Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-05
ALLIES TO DEMAND PRISONERS IN. NOTE
 DIRECT ID BERLIN
LerSner Returns Order and In- inmates He has Resigned
 His Post
LIST WITHHELD UNTIL
 GERMANS NOTIFIED
SOU are Wanted-French Public is Said to be Indifferent as to Outcome. Freferring Coal
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 Paris, Feb 4.--T The council of am- bassadors after it's meeting ton,pht issued statement saying that the decision of the allies with regard to Germans whose extradition ls de- manded for war crimes, would be communicated direct to Berlin.
 me text of the statement follows:
 The list of war criminals having been presented to Baron von Lersner for transmission by him to his gov efhment, the president of the Ger man delegation returned the list With an lntimation to the president o1 the conference that he had sub- mltted his resignation to his gov- ernment and was leaving Paris The decision of the allies will be com municated direct to the government at Berlin"
 London, Feb. 1.-The understand ing in diplomatic circles is that the official list of German war criminals will not be published before the dis patch of their names to the Ger. man government. The question as to whether they should be published immediately y is said to have resulted in considerable debate at Paris. since one of the allies desired that this course be followed The decis- ion was finally reached that it would not be politics to publish the list before the German government was notified, and furthermore that it would be unwise to give the &C., cused individuals notice that their names were included, thereby allow ing them a charce to flee to Holland or otherwise take refuge.
 (By The Associated Press)
 Berlin, Feb. 4.-Baron Kurt yon Lersner's refusal to accept the allied not regarding the extradition of ac- cused Germans was not in accordance with instructions he had received from Berlin. The German govern ment ha sreGuested him to receive it, but he asked by telegraph for per mission to retire and his resignation was immediately accepted.
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 Berlin, Feb. 4.-( (Havas. )--Baron Kurt von Lersner, head of the Ger man mission in Paris, has been re- lieved of that office. Baron von Lersner, it is stated, had received ex- plicit orders to transmit the expected allied not on extradition demands to his government. (Paris advices quote von Lersner as saying he had resigned rather than transmit the list, of Germans demanded by the al- lies.)
 Berlin, Feb. 4.--The list of Ger mans whose extradition is demanded by the allies began to arrive here over the official wire from Paris at II o'clock. this morning. The first name licked off was that of Duke Albrecht of Wurttemberg.
 Paris, Feb. 4.-Kurt von Lersner, head of the German peace delegation, here has returned to Premier Miller and the list containing the names of Germans whose extradition is dc- manded by the allies, which was handed to him last night and has in formed the premier that he has re- signed, and is leaving for Berlin by the first train.
 | Baron von Lersner told the Asso- ciated Press his decsiion was in line with the attitude he had maintained throughout, regarding the question of extradition. He declared he had held that no German officials could be instrumental in carrying out the extradition clauses of the treaty and consequently the matter having come up in definite final form, there wAs nothing left for him to do but to resign and go home.
 Immediately after receiving the list last night, Baron von Lersner ad- dressed the following letter to Premier Millerand:
 "Your excellency has transmitted to me note concerning the names of Germans whose extradition is de- manded by the allied powers. In the course of the last three months, have most seriously laid before repre- sentatives of the allied and ,associa- ted governments, 10 times in writing and 13 times orally, the reasons it was impossible to comply with such request, no matter what the social rank of the accused persons might l be-"
 The allied council of ambassadors | was C8lleU lHCO eAtIdOIulNaEy St69AVtt ! to discuss the situation created by the resignation of von Lersner.
 The sesison was held in the French l foreign office.
 Hugh c. Wallace, the American ambassador, who attended the meet ing, said afterwards that he had no statement to make regarding it.
 It was made known that an 0ffi- cial communique would be issued after the second meeting of the cOun- cil, which was set for 6:30 o'clock thia evening.
 I An official view of the situation arising from Baron von Lersner's re- fusal to transmit the list of the ae' cused Germans to his government il 3 Hacking. The general impression among observers of the peace pro ] ceedings, however, was that the act
 ion of the German representatlyt would not influence the determina' j tion of the allies to demand the ex traditions.
 ,, In French official circles. 1t was e explained, the feeling was that dee - -|pite the general indifference on th' n .~~~~-~-~--~>-~~~~ ---Ss's' (Continued on Page s).