Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-24
SAYS DEMAND MUST
COME FROM TEUT0NS
Queen Advises Allied Committee
She Is Not Party to
Peace Treaty.
FAITH CAN'T BE BETRAYED
Asserted Netherlands Will Not
Violate Tradition to Defer
to Entente Wishes.
FAITH CAN'T BE BETRAYED
fBy Associated Press. +,

FAIRS. Jan. 23.-The demand Of the
vhsente a powers that Holland deliver
VI Germany. that he may be tried 10.
: supreme ofcnse against interna-
.!oaal morality. and the sanctity of
land.
In a note delivered this afternoon
the ForeiSn Office by the Dutch
mat the Dutch government is no, d
kartY TO the peace treaty. which con
lemncd william Hohenzollern. and
mat 1t cannot recognize as an inter
na,ionai duty tho Necessity 10 asso-
ciatc Itself with this act or high in
ieTnat,onal policy Of the 2swers.'
nsn, laws Of the kingdom. and the
tradition Of the country. always :.
Sround Tor refugees for the vanquish- :
cd in International conflicts, Will not
permit the government TO defer TO the
"!shcs OF the entente by withdrawing :
rom the former Emperor the benefits
~ It's laws and traditions. The de-
,iaratlon Is made that ths people o:
me Setherlands cannot bctray the
i1ith OF those who have coniidcd them
selves TO Hollands free institutions.
lioiinnd's Nepiy TO Allies.
Following IL the reply, OF the Meth
cr!ands government 70 the entente:
by verbal note. dated January IL.
- Paris. the powers. referring TO Ar
i'Gie 221 of the treaty of Versailles. de-
madd ans riSs iHsl The Soy;ernmeG; Of Hol,
ot Hohe en2oiiern. former Emperor OF
'Grmany, SO that he may be tried.
serve that II the former Emperor had
remained n Germany the German gov
srnm,snt ,I,,r,Sd a YOU'D, under the terms OF
heen obliged 10 deliver him
In Citing as, premeditatcd viola, ,ion
~ !a,ssn;atio1al treaties, AS we'll as a
sacred rules OF the rights OF ee sman' mos. y
number OF acts committed during the
Wa, War by German authority, the powers
ally. upon the Idrner Emperor.
dIhsy cypress the opinioa that llol-
"a ana would not fulhll her information :
SELF with them within the limit of her
aoil'ty 10 pursue. or ut least not TO
impeds. the punishment OF crimes
Demands Emphasized.
ihey emphasize the special charac-
piatc rot. juridical accusation. but an
act OF high International policy, and
aeE mat;c 9 an appea! 10 Hollands re-
over with her mora! authority viola
ION b. Germany Of the essential prin-
>ipies OF the solidarity OF nations
scrve first. that obligations which for
Germany could have resulted from
Article 22s OF the treaty OF peace can.
not acrve 20 determine the duty OF
holland. which is not a party 10 the
treaty.
lHe government OF the Queen,
not view the question raised by the
nfmands Of the powers except from
me me-. POM h, OF view OF lis own duty. 1t
"riSin or the war and has maintained,
md not without difficulty. its neutral
ee @ 20 e face e~2 NTH facts nsf a it's itself , then
= position different from thu; OF the
Reject. All Suspicion.
1t rejects with energy all
II wishing TO cover with its SOVEREIGN
right and lis moral authority viola
solidarity OF nations, but it cannot
soeiate itself with this act OF high
inteTnational policy OF tho powers.
II in tho future there should be
instituted by the society OF nations
an in.ernational jurisdiction competent
20 Judge in case OF war deeds, uualified
as crimes and submitted to it's juris-
diction by statute antedatinE the acts
Eims:
The government Of the Queen can
not admit in the present case any other
duty than that imposed upon il by the
ANS or tho Kingdom and national ira
Cannot Withdraw Refuge.
NOW, neither the constituent laws
Y; the kinsdom. which are based upon
me principles Of law universally rec
GSSnized, nor respectable secular ira
n,.lon.. which has made this country
always q ground of refuge for the
nsn9iii'snsd nsr,ait th In international conflicts,
defer to the desire OF the powers bv
withdrawing from the former Emperor
ton.
Justice and national honor. ..
: which ,resncct Is q sacred duty, op.
moved by, the sentiments to which in
adnia Sii9ary not the betrar world has done justice
who have confidcd themselves to thcir
free institutions. 80
The government of tho Queen is
pleased to believe that the mowers ,v n,
recognize the good grounds of these
considerations. which rise above any
consideration or personalities, and
they could not reasonably give risc =
wrong Interpretations"
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