New-York tribune., 1920-01-21
u. S. tOTake No
Hand i'm Trial
OF Ex-Kaiser
Covesm112dit Said 70 Hold
That disposition Of For.
naef Eneporor Is No Con.
Germ ~ This Country
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WASHINGTON Jan, 3o.--fks Us3ssd
Stssss revsrnmsAa VII keep hands Of
In the dispesitien ~ Nt1lian, HsAensej.
lsSn. the feroef 0esspaa Cmperor, it
xss said o@sis3fy te-Aay - the State
Department.
TAs American eevs1nnsnt is tax
ins no inte!set IN The DrspeseS trial sf
tne fermsr Aasssrs beeessS IL is none of
omieisl salA. "ls 10 40 senesYn Of ours
whether HsilAnd dssiines - i've up
the 1erson cf che formsr ruler. and ii
the svsnt he 10 suYtSnAstsd II 10 no
coneern Of ours what ssf< of triai he
will be given OK WhAe dispesitiea 10 -
be MADE % him. Al this 10 unAsr the
treaty, end W ars net yst . part 81
II was sasrsstsd that Secretary
Lansing vas -ekaitnaan Of the eornns!s-
sion Of thS ysAes senfsrsnes whssA
the Gsrmsa ruler. end that As stosd
OUT soaiMst sz.msmAl proceedings
against the sueaay sovereign, The cor
tsntion 81 M. lAnsing Was thst the
United 6tetss eoulA not properly Ax.
uYe In such . yfseeedinG, and t6at 4
it 49, 6eeaAeA u try him o. pyIit~
ieaJ 0341de4 tk1fe WAs 10 Axt6
triSsnas sr19s1 seas's WISH h' sss'A b
Jssii u. ,.s.. s...ty /. y.ssa.a "
tho eenats t4s American Stats Dspeft-
mont Will take The position sAat tAis
govesnmsnt eanns4 function g Yasty
TO The treaty, bot must eenAns 1tssH
solely - the terms Of tie asmsstiee,
which ss1ll rsmasns In effect between
this nation and 0sssaAoy. American
observers, however, are teastant1y -
be used in Europe whsrsvsf &aAys u
disagreement and 20 WotAh the 3gutnt
situation and the operations 81 The
rcpayAtaoas eO1nnissien.
THE HAGUE, Jan. 9o.-Ths dsusnd
Of tie Allies upon Holland for IT, sur
render Of former EmYsror wilit:n
night through tho Ambsssado, II th>
Netherlands at Payie, 10 whom tt was
handed Friday BY tAs qsnssal ssere-
tary Of the peace conference. The
Dutch government yesterday asked
that the following acknowledgment Of
its receipt be published:
I'VE learn that the demand for the
delivery Of the former Ge1mAn En-
peror into the hands Of the Allied
powers. which is based on Article 2a7
reached tn. 3uteh rsrsisn 0mee."
Highly placed of1eisis Of The Dutch
government have given assurance that
an answer to the Allied demand upon
Holland for the extYadition Of former
Emperor William will be forthcoming
within few days.
The government 10 being advised in
the ease By the best Dutch lawyers
and not by tho Cou14 Of Justice, as In
the instance Of First Lisutsnsnt Kurt
ed Of the Netherlands By Gsrmeny on
the ground that he was ouiIty e4 saus.
der In connection With The killing of
Rosa Luxembourg, the Radical leader.
Won Lersne1 Ssys Kaiser h safe
PARIS. Jan. 2o-Bslisf that the ef-
forts Of tho Allies to get former EN-.
peror William out Of Holland would
not prove successful was expressed TO-
day by Baron Kurt Won Lsrsner, Ger
many's chief representative here.
u an absolutely surs tho Dutch GOV
srnMent will never surrender the for
charges that ara not provided fos In
any constitution, any laws OF any
treaties regarding extradtion," Baron
Won Lersner said.
With regard to The expected demand
for tho extyadition Of German subjects
for trial for sets committed during the
war, the Germsa plentpotentiary de-
elared himself certa!u that public sen
timsnt "in evsry country" was agaiust
such o demand.
'lt is contrary 20 any law or any
president" he said. "Ths 4eslinH ef
the whole world In favor Of peace IL
stronger than the feeling snywhsrs for
revenge. I hope strongly that the Al.
lied statesnasn Will hn1 . se3ution q
this question that will l1axu The world
In tranquility"