The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
KAISER TO FACE
LONDON TRIBUNAL
GREAT TRIAL is AWAITED WITH
MUCH INTEREST.
Five Judges to Be Named to Consti-
tute Court, If FOrmed-Are to Be
Selected from Five Leading Allied
Nations.

London, July 4.-Wm. Hohenzol-
lern, the former German emperor
will be brought to England and i'm
prisoned in the Tower of London, ac-
cording to the Daily Mail
The death penalty will not be
sought, the newspaper points out,
but if he is found guilty the allies
ask his Punishment for life to a
remote island, following the prece-
dent Of Napoleon's exile on st. Hell
ena.
London, July 3.-The prime minis
ter, Mr.. Lloyd George, delivered in
the House of Commons this after
noon an explanation of the peace
treaty, which he described as "the
most momentous document to which
the British empire ever affixed its
seal"
Though showing the effects of his
long labors at Paris and lacking his
usual fire, the premier at times made
impassioned utterances and was loud
ly cheered. His announcement that
the former German emperor would
soon be placed on trial before a tri-
bunal sitting in London was cheered
most of all, while his presentation of
the Anglo-French convention, provid-
ing for British aid if Germany should
attack France unprovoked-a conven-
ton analogous to one between the
United States and France - was
greeted with applause.
Discussing the determination of the
allied and associated powers to place
on trial William Hohenzollern, the
former emperor, as the man held
chiefly responsible for the war, he de-
clared that if such course had been
followed after other wars "there
would have been fewer wars" 1t
was the intention to make such an
example of Germany as to discourage
others from "ever again attempting
to repeat this infamy."
London, July 5.-The allies, accord
ing to the Daily Mail, have received
assurances that the Dutch government
in the last resort will not refuse to
surrender the former German en-
peror for trial.
The newspaper says that the nee
essary formal objections will doubt
less be raised to maintain the rights
of Dutch sovereignty, but as the de-
mand for his person can be made in
the name Of the league of nations,
national rights will not be infringed
and there is no doubt the Dutch gov
eminent will be quite willing to get
rid of the unwelcome guest.
The decision to bring the former
to London, with other promi-
nent accused persons, has been a we'll
kept secret, and it is understood Mr.
Lloyd George was responsible for
the proposal. Holland, however, has
yet to be reckoned with, it is reported.
Dutch public opinion has seemed to
strongly support the kaiser's right
Of asylum there.
Great state trials in England, of
which there have been none for many
years, have been held in Westminster
Hall, but it is not believed William
will be given that hon
or. The procedure for this trial will
be laid down by a commission which
will be appointed by a committee
which the allies will soon set up to
execute the provisions Of the peace
treaty. Five judges will be chosen
by the British, American, French,
Italian and Japanese governgents,
and it is expected they will constitute
the court.
In that event the Earl of Reading,
lord chief justice, will sit for Great
Britain, and Edward Douglas White,
Of Louisiana, chief justice of the SUI
preme court of the United States, is
regarded as the logical choice of the
government. Parliamentary
gossip holds that the former emperor
certainly should not be given priv
LEGGED position in court, but should