Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-06
BERLIN May.
AGREE TRIAL.
BY NEUTRAL
Reported Ready to Sur
render War Leaders Un-
der Those Conditions.
Berlin, Feb. 6.-The German gov

Berlin, Feb. 6.-The German gov
ernment probably will be willing to
surrender its nationals charged
with war crimes to be tried by a
tribunal if the entente will
agree, says the National Zeitung.
The Swiss government, the news
paper says, has declared its readi-
ness to arrange such a tribunal.
Premier Bauer's conference with
party leaders tomorrow will prob
anly determine whether the ma
tional assembly will be called to
consider the extradition situation.
Deny Crisis.
Persons well informed deny the
e-istence Of a governmental crisis
and the Prussian cabinet has unani-
mously endorsed the national cabi-
nets attitude which is unaltered.
This may be regarded as a symp-
tom of the spirit in which the en-
tente demands are being met all
prominent politicians condemning
the allied edict.
A member of the government is
Quilted by the press as saying:
1.-THE government is still endeav-
oring to find way out by further
negotiations"
1t is believed that the govern
ment will attempt to obtain modi-
fication of the peace treaty re-
specting extradition. Already it is
reported, the German airmen de-
tailed to accompany the entente
commission Of control have refused
to perform their duties.
A scrutiny of the extradition list
shows that Belgium and France
have demanded the surrender of
all the German generals who COM
nanded untk west front in 1914
except General Won Heeringen.
Why the Grand Duke of Hesse is
listed is a mystery, says the Tage-
blatt, as he only once visited the
front.
Field Marshal Won Buelow told
the Lokal Anzeiger today that Ger
mans whose names are on the list
of those whose extradition is de-
manded by the allies "only did their
duty to the Fatherland," and that
extradition was ignominy to which
mo German would voluntarily sub
nit"
The field marshal declared he
would never place himself at the
disposal of the entente nations and
expressed the belief that most of
the other comanders would take the
same view.
1t is understood that meetings of
army and navy commanders were
held on Jan. Z, and it was unani-
nously concluded that evasion of
the extradition clause of the Yer
sailles treaty was entirely compat-
ible with German honor and that
no one must voluntarily surrender.
Legal objections should be lodged
against orders for the arrest of the
commanders, it was decided at these
meetings.
The government has issued to the
press a proclamation reiterating its
opposition to the extradition de-
mand, and declaring it can not be
fulfilled by this or any other gov
ernment.
viii Follow Dutch.
Geneva, Feb. 6.-Swiss Federal
authorities. it is reported, will fol-
low the precedent set by Holland in
dealing with demands from the al
,, lies for the extradition of Germans
who are in this country. Former
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
as we'll as several minor officers on
the extradition list are now in
Switzerland.
The Hague, Feb. 6.-Virtually
without exception the Dutch press
characterizes the allied demand for
the surrender Of German war crimi-
nails as being impossible.