Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-02-10
300 GERNANS ON
WAR VANDAL LIST
Crown Prince and Hindenburg
Are Prominent Names.
RUPREcHT ALSO INCLUDED
News of the Demand Causes Panic in
Berlin-AII the BEST Families"
Are Hit-Many Former Off,
Gals in Flight.

Paris, Feb, 4.-The list of Germans
accused by the allies of war crimes and
whose exnadition is TO be demanded is
headed by former Crown Prince Fred
ertck William and several other sons
Of the former German emperor. The
list was handed to Baron Kurt Won
Lersner, the German representative
here.
Included in the list are: DR. Theo-
bald Won Bethmann-Hollweg former
German imperial chancellor; Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg. Gen. Erich
Ludendorff, formerly first quartermas-
ter general; Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen. Grown Prince Rupprecht of Ba-
varia, the duke of Wuerttemberg and
number of other princes ard titled Of
ficerS.
The total number of names on the
list is about 500 and it is divided into
eight sections. The first section is
common list of all the accused. Then
follow seven other lists, giving the
names, rank and accusations of per-
sons whose names were supplied by
Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium,
Roumania, Jugo Slavia and Poland.
Might Yield Men as Criminals.
Amsterdam, Feb. 4.-According to
the Handelsblad it is quite probable
that Holland would consent to the ex-
tradition of German war criminals"
who are within her borders If extradi-
ton were asked on the grounds that
they actually are vicious or criminal
In the event that the request were
based on some act of the ordinary
course of war or reprisal ordered by
superiors, the case would be different,
the newspaper asserts. Unless the al
lies list includes former Crown Prince
William, the newspaper says, it has
beer unable thus far to ascertain
which, if any of the desired persons
are now in Holland
The Handelsblad says further that if
the extradition of former Emperor
William had been demanded on actual
criminal grounds instead of political
grounds, Hollands reply might have
been different.
TrembIe Over Allies Note.
Berlin, Feb. 4.-Until it becomes
known here just who are on the allies
list of persons accused of having com
mitted acts in violation of the laws
and customs of war; German Official
dom will not have another quiet hour.
AT present uncertainty as to what
sort of reception the general public
will give the list when it is published
and when the government must admit
that 1t is irrevocably bound by the YER
sailles treaty to arrest hundreds of of
ficials and army leaders and deliver
them to the entente for trial has en-
tirely superseded the fear of a new
Spartacan rebellion such as the recent
anti-government demonstration before
the reichstag
Flee to Switzerland.
No steps have been taken to prevent
the escape of the high military officials
whose eXtradition is likely to be asked
as result of their positions and ac-
ton in Belgium and France during the
war. 1t is freely said that many of
the former leaders have fled to Swift
erland, Holland and Scandinavia and
that the number is increasing daily as
a result of Hollands firm stand in re-
fusing to deliver the former kaiser.
1.-THE attitude of the German people
is that all persons guilty of violations
of international law, no matter of
what nationality, ought to be tried and
receive adequate punishment" said a
foreign official. "They do not wish to
shield their own countrymen, but they
hould that these men ought to be tried
before German courts. The govern
ment takes the same stand. In our
latest note to the entente we urged
that trials of German officers take
place before the German supreme
court, the entente to be represented by
its own associate judges. What the
government will do if the request is
rejected has not as yet been decided"