New Britain herald., 1920-01-19
DUTCH WANT KAISER
 TO GIVE HIMSELF UP
Deep Emotion Stirred in Holland
 by Allied Demand
FAN INTERNATIONAL DUTY"

of Famous German Emperor Made | Public in Paris Today; Holland Asked to Surrender Wilhelm. Brussels. Jan. 19. lHavas) .-Deep emotion has been caused in Holland by the Allied demand for the eXtra- dition of former Emperor William of Germany according to dispatch from The Hague. Belief is expressed at the Dutch capital, it is said, that pressing measures will be taken with ! d view to inducing him voluntarily to place himself at the disposal of the Allies.
 Paris, Jan. 19.-Holland is told in the Allied note demanding the extra ditlon of former Emperor William of 1 Germany that she will mot fulfill her international duty if she refuses to associate herself with the Entente powers in chastising crimes commit ted by Germans during the war. The text of the note sent to The Hague was made public this morning. It follows:
 Text of Note.
 l Paris. Jan. 15
 Tn notifying by these presents the Netherland government and Queen of the text of Article 227 of the Treaty of Versailles. a certified copy of which is annexed, which came into force January 10 the powers have the honor to make known at the same time that they have decided to put into execution without delay this ar ticle tArticle 227 publicly arraigns William II. of Germany for a su- preme offense against international morality and the sanctity of treaties and declares the Allied and associated powers will address d request to The Netherlands government for his sur render in order that he may be placed on triaD.
 "Consequently. the powers address to the government of The Netherlands an official demand to deliver into their hands William of Hohenzollern, former emperor of Germany, in or der that he may be judged.
 Individuals residing in Germany against whom the Allied and \asso- ciated powers have brought charges are to be delivered to them under Article 22S of the peace treaty, and the former emperor, it he had re- mained in Germany would have been delivered under the same conditions by the German government.
 ReaSOnS Tor Trial.
 The Netherlands government is conversant with the incontrovertible reasons which imperiously exact that premeditated violations of internation- al treaties as we'll as systematic dis regard for the most sacred rules and rights of nations should receive as rewards everyone including the highest placed personalities special punishment provided by the peace congress. The powers briefly recall, among so ~many crimes, the cynical violation of the neutrality of Belgium and LuXem bourg. The barbarouS and pitiless system of hostages, the de portation en masse. the carrying off of young girls from the city of Lille. who were torn from their families and delivered defenseless to the worst promiscuity: the systematic devasta- ton of entire regions without mili tary utility, the submarine war with out restriction, including inhuman abandonment of victims on the high seas, and innumerable acts against non-com batants committed by Ger man authority in violation of the laws of war.
 Kaiser Responsible Party.
 Responsibility at least moral for all these acts reaches up to the su- preme head who ordered them, or made abusive use of his full powers to infringe or to allow infringement upon the most sacred rcgula tions of human conscience.
 The powers cannot conceive that the government of The Netherlands can regard with less reproduction than themselves the immense responsibility of the former emperor
 Holland would not fulfill her in national duty if she refused to as- sociate herself with other nations as far as her means allow in undertaE~ ing or at least not hindering. chas- tiSenent of tho crimes committed.
 Convinced of Hollands Attitude
 "In addressing his demand to the =. Dutch government. the powers be- lievc it their duty to emphasize it's special cha racter. It is their duty to insure the execution of article 221 without allowing themselves to be stopped by arguments. because it is not a question of public accusation with judicial character as regards it's basis but an act of high international { policy imposed by the universal con- science in which legal forms have been provided solely to assure to the | accused such guarantees were 1 never before recognized in public
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