Arizona republican., 1920-02-17
HOLLAND ASKED
 TORECONS|DER
 FORMER ACTION
Presence Of Former Hun Emperor In Netherlands With out Restraining Hand Is Menace To World Supreme Council Points Out
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LONDAN, Feb. 16.-(By the Asso- viated Press)-E'ollowing is the text of the note sent by the allied powers To Holland regarding the extradition of the former German emperor:
 .'The immense sacrifices made in the general interest by the powers dur ing the war entitle them to ask The Netherlands to reconsider it's refusal, based on the weighty, but entirely per Sonal, considerations of q state which held aloof from the war and can not perhaps appreciate quite accurately all the duties and dangers of the present hour.
 The obligations of the powers to- wards other nations the gravity of the question concerned as well as the very grave political effects to which relinquishment of the claims of justice against the ex-emperor would give rise all constrain them to uphold and renew their demand.
 The powers do not ask the queens government to depart from it's tradi tional policy, but to consider that the nature of their request-which does not in their opinion depend solely, or even mainly, on Dutch municipal law has not been adequately appreciated.
 Not a Question of Prestige
 NO question of prestige is at stake and the powers pay as much heed to
 
 with limited interest as to the mature decision of great powers. but can not wait for the creation of a world tribu- nal competent to examine international crimes before bringing to trial the re- sponslbIe author of the catastrophe Of the great war
 Tt Is precisely this contemplated trial which would prepare the way for such d tribunal and demonstrate the uhanlnIty or feeling animating the TRT1S Ssf1Tn r,e +T-l1 Ihe powers wish to point out that the league Of nations has not yet reached state Of development sufficient 10 allow any application to it. or to q tribunal of any kind created by it. meeting with that prompt satisfaction which is surely essential
 Tt does not appear to consider that It shares with other civilized nations the duty of securing the punishment ol the crimes against justice and the princlpIes Of humanity-crimes for which William of Hohenzollern 1rnde- hiaDiy bears a heavy responsibility.
 Is Humanitarian Demand
 The note of January E, was sent in the name of the allies, twenty five in number, who were signatories to the treaty of peace and the collective man datorieS of a maj ajority of the civilized nations of the world. It is impossible to discregard the collective force of this request. which is the expression, not only of the feeling of indigna ton of the victims, but of the demand for justice made by the conscience of humanity as q whole.
 Accounts German Grimes
 The Netherlands government
 surely has not forgotten that the
 policy and personal actions of the man required for judgment by the
 powers have cost the lives of ap-
 proximateIy 10,o0o,ooo men, mur-
 dered in their prime and has been
 responsible for the mutiiation or
 shattered health of three times as
 many, the laying waste to and the
 destruction of millions of square
 miles of territory in countries for
 merly industrious, peaceable and
 happy, and the Piling up of War
 debts running into billions, the
 victims being men who had de
 fended their freedom and inci-
 dentaIAy that of Holland.
 The economic and social existence of all these nations has been thrown into confusion and they are now jeopardized by famine and want-the terrible results of that war of which William II, was the author.
 The allies can not conceal their surprise at finding in the Dutch reply no single word of disapproval of the crimes committed by the emperor crimes which outrage the most ele mentary sentiments of humanity and civilization and of which. in particular so many Dutch nationals themselves have been the innocent victims on the high seas. To help bring to justice the author of such crimes plainly as sorts with the aims of the league of nations.
 How can any one fail to be i'm pressed by the reactionary manifesto ton which have followed the refusal of Holland, and the dangerous encour- agement to all those who are opposing the just reinstatement of the culprits and their exemplary condemnation, whatever their social position.
 Say View Was Narrow.
 Holland. whose history tells of long struggles for liberty. who has sui