White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-29

head hat he will accomplish more by
| admitting and %conceding what Is eoou
in the treaty, keeping In mind German
conduct after the treaty OF brest-
| Litovsk and the treaty Of Bucharest.
Coming 10 the cases of the German
officers accused of atrocities, Captain
persius gives as his opinion that they
,hould be tried for their crimes and
punished, a duty Germany has neg
leeted for nearly a year.
The only exception he observes
us the Fryatt case, and We had bet
Ter not mention that exception. Inc
decision of the commission appointed
IN examine Into the charges involving
treatment of prisoners of war In Ger
many. In violation of International law,
Is enough TO bring the blush OF shame
into the face of every human being.
He adds:
.Nov our enemies are going TO re-
spond 10 the worlds cry for justice
and will place on trial the criminals
who dlsgraced humanity.
He IS a weakling who suffers an
nicer to destroy his body without at
tempting TO free himself by an ex-
cislon. Now this operation will be per-
formed by Il enemies. We ought 10
thank our enemies for this operation
and IL we don't the operation IS not
likely 10 be of benefit 10 us.
ut will be a tough job 10 drive II
into Michel's head; You W thanks
70 your enemies = He still hears II all
around: Our brave U-boat n Yep
pelin commanders merely did their
duty. Whatever they did they were
acting under orders from some one
higher up. Those brave men must mol
be dragged into an allen COURT
No Reason to Be Excited.
$50 far there Is no reason TO get
excited. The British government, claim
ing 10 have evidence against twenty
commanders of German U-boats. wants
TO bring them 10 trial. Hands ONT our
protesting simpletons are shouting.
Those commanders Of U-boats merely
obeyed the commands Of their supe-
riors in rank. Had they not obeyed
they would have been punished Tor
breach OF discipline or ever FOR
treason. We must not permit the en-.
envy TO try our hero oficersF
The enemy, however. does not at
all contemplate trying u officers for
obeying the orders Of their superiors,
but for acts they committed going be-
yond their orders.
There are or were a number OF
German C-boat commanders In Eng
land as prisoners OF war. Nobody
ever thought of dragging them TO court
for this simple reason; nobody ever
accused them of cruelty and atrocity.
They obeyed their orders and no more.
when our enemies demands be-
came known 10 us our first and imme-
date answer should have been: We
are glad to be placed In a position
where we may be able 10 disprove
charges that possibly are absolutely
unfounded. We welcome a chance TO
restore the unsullied shield of honor
Of which every one of our naval off,
GERS has been proud. We only regret
that no German tribunal was formed
to try these accused officers in Ger
many
Asks for Cleaning Up.
Charges made against U-boat com-
manders, as contained in those news
paper articles. are Of the same nature
as accusations made against other
military officers whose extradition Is
demanded. Let us begin a cleaning up
all around. Let us not be content with
the trial OF officers whose ~extradition
Is demanded. Let us try some Of them
ourselves In cases where u enemies
are not interested.
"In addition we have TO thank u