w;llcd b. him: his responsibility Tor
acts of terrorism h: his tro"ps. when
hr wiilcd and ordered.
"cut-Throat" Order.
Tho report quotes a l"tl"r from 'h'
former Emperor tn ;h'. emperor OF Aus
;r:n iu th.. carly days ri III" war. IN
which IN, German emperor wrote
NV Snul iS torn aSuud"r. bnt rvHrE-
,hing must hc pu: n nrr ana nlooo.
Tn. ihruatS ut nan aitd women. chiId'eh
and IN" aged must DC %ni ana NOS. \
re-. nor HnuSr l";; StanulhS 49,,
with such methods a. terror. when
alon. can Strik" so d"g"n"ratH prn!iH
as tho French. tn" war WI! hniSh n'-
fore Two months. whI!' II use ho'hanl.
,arian methods IL may p""'ors for years;
Dcxpit. ali mE C"TuEnhHrI. | nave M"
70 chooS~ IN, first system.
Modern law" tn" r"nor; 'onilnnr"'
",ip.S TO- r"ChSEiI': ltT'f~N''itSl'.. "'
,horiii-S ..:"n at ;h" summit q; hi"-
rar,.h" This brings 4 stat" down from
It's PEDESTAL and makes - Suhmt 10 th"~
:,In rf ~" judge
There can therefor" ," n" question
az <artag from ih" judc" ! m2n ,wh" ~
ot th> sumni: "f hi"r,TchN. "ithrT "
iia :2plirati"n Of Internal law or Of
International law.
Conference at Rect.
Paris. Ian. lH.--Th" un'h.n"ry q mo
noarc conference got In motion f"ruslI'E
-, the anniversnry "r ;hr treaty nj
Paris called forth from ;hr FariS news
aapers descriptive contests or IN" n''I!-
tary character OF III" Prusslan F'tt"rT
with the democratic nature dlSpIaF"u
Yesterday without to-mality or military
pomp.
Tho conference tn all outward appear
onr.s resi- cd today. Tomorrow morning
h.. Observation-Disclosures Of tn" iiV" prinrl-
pal powers will meet to Continu" thr m
formal deliberations which they Hhah-
doned on Friday. No date has been SGT
for tn" next plcnary meeting.
President PoinCar"'S dirtun you hniu
in YOUR hands tho future of the world.
seems to hav" raptiva;cd all the French
Journals. which printed il IN large head