New Britain herald., 1920-02-04
COMMUNIQUE TO
 BE ISSUED LATER
Officials Believe Allies Will Press Central Powers to Surrender Men Wanted For Trial

Paris, Feb 1.-The Allied council of ambassadors was called into extra ordinary session this morning to dis cuss the situation created by the resig- nation of Baron Kurt von Lersner, head of the German mission here. The session was held in the French foreign cffice.
 Hugh c. Wallace, the American ambassador. who attended the meet ing. said afterwards that he had no statements to make regarding it.
 It was made known that an official conmunique would be issued later in the day. This statement however, would not be issued d until after the second meeting Of the council which was set for 6:3O o'clock this evening. office
 Meanwhile an official view of the situation arising from Saron von Lersners' refusal to transmit the. list of the accused Germans to his gov ernment is lacking. The general inn pression among observers of the peace proceedings. however, was that the action of the German representa- tive would not influence the deter imitation of the Allies to demand the eXtraditiOns.
 In French official circles, il was explained, the feeling was that despite the general indifference on the extra dition question manifested by the public there was an important reason n ict the execution of the clause in the treaty relating to the accused Germans. The impression is strong in official French n1larters it was declared, that the Germans are disposed to make use of every possible pretext to avoid the execution of not only this but of other clauses of the treaty, and that if the Allies gave way on this point 1t would be considered in Berlin as a precedent on which to found demands for fur ther notifications
 It WIS pointed out that, even in the absence of the head of the German peace delegatio Baron von Lersner, and the charge d'affaires, Dr Wilhelm Mayer who returned to Berlin last week shortly after being received by Premier MiIierand, it would be a sim ple matter 10 have the list of the ac- cused presented in Berlin by one of the representatives of the Allied gov eruments now there.
 While Baron von LerSner gave out nothing but tho signed statement in which he briefly stated his reasons for resisning and refusing to transmit the list the impression among ob- servers in Paris is that he is acting on his personal initiative in announc- ing his depa rture. not refocting the decision of his government and not committ!nG it to any specific course. The accusation aeainSt Grown Prince Rupprccht of Bavaria is the deporta tions from the Lille district; the Duke of Wurttenl berg is charged with rnassacr at Namur: Field Mar shal 1on I<luck. with the assassination of hosta ges at SenIis and the massa ere of civilians at AersSchot; Field Mar shaI von Ma ackensen. with thefts and pillages in Runlania; Baron won der Lancker1 with the murders of Captain Charles Fryatt. the British sea cap tain, executed rv the Germans and Miss Edith Cawell, the English nurse who was executed on the charge of aiding prisoners to escape; Admiral von Capelle with the submarine out rages, Field Marshal Linnan von San ders. with ma ssacres of Armenlans and 5yrians; General Stcnger, with is- suing orders to make no prisoners; the Niemeyer brother with crue1ties to prisoners at the Holzminden camp: AIa jor von Goerts with cruelties at the Madgebourg camp; Lieutenant Rodiger with crueltics at the Ruhle- ber. camp: General von Cessel, with crueltics at the Doheritz camp; Gen eraJ von Manteuffel. with the sack of the Louvain: Lieut.. Werner, Captain 1 Valentiner and Captain Forstner, with | submarine outrages; General von i Tesma, with theeNecution of 112 civ | iIians at Allon; General von Ostrow- i sky. with the pillase of Deynze and 1 the execution of 3 civilians, and Ma 1 jor von Bulow with destruction and murders at 4Aerscnot..