Arizona republican., 1920-01-24

In a note delivered this afternoon to the foreign office by the Dutch min ister, Holland takes the ground that the Dutch government is not party to the peace treaty which condemned William HohenZollern and that 1t can not recognize, as an international duty to necessity. to associate itself with this act of high international policy Of the powers
 IL declares also that the constituent laws of the kingdom and the tradition of the country, always ground Of refuge for the vanquished in inter national conflicts. will not permit the government to defer to the wishes of the entente by withdrawing from the former emperor the benefit Of Its laws and tradition. The declaration is made that the people of The Nethec- lands cannot betray the faith of those who have confided themselves to HoI- lands free institutions
 Text of Note
 Following is the reply of The Meth erIands government to the entente
 By verbal note. dated January 1S- 1920, given 10 the envoy or the queen at Paris, the. powers. referring to ar ticle 229 of the treaty Of Versailles. demand that the government of HOl land give into their hands William ot Hohenzollern former emperor Of Ger many, so that he may be tried
 supporting this demand they sob- 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.
 Tn citing as premeditated viola tiors of international treaties as well as a systematic disregard for the mos sacred rules of the right of man number of acts committed during the war by German authority, the powers place the responsibility. at least nor ally upon the former emperor
 They express the opinion that Hof- lana would not fulfill her international duty if she refused to associate herself with them within the limit of her abilitr to pursue, or at least not to i'm pede. the punishment Of crimes com mitted.
 Not Bound by Treaty
 'sThey emphasize thesspecial charae-- ter of their demands. which oOnteHl- plate. not an accusation. but an act O. international policy and they make an appeal to Hollands respect of law and love of justice not to cover with her moral authority violation by German of the essential principles Of the soil darity of the nations
 -The queen has the honor to observe first. that obligations which, for Ger many, could have resulted from artiele FPS of the treaty of peace. cannot serFS to determine the duty of Holland. wh1cE is not party to the treaty
 'The government by the queen moved by imperceptible reasons, cannot view the question raised by the de- rranGe of the powers except from th- point of view of its own duty IL Was absolutely unconnected with the orisiT7 of the war and has maintained and not without difficulty. it's neutrality 10 the end It finds itself then face to fac with facts of the war in a position different from that of the powers
 Tt rejects, with energy, all SuSpiciof of wishing to cover it's sovereign right and its moral authority. violations oi the essential principles of the sohdarlt2 of the nations. but it cannot recognize an international duty to associate itself with this act of high internauonai policy of the powers
 If. in the future. there should be instituted by the society Of nations an international Jurisdiction compe- tent to judge in case of war needs qualified as crimes and submitted to it's Jurisdiction by statutes antedat- ngs the acts committed, il would b. fit for Holland to associate herself with the new regime
 . "The government of the queen can not admit, in the present case. any other duty than that imposed upon iT by the laws of the kingdom and na- -iona1 tradition
 Could Not Betray Faith
 NOW, neither the constituent law 1f the kingdom. which are based upon he principles of laws universally rec 1gnized nor a respectable secular tra- iition which has made this country always ground of refuge for the in international conflicts permit the government of Holland to iefer to thedesire of the powers by- from the former emperors