Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10
ABSENCE OF PRECEDENT
IN EX-kA|sER'S TRIAL
Difficult to Ascertain Applica-
ton OF Law.
JURISDICTION is LIMITED
Men Who Are Searching the Statues
In Great Britain Also Experience
Difficulty in Properly Framing
Charge.
ny RonEnr wELLEs n1rcnlE.


competent Jurisdiction Is noncxistent
been loaxsd YET ! %r tleyd. 6eo aEs
summoned nn,d before a court sitting in
TO answer for the crimes Of violating
the laws OF humanity.
and Hypothetical schemes adduced by
ore varmisiice ana the llasstnE peaGs
the palm. When the allied council at
sfaNs to the @ord Of the ad 5eH se
ss ssHsy w dfaHa of fFK OF m
compiishment Of this ambition, 1t
One recording this fact may lay him
Ss S Spen to The he charge OF
in hoiiand instead da Of a hoid fng"s the
shsfess cIr s Seses speak e for ,hem-
see a 10 e ag nny oe ay
iations and the prognostica tions of the
legal and lay mind alike in Britain
Of william Hohenzoiiern and muis
t,tude OF his associates TO an interna-
tional bar created by inter-allied fiat
Limited Juri.dIction.
viii be one Of limited jurisdiction. sc-
epordinE TO Lloyd Georges statement;
members sitting on the Allied Council,
power 10 impose the death sentence
Of the in.e fUtn Iii couf,. In
other words, IL Is as II counsel for the
n saD coari hoad
fully move instruction from the judge
OF ebo The jary that in It's deiihera All srs !,
- this ~ Limitation Of {, authority .he
mma,erisi any NY and ali testimony tend;
guilty, knowiedEe OF or was in any way
criminal party to the sinking OF the
Of say Beigans uvsn oF
The deaths OF Edith Gayeii or CAPTAIN Insi
In the inde,mens oG broSFhs a na pi him
by the inter allied prosecution;, for
on snEls ~ns,S Of S w.s
sariiy entail the death sentence and
that is barred cd, II k The rs sn. instance
eh Mse' against shss; Win n The Rss
X sse VIC Violating the laws Of hY.
man There exists no co code vs Of ,hs
s sa S' in,ernstiionsi law is no.
codihed; IL i. mere theory subscribed
TO BY no nation nation. or group OF nations ITO, Is
between nations and the. penalty for
violating such has been hitherto just
ever existed which could claim jurs-
diction over violation OF treaty con-
tract.
Therefore, i hehooyes the ante inter r.
that violating the laws of humanity
is not Yet, absolutely clear-shall con;
stItu,e a high crime before the world
retr,bu,ion short Of death. Also il, be;
comes, Necessary fer the inssr;;allie ID
s Special court. having no precedent
In Roman or English law, TO weigh
the evidence, adduced and, il the gull,
~ Nay attack validity.
the Universal Service correspondent
o a1s been a aSssd ~
lish lazy. on numerous Etounds: tho
ju rhSiioh solely solely from the military
success OF group of nations and was.
character disguised under the forms
OF civil jurisprudence Abstract JUS
,ice could not be found n,, therein; these
Of enemies imposing its viii through
,ary t5TmBhs this wS.d
can be no appeal from the decision Of
this court II objections Of Wilhelm's
court arc 0verruled, they have no re-
course.
VIII Have Fair Trial.
Remember, these arguments as
lawyers upon the abstract issues Of
The case, and do not imply that II
England he win not set as fair-or
Would in any other country. English
justice has merited over many hum
dreds Of years years =. its reputation for
of iss masf the iass
to try m 1hs Of has
arisen. Monarchs have been tried and
condemned by their own people and
those people witness the fates Of
Charles |. Of England and Louis XVI
OF France Napoleon was IS. sG Et,.h
to be sure: but II was a military and
not civil court which passed the
to- d %hsn queen MaI ss aaesh
sion of English and scotch lords sit
body passed the death sentence rec:
concentration of the Queen. who signed
It. Macmillan. the ll.staTred I'm
fenced by court-martial.
Elastic Law for Queen.
In each OF these instances there
Elizabeth may have given precedent
quite a stretch to cover her determi-
nation.
No authority in Britain has yet come
forward with an instance Of nation
or groups Of nations hailinE the mon
arch of another before their specially
constituted court for trial.
1t is announced from Paris that al
ready the names OF seventy-one Ger
man commanders deemed guilty of
barbarisms and violations of tho rules
of warfare have been handed In TO the
inter-aified council by the British Ad-
miraHy. and that similar lists Of of
lenders are being prepared by other
of the allies. These mon. II appre-
,hended. will not be tried by the same
'supercourt holding Jurisdiction over
tho ex-Kaiser. Those charged with
the perpetration Of outra&as against
moro than ona OF the alHed belitg-
erenta will face mixed military
court composed OF Representatives OF
the offended powers. Such a. ara In
iicted with crimes against one Of the
bef1tgerents alone will be turned over