The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-29
REFUSES TO Give
KAISER TO ALLIES
Holland Says Nation Is Not Bound
by Peace Pact and Surren-
der Would Be Betrayal.
RIGHT OF REFUGE PLAIN.
Was a Neutral During the War
Might Accede to Tribunal Organ
ICED Under the League.

Paris.-The Dutch minister deliver
ed Hollands reply to the Allies de-
mand for extradition of the former
German Emperor to the Foreign office
in Paris 1t is n fiat refusal to de-
liver the former Kaiser, in which Hol-
land declares that she cannot be
bound by the peace treaty, to which
she is not n party
Text of Dutch Reply.
BY verbal vote, dated January 10,
1920, given to the envoy of the Queen
at Paris, the Powers, referring to Ar
ticle 227 of the Treaty of Versailles,
demand that the government of Hol-
land give into their hands William of
Hohenzollern, former Emperor of Ger
many, so that he may be tried
Supporting this demand they OBJ
serve that If the former Emperor had
remained In Germany the German gov
ernment would under the terms of
Article 22S of the treaty OF peace have
been obliged to deliver him.
In citing as premeditated violations
of International treaties, as we'll as
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sacred rules of the rights of man, a
number of acts committed during the
war by German authority, the Powers
place the responsibility, at least
morally, upon the former Emperor
They express the opinion that Hol-
land would not fulfill her international
duty If she refused to associate her
self with them, within the limit OF
her ability to pursue, or at least, not
to impede, the punishment of crimes
committed.
They emphasize the special charac-
ters of their demands, which contem-
plate not a judicial accusation but an
act of high international policy and
they make an appeal to Hollands re-
spect of law and love of justice not
TO cover with her moral authority
violation by Germany of the essential
principles of the solidarity of nations.
The Queen has the honor to observe,
first, that obligations which for Ger
many would have resulted from Ar
ticle 22S of the treaty of peace cannot
serve to determine the duty of Hol-
land, which is not a party of the
treaty
The government Of TIE queen. NOV
ed by imprescriptible reasons, cannot
view the question raised by the de-
mand of the powers except from the
point of view of its own duty. 1t was
absolutely uncOnnected with the origin
of the war and has maintained, and
not without difficulty, it's neutrality TO
the end. 1t finds itself then face TO
faro with fapfg Of Ie
different from that of the powers
1t rejects with energy all suspicion
of wishing to cover with it's sovereign
right and it's moral authority viola
tons of the essential principles of the
solidarity of nations, but il cannot rec
ognize an international duty to asso-
clate itself with this act of high inter
national policy of the powers.
If In the future there should he in
stituted by the Society of Nations an
international tribunal competent to
judge in case Of war, deeds qualified
as crimes and submitted to its iuris-
diction by statute antedating the acts
committed, II would be fit for Holland
TO associate herself with the new
regime.
The government Of the queen cannot
admit In the present case any other
duty than that imposed upon IL by the
laws Of the kingdom and national ira
ditioh.
Now, neither the constituent laws of
the kingdom, which are based upon the
principles OF law universally recoo-
nized, nor a respectable secular tredj-
ton which has made this country al
ways ground Of refuge for the van
quished I'm international conflicts nor
nit the government Of Holland TO do
fer 20 the desire Of the powers bv
Withdrawing from the former emperor
the benefit OF its laws am this tradi-
tion.
Justice and national honor. Of which
respect is a sacred duty, oppose this
The Netherlands people. moved nv tba
sentiments to which In history tho
world has done Justice, could not no.
tray the faith Of those who have con.
fided themselves to their free lpstitr-
tiOns.
The government Of the oueen ia
pleased to believe that the powers will
recognize the good grounds Of those
considerations, which rise above apv
consideration Of personalities and
which seem 10 IT so peremptorv that
they could not reasonably give riso to
wrong interpretations.
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