New-York tribune., 1920-02-06
Physically y Impossible to
Give Up 900 Demanded
by Allies, Is Excuse
After Cabinet Meeting
BcrnstOrn sAnused'
Over Being Named
Erzberger Attends Con-
ference; No Crisis Is
Feared in Government

of last nights Cabinet session a men,
ber of the government Informed the
correspondent of The Associated Press
that the ministers were unanimous in
declaring that surrender of the men
demanded by the Allies in the unofti-
c'al list received here or any other ex-
tradition list was an utterly physical
impossibilty. The Admiralty up to the
present has been able to identify 20
U-boat commanders on the list. A
Zeppelin commander, William Kreis-
wetter, is demanded by the British.
A statement issued by the govern
ment concerning the demand for the
extradition of war culprits, says:
"The Imperial government at to-
days session dealt with the situation
created by the extraditon note and list
and the refusal of Baron Won Lersner
to accept the document"
Place Will Be Maintained
The deliberations, which took place
on the basis of the list, which had un-
full and unanimous agreement that
the standpoint expressed by the Ger
man note delivered at Paris January
25, and since published is, in all cir
cumstances, to be maintained.
AT the signing of the peace treaty
the Imperial government left no doubt
that the compliance with the demand
for extradition was impossible. This
conviction, which it shares with an
overwhelming majority of the German
people, without distinction as to party,
will guide it in any further measures
and negotiations which may become
necessary"
The Cabinet meeting, which lasted
several hours, was attended by Matthias
Erzberger, the Vice Premier and Min
ister Of Finance, whose appearance was
his first at a meetingSsof the ministry
since he was shot in the shoulder in
the recent attempt of former cadet
officer to assassinate him. Rumors
that~a crisis was impending in the gov
ernment are declared by the "Lokal-
Anzeiger" to be groundless. The Cab
met members are in complete agree
mcnt on Germany's policy, the news
PAPER AYERS.
Won Lersner's Place Filled
1t is understood here that the d.
rection of the German delegation in
Paris has been taken over by the senior
ranking German official there in the
emergency created by the sudden resig-
nation Of Baron Kurt Won Lersner upon
his refusal to transmit the extradition
list to the Berlin government.
ho of<
Won Bernstorff, former German Am
bassador to the United States, on the
list of German criminals demanded is
accounted for here by his connection
with Bolo Pasha, executed in France
IN 1918 as traitor. Count Won Bern
stcrf was one Of the most surprised
men in Berlin when he learned his
name was on the list The count, de-
spite his SURPRISE seemed to be mildly
amused He declared that he was not
afraid to face trial. He added that he
was ready to &C if wanted and that he
n ght even put the Allies in quandary
II they attempted to prosecute him.
1t is learned that in addition to the
list includes the names of Frederick
Won Ingenohl, Djcmal Pasha, former
Turkish Minister of War; Ruper Won
Clipper and Admiral Won Schroede
former commander of the naval corps.
Thee men were demanded unani-
mously.
The list received in Berlin contains
approximately nine hundred names
Fully 80 per cent Of the men are un-
known even to the general public Of
Germany. Faulty transmission re-
suited in gross misspellings and the
omission of initials and other marks of
y ! Al
persons meant, while names like
Mueller and Schmidt rccur a score of
times
Fold Marshal Won Mackensen is want
ed by Serbia and Ruma MIA, and General
Count Sixt Won Arnim by England. The
u-boat commander Deplaperriere( y is
demanded by Italy, as are also Captain
Nalcntiner and Robert Moraht, who OPP
Grated in the Mediterranean.
France and Belgium demand Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, but only the
former wants General Ludendorff, for
mer first quartcrmaster general of the
German army, and DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hol!weg, former Imperial Chancellor.
Admiral Won Tirpitz is on both the Bel
ge.r and English lists.
Demands Over Cavell Case
Among others demanded by the
AllleS Tor eXtradltlOn are Herr Auer,
former Bavarian Minister of the In
terror; Admiral Won Mueller, former
chief of the naval cabinet, Herr Won
Rossig, prominent manufacturer, and
General Won Morgcn.
The list also includes Inspector
Steinmetz of the Berlin police, who
during the war was head of the police
department at Antwerp and field police
and soldiers who participated in the
proceedings against Edith Cavell, the
English nurse, who was executed. 1t
also contains the names of several
officers whose deaths have been an
nounced, among them General Fritz
Won Below, commander of the first
army in 1915, who is demanded by
France, and General Otto Won Below
who is wanted by Italy.
France demands the turning over to
her of the old Field Marshal Count Won
Haeseler. who stayed at the headquar
ters of the German Crown Prince as an
observerNof the war. Concerning this
soldier the "Zeitung am Mittag" says:
at is unthinkable that the French
War Ministry failed to hear last year
of the death of lie Diable de Metz,
once so feared by them" (Haeseler's
death was reported in October, 1919
Admiral Oscar Won Ingenohl, former
commandef of the German high sea
feet, who is demanded by Great Brit
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