Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-05
BARON VON LERSNER
RESIGNS HIS POST
Preferred This Course to Trans
nitting Note TO His
Government.
MANY NATIONS FILE CLAIMS
France and Belgium Each Ask
for Surrender Of 334
Officers.
MANY NATIONS FILE CLAIMS

fry Associated prcsSl
PARIS. ROB ;--'rhc council OF am
bassadors after its mcctin;, tonigh; is.
sued statement saying that tho de-
''sion OF the allies with regard 10 Ger
'nhns whose oNtradtion IS demanded
Tor war crimes would bc communicated
70 B"TIin The tcNt of tho -tatcmcu:
. follows:
| haen presented 70 Baron Won Lcrsn.r
Tor transmission by him TO his govern
rcS"ntati"n returned tho list with an
| lntimatiOn to th" sulr.ilt" councU tha;
hah sHbmittcd his resignation 20
l.s government and WAS leaving Paris
H.. decision OF Tia. allies Viii Gc com
1ngniCHtcd direct 10 Berlin.
Haron Won Lcrsncr head OF tho Cor
j. Eht for Berlin
England Demands Ninct.-sc,cn
EN'rnditioh of 500 Germans accuscd
- violations Of Tho laws or war is
demanded ~ the list handed Won l.ers-
icr 10y raul Dutastn - acret.,ry OF tn.
peace conferences, last night England
:,md Belgium. S3i each. itAi.. twenty
MIN; Poland, Hfty-scycn. Rouman..l.
forty-one. and Serbia, four. The names
90 Germans comprised ia tn" first list
against whom charges are preferred by
lie allied rhti"ns ar" Included in the
above figures
The ambassadors council has con
'rmcd it's dcc.sion not 10 publish the
nam.s OF those Gcrmany u asked 10
that, in addition 10 those already re-
ported as being on the list. arc The
Fieid Marsha, Nexander H. Il. yon
kluck. commander Of the right wing
,Hf the German amy IL! !ts advance on
f'aris IN 1911; General Garon Kurt von
ManicuGcl, German military cominuuucr
IN Louvain. Bclmiun in 1914: Field
Marshal Won HucIcN. corniAnnd.r Of 'hc
commander Of the Fiity-third German
lufantry brigade, General Won Tcswa,
former governor OF Luxembourg. the
Nirmcyer brothers, one - captain who
wore accused ia 1915 uf nistrcatins
british prisoners Of war; Malor- -General
captain Max VaItm,incr ana captaim
f'orstncr. submarine Cummand dcr>;
Baron Won der Lancken. former military
Iapclic. former bead or tho German
Admiralty and Field Marshal I.iman
>on sanders. German commander OF
Demands Rcnrh B~rlin.
\ dispatch from Berlin announces the
arrival there OF 4 list Of the persons.
= demand for the surrender OF whom
has been made by tn" allies. i-cm!cr
Millerand declared today 10 tho for
.ign affairs commission Of the Cham
ncr OF Deputies that tho Versa Hes
treaty gave thc authority TO compel
the Germans to tu!nll the treaty re
uuircm.nts and that all efforts would
!,c made 10 insure the execution "i the
Am ,ii' oiilc.al view OF the situation aris,
ing from baron N"n i.,rsmc;s refusal
20 transmit th,: list of The accused Ger
mans to his government ,s lacking.
The genera! impression among "hScrN-
.rs OF the peace proceedings. however
.yas that the action Of the German rep
rcscntativcS would not iuiiucncc tho
determination OF the allies I" demand
nc cNtrad!t ions.
Iliies viii Insist on Demands.
Il
rained The ierlins was 'hnt despite
the genera! indifference. on the eN-
tradition question manifested ny ne
public there was an 'inpor,ant reason
Why the allies should insist upon the
execution o. the clause IN the treaty
iciatins 10 the accused Germans.
Thc Impression is strong in official
Tcuch uIarcrrs. il Was declared. that
rlie Germans are disposed 20 make US"
ui every POSSIBLE prcteNt TO avoid the
eNecution Of not only ms pnt 9tnsf
clauses o. the treaty. and that II inS
allies gave way on thls point u W9uu.
at which to found demands for turtacr-
.aG notifications.
II was pointed cat that. even IN the
absence o: the head OF the German
peace delegation. Baron Won Lersncr
aud the charge d'amaircs CDr Wilhe!m
Naycr. who returned 10 Berlin last
i'rcnicr Niilcrand). it would he Il
simple matter 10 have The list OF the
rt the representatives ot the allied
governments now there.
sends Letter 10 Premier
Immediately after receiving the list
faet night, Baron Won l.crsncr address
@i the following letter to Prcuicr
Hllcrand
Your cXccl!c:.cy has transmitted 10
nr note containing the namos OF
Germans whose cNtradition is de-
landed by the allied powers In the
course OF the last three months I have
most seriously laid before rcpresnnta
tivcs OF the allied and. associated gov
crnrurntS. ten times IN writing and
:hirtccn times orally. the reasons it
~as Impossible to comply with such q
T~uucst, no matter what the social
~nk Of the accused persons might
', remind your exccllency O, nv
ons,antiy repeated declarations thai
poscd 10 he IN any way whatever in
strumcntai in the realization of the
demand for their cNtradiiion. should
lie instrumental in !; if | were to for.
ward to the German Sovcrnm"nt tho
'notc OF your cxcelloncy. therefore
send 4, back herewith
II have made il known To my GOV
crnmcnt that J cannot remain in Office
and that shall leave Paris by the
next train"
While Earon Won I.crsncr gave out
nothing bu. tho signed statement in
which he briefly stated his reasons for
rcsgning and refusing, to transmit the
list the impression among observers
in Paris is that he is acting on his
personal initiative in announcing his
departure. not rejecting the decision
Of his government and not committing
i, TO any specific course