Evening star., 1920-02-06
GERMAN LEADERS
TO CONFER UPON
ALLIES DEMANDS
Government Strives to Find
Way Out of Extraditlon
Problem.
EDICT IS CONDEMNED:
CRISIS NOW DENIED
If Peace Treaty Modification Is Not
Obtained Events Will Be Per-
mitted to Take Course.


| xociated Press).-The German gov
| ernment probably will he willing to
! surrender its nationals charged
with war crimes to be tried by
neutral tribunal. II the entente will
! agree. says the National Zeitung.
| The Swiss government. the news
paper says. has declared it's readi-
ness to arrange such q tribunal.
BERLIN. February 6 (by the Asso-
| ciated Press).-Premier Bauer, in con-
ference with party leaders tomorrow,
| will probably determine whether the
| national assembly will be called to
consider the extradition situation.
Persons we'll informed deny the ex-
istence of a governmental crisis and
| the Prussian cabinet has unanimously
| indorsed the national cabinets atti-
| tude, which is unaltered. This may
| be regarded as a symptom of the
| spirit in which the entente demands
are being met, all prominent politi-
clans condemning the allied edict.
Trying to Find Way Out.
A member of the, government is
quoted by the press as saying:
The government is still endeavor-
ing to find a way out by further ne
gotiations."
1t is believed that the government
| will attempt to obtain a modification
of the peace treaty respecting extra
dition. If it is unsuccessful it will. so
| to speak, fold it's arms and let events
take their ON course. according to
prevalent opinion. Already, it is re-
ported, the German airmen detailed 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 commanded on
Heeringen. Why the Grand Duke of
Hesse is listed is a mystery, says
| the Tageblatt. as he only once visited
| the front.
View Of Won Buelow. b.
Field Marshai Won Bueiow told the
Lokal Anzeiger today that Germans
whose names are on the list Of those
whose extradition is demanded by the
allies "only did their duty to the father
land and that extradition was ignominy
/ to which mo German would volun-
tarily submit
The field marshal declared he would
never place himself at the disposal Of the
entente nations. and expressed the be-
| lief that most Of the commanders named
| in the allied list would take the same
view.
1t is understood that meetings of
| army and navy commanders we're held
on January Z, and it was unanimously
concluded that evasion of the extradi-
! ton clause of the Versailles treaty was
entirely compatible with German honor
and that no one must voluntarily sur
render. Legal objections should be
! lodged against orders for the arrest of
any of the commanders. it was decided
at these meetings.
| Government Proclamation.
The government mas issued to the
press a proclamation reiterating its op-
position to the extradition demand. and
declaring it cannot be fulfilled by this
or any other government.
Even If the present government is
forced to give way to a new cabinet
composed of Independent socialists or
other factions, the same situation will
! prevail. it is said.
The covering note and the official list
has not been received here. and the un-
official list. which was sent to Berlin.
does not afford basis for even SUPER
fetal consideration of the offenses
charged against the listed men. 1t is
not improbable the government will
promptly get into touch with the ma
tional assembly, which is expected to
reconvene next week, although it ad-
journed until the end of the month.
! New Note by Allies.
/ PARIS. February Reconsideration
of the new note to be sent to Germany
as result of the failure of her repre-
sentative here to transmit the list of
accused Germans dema nded for ex-
tradition by the allies was deferred by
the council of ambassadors TODAY nm.
til evening, because Lord Birkenhead.
the British lord high chancellor, and
Sir Gordon Hewart. the attorney gem
eral, were delayed in their journey
from London by fog in the English
| Wilhelm Mayer, German charge d,af.
faires in this city, has arrived in Ber-
| lin, and will participate in government
deliberations regarding the extradition
| of Germans accused of war crimes. ac-
cording to dispatch received here.
May Prove Treaty's Value,
settlement Of the present conflict
| between the allied powers and Ger
many relative to the surrender of
Germans accused of war crimes NAV
determine the value of the Versailles
| treaty, according to views expressed
by the French press. Several Jour-
nails declare the allies must profit by
the present occasion and call for the
execution of guarantees provided in
| the treaty.
f, required by the allies, says the Eclair
and the provocation presented by the
Lersner incident is sufficient to JUS
tify this step.
Suggestion that in default of sur
rendering the men on the extradition
list and the execution of other al
legedly Impossible" treaty clauses
Germany should be compelled to cede
the left bank of the Rhine to the
entente, is made by the Journale
while the Victor observes that the
| workings of the extradition clause
| of the pact recall to the allies the
demand of Marshal Foch that the left
| bank of the Rhine should be formed
into a neutral state.
says Government Must Quit.
| LONDON, February 6.--A Berlin dis
match to the Exchange Telegraph
Company quotes the Berlin Tages Zei-
tunr as saying the German govern.
ment must resign, while the Allge-
meme Zeitung is said to assert the
question of extraditing Germans ac-
cused of violations of the laws of war
is for the whole country to decide
so that the German states may deter
mine whether they are willing to be
the victims of an invasion"
| The action of Baron Kurt Won Lers.
ner in refusing to transmit the list OF
Germans demand by the allies for
trial to his government, il supported
by his government. has placed the al
lies in somewhat Of a dilemma, is the
belief of the moderate liberal press
here. No event since the armistice
has created such sensation or
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