The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-02-13
.x-CROWN PRINCE
WOULD Be GOAT
;ables Wilson He Is Ready to
Take Punishment.
LEADS FOR OTHER VICTIMS"
offers Himself for Trial Before Allies
Court in Place of 900 Demanded
by Entente of Germany
Fears Eternal Hatred.

Washington, Feb. 11.-Frederick
William Hohenzollern, former crown
prince of Germany, in cablegram re-
ceiyed by President Wilson, offers TO
surrender himself for trial by the ale
lied governments in place of the ap-
Oroximately 900 Germans whose extra
litiOn has been demanded.
His message was sent from Wierln-
gen island, Holland, and similar cable
grams are understood to have been
sent to the kings of Great Britain, Bel
gium and Italy. the emperor of Japan
and the president of France.
Message From Crown Prince.
The message to President Wilson is
as follows:
ITO the President of the United
States of North America-Mr. Wilson,
Washington:
"Mr. President: The demand for
the delivery of Germans of every walk
of life has again confronted my coun-
Try, sOrely tried by four years OF war
and one year of severe internal Strug-
gles, with q crisis that is without
precedent In the history of the world
as affecting the life of people. That
q government can be found In Ger
many which would carry out the de-
manded surrender is out of the QueS-
tiOn; the consequences to Europe OF
an enforcement of the demand by vio-
fence are incalculable, hatred and re-
yenge would be made eternal.
"As the former successor to the
throne of my fatherland, l am willing
at this fateful hour to stand up for
my cOmpatriots. If the allied and as
sOciated governments want victim
let them take me instead of the 300
Germans who have committed no of
Tense other than that of serving their
country in the war.
"WILHELM.
tWierlingen Island, Feb. 8, 1920"
Germany Draws Up List.
Berne, Feb. 11.-Germany is prepar-
ing list containing the names OF al
lied soldiers and high officials who are
accused by the Berlin government Of
violations of war law, and plans to sub
NIT il as a cOunter-prOpOsal to the de-:
mand of the allies for extraditiOn of
Germans who are alleged to be war
criminals.
The list is in the course of cOmpila-
ton and it is expected it will be ready
for publication and delivery shortly.
1t will contain specific indictments
based upon alleged authenticated ma
terial which is on file in the German
archives.
It is stated, however, Germany will
not demand extradition of the men
named in its indictment.
Assembly Committee in Line.
Decision was reached by the COM
mittee on foreign relations of the ma
tiOnal assembly Monday to support the
governments stand declaring ''the
ethical and patriotic Indignation of the
German people at the allied demand
for extraditiOn of Germans accused of
war crimes is such that the carrying
out of eXtraditiOn measures has been
made physically impossible and would
produce internal inSurrectiOn."
Independent socialist members re-
fused to subscribe to this declaration,
adopted at the meeting of the commit
tee, which lasted for three hours in
the afternoon.
The government has decided to sub
nit the official extraditiOn list to the
first attorney general at Leipzig, with
instructions to investigate the Offenses
listed and determine whether the
charges made by the allies can be pun
ished' under the German criminal or
civil codes.