Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-01-25
or his extradition could be demanded
WILLIAM COULD BIZ PUNISHED
ONLY AS ACCOMPLICN.


only DO punished Us an accomplish
An international tribunal, consequent
ly, must BIO found. They consider
Tho Uaguo arbitration court founded
at tho 1899 conference incompetent
to try him, as tho court was meant
for cases whore no penalty is to be
applied. They argue that an entire
ly now jurisdiction must mo created
which should be the first instrument
OF u league OF nations, and in which
should appear exclusively tho states
which fought Germany.
Tho two French jurists prove that
the oXtradition Of tho former German
ruler cannot DO refused, as no il not
n political refugee. Tho report says
"It is antijurfcical to assimilate
war with conspiracy. Crimes Of war
arc crimes Of public law and interna-
tional law, not political crimes"
NO PENALTY rs POSSIBLE
AGAINST NATION.
NJ ~ g.
The authors OF the report COM
menco by establishing that no pen
atty Is possible against a nation any
moro than against q company, but
that tho manager or director of q
1.-THE Emperor, In tho fret place."
says the report, "as King Of Prussia
l., president of tho confederation by
virtue OF a special law in which hui
man will does not entor. Tho Ger
man sovereign depends only on God
and tho sword. With such concep
ton Of power 1t would be unjuridi-
cial to tho highest degree to allow tho
Emperor to escape responsibility for
his actions: his responsibility for the
war for which under the Constitution
tho decision belonged to him alone:
his responsibility for violation of Bel
CLAN neutrality, which was willod by
him; his responsibility for acts Of
terrorism by hiOt troops. which no
wilied and ordered"
LETTER READ FROM WILLIAM
TO FRANCIS JOSEPH.
Tho report quotes q letter from the
former Emperor to tho Emperor OF
Austria, In tho carly days of the war
In which tho German Emperor wrote:
"My soul Is torn asuncr, but every
thing must be put to fro and blood.
Tho tmoats OF men and women, chill
dren and tho aged must DO cut, and
not n tree or house loft staiding.
"With such methods Of terror
which alone can strike 80 degenerate
II people as tho French, tho war will
finish before two months, while #
use humanitarian methods, 1t may
prolong for years. Despite all my re.
puguancc, / havo had to choose the
first system"
The words 81" and "my" In tho
lotter are italicized in tho report.
"ModerI law" tho report continues,
"docs not rccognize irresponsible nu
thorities, ovon at tho summit OF hior
archy. 1t brings a state down from
it's pedestal and makes 1t submit to
the rulo Of tho judge.
There can therefore, be no ques
,ion OF saving from the Judge q man
who is at thes ummit OF hierarchy,
either by application of internal or OF
international laW"
PEACE CONFERENCE REGULA-
TIONS PUBLISHED
Following arc the peace confer
once regulations which wore made
public Officially today:
Section Tho conference assem-
blod to tx tho conditions of poace
first In the prolimini,rlos OF peace and
then In tho uoflnite treaty Of peace,
shnll include the representatives Of
tho belligerent, alliod and associated
powers.
The belligerent powers with geno
raj interests, tho United States OF
America, the British Empire, France,
Italy and japan, shall take part in
oil meetings and commissions.
Tine belllgorent powers with par
ticular interests, Belgium, Brazil, the
British dominions and India, China,
Cuba, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hed
JAZZ, Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua,
Panama, Poland, Portugal. Roumania,
Serbia, Siam and the Czecho- ElovalS
republic, shall tako part in tho sit
tings Mt which questions concerning
them are discussed,
The powers In n state Of d%Hlomatir
rupture with the enemy powers. Bo-
livia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay,
shall take part in tho sittings at
which questions concerning them are
discussed.
NEUTRAL POWERS MAY BE GI-
VEN A HEARING
Tho neutral powers and states In
process Of formation may be heard
either orally or in writing, when sum
moned by the powers, with general in
forests at the sittings devoted es-
pccially to tho examination Of cues
lions directly concerning them, but
only so far as these questions arc con
cernod
Section 2.-The powers shall be
represented by plenipotentiary dele
gates to the number Of: five for the
United States, tho British Empire,
Franco, Italy and Japan; three for
Belgium, Brazil and Serbia; two for
China, Greece, the King OF Hediaz.
Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Siam
and the Czccho- Slovak republic; one
for Cuba, Guatemala. Haiti, Hondu-
ras, Liberia, Nicaragua and Panama;
one for Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and
Uruguay.
Tho British dominions and India