Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-29
WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN TO BE TRIED BEFORE
SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL OF JUDGES
GERMANY WILL BE REQUIRED TO
SURRENDER ALL OTHER PERSONS
GUILTY OF ACTS OF VIOLENCE
OR VIOLATIONS OF LAW OF. WAR

said. may be grouped under three gen
eral heads: Crimes against opposing
armies; crimes against opponents in
marine industry; grimes against nom
Combatants and Civilians.
Under the first group would come
the employing of "projectiles which
have for their obpect the diffusion Of
asphyXiating or deleteriuus gases,
prohibited in The Hague convention
of 1899; use of mushroom bullets and
other weapons tending TO cause un-
necessary suffering, prohibited in The
Hague. conventions of 1907; destruc-
tlons of Red Cross and hospital per
sonnel and material: pollution of wa
ter supplies sources and misuse of
flags of truce.
Grimes committed by the enemys
naval forces which would render indi-
Nidual officers culpable would include
tho sinking without warning of mer-
chant craft destruction under any
conditions of hospital ships, lombard
mert of undefended ports and sinking
OF life boats and RATS laden with sur
ViVors.
Oftenses against civilian popula-
sions of occupied districts, prohibited
strictly in the American manual in
clude:
Imprisoning enemy subjects en-
masse; expulsion of civilians from oc-
cupied territory; use of prisoner la
bor on operations directly connected
with the war; internment under con-
ditions of hardship; compulsory en-
listment; debasement of currency;
wanton destruction of property; abro-
cation of civil government
While the punishment to be in
flicted for such violations is not set
forth in rules of land warfare" ref
erence is made to the severe penalties
TO he imposed in cases where Ameri-
can officers or enlisted men are gull
! ty of any of the crimes mentioned. 1t
is thought probable that. in cases
where military tribunal represent
ing the r'nited STAT vas sitting, the
ni-p4adn lai1 dov's = rc~ern rpsny
court martials would be followed and
the penalties in every case would be
/ the same as provided when the de-
fendant is a member of the military
/ establishment of this country.
| Official Announcement.
! The announcement issued by the
! state department follows
"FOlloWing are the proposed arti-
cles regarding penalties, for insertion
/ in treaty of peace to be considered at
! a rlenary session Of conference today,
/ Monday. at O'Clock p. M. Paris time.
I "'Article One-The allies and asso-
/ Ciated powers publicly arraign Will
/ liam II of Hohenzolern. formerly
| German emperor not for an offense
against criminal law but for SUI
| preme offense against international
morality and the sanctity of treaties.
"A special tribunal will be cOnsti-
/ tuted TO try the accused, thereby as
7 surins hi mthe guarantees essential to
, the right of defense. 1t will he com
! posed of five judges, one appointed by
| each of the following five powers
i namely; The United States of Amer
! lea, Great Britain France, Italy and
{ Japan.
In its decision, the tribunal will
| be guided by the highest motives OF
| international policy with a view tC
/ vindiCating the solemn obligations ot
| international undertakings and the va
! lidity Of international morality. 1t vii
| be its duty to fix the punishment
! which it considers should he i'm.
! posed.
The allied and associated powers
will address request to the govern
ment of The Netherlands for the sur
! render to them of the eX-emperor, II
order that he may be put on trial.
Article 1.-THE German govern
ment not having insured the punish
ment of the persons accused of hav.
! ing exercised acts in violation of tht
laws and customs of war such per
sons will be brought before military
tribunals by the allied and associated
! powers, and If found guilty, sentenced
to the punishments laid down by mil
itary Law.
The German government shal
hand over to the allied and associated
'powers or to such one of them as shal
so request, all persons accused of hav
ing committed an act in violation o
the laws and customs of war who arr
specified either by name, or by th'
! rank, office or employment which
they held under the German authori
| ties.
"'Article TII--Persons found guilt!
of criminal acts against the national
of one of the allied and ASSOCIATED
powers will be brought before the mil
itary tribunal of that power
Persons guilty Of criminal act
against the nationals of more than on
of the allied and associated power
will be brought before military tri
bunals composed of members Of tn
military tribunals of the powers con
cerned.
In every case the accused will b
/ entitled to name his own counsel
Article IV-The German govern
| ment undertakes. to furnish all doc
| uments and information of every kind
the production of which may be con
sidered necessary TO insure the full
knowledge of the discriminating acts
the discovery of the offenders, the jus
appreciation of the responsibility"
THE allied and associated power
will address a request TO the govern
ment of The Netherlands for the sur
render to them of the ex-emperor il
order that he may be put on trial.