El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-08
WILLIAM MAY BE TRIED, BUT CHANGES
SEEM TO BE VERY MUCH AGAINST TT

WHILE William Of HohenzOIlern wood at Ameron-
gen and says nothing, plans going forward among
The allied nations TO his extradtion from Holland
N order that he may be tried before an international
tribunal charge Of crimes against civilization If
has anything to regarding the signing of the peace
treaty one Of the conditions Of which that he should
be tried, he has not said it He is maintaining silence
and an alooness that must strange those who
accustomed TO his daily oraons excavations decsra-
tons and petitions He has Karl Rosner beside him
now to chronicle his majestic deeds and utterances
But if the former emperor of Germany IS at all per
tnreed at the prospect Of his delivery to the allies for
t17a he has been careful not to disclose it The
IS that he IS pretty he is not be tried His wife
the former empress IS described greatly agtated but
not the HohenzoleTn himself
What schemes for return to Germany and defiance
Of the allies to capture him may be in his mind the world
does not know. The old military and the old civil
officials Of the empire are standing by him There may
be coup IN Germany to overurn all plans for the extra
dition Of the former kaiser.
It is interesting to note that these personase. have
avowed responsibility for the acts of the former emperor
and have asked to stand trial If trial be necessary
stead: Former chancellor Bethmann Howeg and field
marshal Hindenburg The old ex-chanceIor says he
ment from the outset Of the while old Hndenbug
declares he constantly advised Wilhelm counseled his
acts from the period between 1916 and the end of the
The attempt of both is prove that the former
declared.
What neither one mentions is the fact that while the
chancellor had the direction OF the government and the
commandencef in the field had the direction of all mill
tary operations both anSwerable to the emperor who
power 10 erect the removal OF elrner
failed 70 follow out his policies any way fell short
Of Moreover the emperor did both chan
celoT and field marshals at his pleasure The action Of
Bethmann Hollweg and HrdenbuTg endeayor-
ing take punishment themselves and shield their master
IS not unexpected Both Prussian officers (he former
chancellor IS Internationally and protect the
emperor with their bodies IS part Of the German
officers creed The fact that they still consider such feay
essential proof that these elderly leaders continue to
pay homage to Wilhelm as the emperor Of Germany.
Come the five younger brothers Of crown prince
Frederick William with address to the king Of England
their fathers cousin As German officers of
she former emperor they ask that any proceedings the
allies may be contemplating against their father be taken
against themselves instead Material for might
found in the fact that the declarations Of the former
chancellor, the field marshal the Of the former
emperor Of the corps of German officers who addressed
Communication Holland asking that the extIadition
Wilhelm be allowed have not caused any outcry
protest IN sOcastic Germany have these repre-
sentatres of the cid order been moested- There
urous sympathy somehow between the reactionary and
he radical elements IN Germany.
According the formal announcement made by David
Lloyd George n the house Of commons Wilhelm IS be
put trial in London presumably before nterDa-
.unal court.
This VIII be greater humiliation than the allies