The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-24
Berlin Government VIII Stand
Pat, Is Announcement.
Made No Such Agreement in
Terms of Peace.
ENTENTE IN HURRY TO DECIDE
Fear Count HohenzolIern May
Decide to Return Home.
French Newspapers Are Not
Worried Over Situation.

Berlin. Jan. 24.-Germany will de-
, cline any request that she urge Hoi-
lard to grant extradition of the former
kaiser. the Borsen Gazette said today.
Germany, the newspaper pointed out,
oio not promise under the peace treaty
to follow any such course
NO notes have been received from,
the allies demanding that Germany
ask Holland to grant extra dition, the
1 Allgemeine Zeitung said. !,
Dutch Refusal Flat. III
| Paris, Jan. 24.-Holland has re-
fused fatty to grant the allied request
Ior extradition of the former kaiser
The reply of the Dutch governmant
to the allied note was handed to the
! foreign office late last night II char
acterized the allied request as devoid
! OF legal justification.
After reciting the demands in the
| allied note, the Dutch reply said:
The queen has the honor to OH
! serve. first, that obligations which
| Tor Germany could have resulted from
Article 22S of the treaty of peace can
not serve to determine the duty of
Holland. which is not a party to the
| treaty"
Continuing the note declared Hol-
| laho cannot admit in the present
case any other duty than that i'm
posed upon 1t by the laws of the king
n.
The constituent laws of the king
DOM the note added. cannot per
init the government of Holland To de-
Ter TO the desire of the powers by
withdrawing from the former emperor
the benefit of its laws"
Allies VIII Hurry Reply.
Conferences between premiers of
Great Britain. France and Italy will
be held before the next move in The
proceedings to extradite former Eni-
peror William from Holland is de-
cided upon. according to- information
gwen the Associated Press by the
french foreign office Whether fh.s
next demand for surrender will b. dj-
rected to- The Hague or Berlin will be
the main subject to be detefmin..tJ
The next meeting will he held in
4 LONDON, but as no date. has been fixed
and the matter cannot be left pending
long time. the foreign office ex-
pressed the opinion that the question
might be settled thru diplomatic
channels thru Rome, Paris and Lon
don- 1t is understood that at least
one premier is not averse tos asking
Eerlin to call for the return OF Coun.
Hohenzollern to Germany and then
demanding that Germany deliver him
over to the allies in accordance with
the provisions of article 22 of the
treaty of Versailles
Sentiment in official circles here Is
against such procedure, as there is no
desire that the former emperor return
to Germany. 1t is doubtful whether
Germany would acquiesce to make
representations to Holland, and II is,
also problematic whether she would
deliver the erstwlile sovereign in the
event she should obtain possession of
him. 1t is also feared the presence
of Count Hohenzollern in Germsry
would solidify the monarchist party.
which is reported to be gaining
strength daily.
French Not Excited.
Altho already discounted the re-
fusal of Holland to surrender former
Emperor William of Germany to the
allies has been given a mixed recep-
.tion in the newspapers here. Writing
in the Echo de Paris. "Pertinax' says
he regards the punishment OF Count
Hohenzollern as a question of senti-
ment.
"AlI things considered" he continues,
"the only thing remaining for us TO do
is TO come to an understanding with
Holland with the conditions surround
ing the internment of the former en-
4 peror in which some provision for all
lied surveillance, might be made. Un-
doubtedly. IL William, to relieve Hoi-
land of embarrassment. decided to
cross into Germany. the aspect of the
question would change. but we are not
there yet"
Gustave Herve. editor of la Vic
be better "for the kaiser to stop where
he is"
'If Napoleon had been allowed to
die of cancer in America the Napo-
leonic legend perhaps would have
feebIer wings he declares.
Kaiser Expected Dutch Refusal.
| Amerongen. Jan. 24.-Former En-
peror William of Germany was not
surprised by the formal refusal OF the
Dutch government TO comply with the
allied demand for his surrender, II
was declared today. News of the de-
cision was first communicated to Ben
! tinck Castle by the Associated Press
! correspondent here. A refusal OF ex-
tradition had been expected from the
first, the correspondent was told. but
! the castles residents had never been
officially Informed that such deci-
sion had been reached.
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