New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Hindenburg, Prince Rup.
precht, Mackensen and
Ludendorff Are Among
the Leaders Summoned
Council Discusses
New Note to Dutch
Final Answer To Be Com.
pleted Friday; No De.
cision on Aid to Poles


PARIS, Feb. 3.-The list of Ger
mans accused by the Allies of war
crimes, and whose extradition is to
be demanded, is headed by former
Crown Prince Frederick William
and several other sons of the former
German Emperor. The list was
handed to Baron Kurt Won Lersner,
the German representative here, this
evening by Paul Dutasta, secretary
of the peace conference.
Included in the list are DR.. Theo-
bald Won Bethmann-H Hollweg, former
German Imperial Chancellor; Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, General
Erich Ludendorff, formerly first
quartermaster general; Field Mar
shall Won Mackensen, Crown Prince
Rupprecht of Bavaria, the Duke of
Wurtemberg and number of other
princes and titled officers.
LlSt Tor Each Nation
The total number of names on the
/ list is about eight hundred, and it is
divided into eight sections. The first
section is a common list of all the
accused. Then follow seven other
lists, giving the names, rank and ac-
cusations of persons whose names
were supplied by Great Britain,
France, Italy, Belgium, Rumania,
Jugo-Slavia and Poland.
The draft of the note making the de-
mand on Germany, with the list of per-
| sons whose extradition is sought, was
approved by the Council of Ambas-
sadors at its meeting this morning. 1t
was decided by the council that neither
the note nor the list should be made
public here.
kaiser's Case Set for Friday
The council also discussed the reply
to Holland regarding the surrender of
former Emperor William to the
Allies, which Holland refused in her
The terms of the proposed Allied re-
sponse were considered at length and
| will be further taken up at the next
meeting of the council, Friday 1t Is
not expected, however, that a decision
will be reached on that day. as the
different governments interested must
be consulted.
The request of Poland for arms and
supplies was under consideration for
some time by the council 1t WIS not
decided. however, whether help of this
kind would be supplied to the Polish
government.
THE HAGUE, Feb. 3-The Asso-
ciated Press was Informed to- day that
any demand on Holland for the sur
render of former Crown Prince Fred
erick William as a war criminal would
be treated by the Dutch government
probably according to the Dutch extra
dition treaty with Germany, and it
would be a question for the courts to
decide rather than the government. as
in the case of the former German
Emperor.
''If the Crown Prince is demanded Of
Germany by the provisions of the Yer
sailles Treaty,' it was stated, "it is
then, up to Germany to ask Holland
for him."
Growing opposition in Germany to
the arrest and surrender of persons
charged with war crimes under the peace
treaty has been evidenced in two formal
notes from the Berlin government to
the Supreme Council in Paris, and by
"white-hot" articles in the press and
frequent demonstrations
Berlin Seeks to Evade Issue
The German government advised tho
Allies on January 26 and again on
January 29 that it doubted its ability
to surrender the persons wanted on
criminal charges. The Allies were
warned that Germany cannot assume
she is able to compel either national
or local agencies of the law to lay
hands on the men wanted and transfer
them to the German frontier.
Officials of the German Foreign Office
said unofficially they would strike" or
indulge in passive" resistance by way
of refusal to execute any extradition
formalities. A leading official of the
Foreign Office expressed doubt whether
man could be found in Germany,
from an army or navy commander down
to humble village deputy, "who would
lend himself to the work of executing
warrant for the arrest or detention
OF fellow countrymen who are to be
dragged before foreign tribunal"
Trial in Leipsic Sought
The German government has re-
iterated its suggestion that those
whose trials are demanded by the
Allies be tried by the Supreme Court at
Leipsic, in which the Allies could be
represented. 1t was urged that the
nations highest tribunal could guar
antee an exhaustive and impartial
trial.
The Basic "Nachrichten" said ,Janu-
afy 81 that the German Cabinet would
resign if the Allies insist upon the de-
livery of the war criminals. The news
paper said the government recognized
the impossibility Of fulfilling its obli
cation to surrender the Persons de-
manded.
At mass meeting at the Busch Girl
Gus in Berlin January Is, in prote stl
against the extradition, a National LIN
eral member of the Assembly said that
although the treaty obligated GERMANY