The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-01


Because william Hohenxolicrn and
ron. the former crown prince. had
fled to Holland. their names were
NOT pressed But among the other
personagcs wcrc the following.
Ex-CRowN PRINCE HuPREcHT
or Charged with being
responsible for deportation Of many
inhabitants Of Northern France.
DUKE OF WURTEAIRERG -
Charged with being responsible for
ne troop maaAcres Of people NJ
Namur and other towns.
GENERAL Won KLUCK--Charxcd
with beinE1r Responsible for the shoot
ing q hostages At scnlts and civil
iAns n Acsschot.
GENERAL Won BUELOw -
CHARGED with being responsible for
tho burning OF villages in the Ar.
dcnncs and the shooting 81 civilians.
FIELD MARSHAL Won MACK
EJHON--CharEysd with having vii.
Iages burned and Rumanian civilians
executcd.
BARON voN DER LANcKEN--
Accused In connection with the exc.
cutions Of Edith caveu and Captain
Tfyaf1
ADMrRALs Won TTRPrTz. Won
CAPELLE. Won HIPPO. SCHEER
AND Won INCENOHL - Charxed
IN being variously responsible for
Gs1bd,arine warfare. with ordering
bombardment Of unprotected English
towns and with ordering sinking OF
unarned merchant vessels.
FIELD MARSHAL Won SAN
DERS--In connection with the mas
Gnrrn Of Armcnians and syrians-
GENERAL Won MANTEUFFEL
LIN connection with the outrnges At
LOuvaln.
GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
sprvadtng germs OF typhus among
the prisoners.
In the list presented By France
ara Belgium. stress was laid par
ticuhsiy upon those who oppressed
ths civilian population destroyed
towns and deported helpless people
into Germany.
mxTTISH ACCUSE
NAVAL OFFICERS
IT, British Specialized fn n INST
~ those na.ai officers who violated
~ hwu Of the War. For instance.
IN their hist the following names 90
cur.
LEUT CAPT. KIESEwETTER--
For sinking the hospital ship GIenars
Castle. February &c. 1913.
LIEUT-CAPT. vAI1ENTNER--
Yor torpedotng two merchant vessels
without warning IN 1915.
LIEUT.. CAPT. JEsS--For torpe.
1Dfng boats without warning IN 1918.
COMMANDER LINNARZ--For
bomtnrding London from an sirshfp
In May, 1915.
COMMANDER booker For
bombar1ing Hun 10 March and Edin.
huSxh h April. 1915. from an airship
The German government avoided
liking any action In the matter as
long - possible. Finally. IL present,
"a . reply To the allies IN which i,
ret forth the view that to arrest the
men named and attempt to hand
them over TO the allies would be "a
precipitafe grave events In Germany.
1t offered TO put on trial any OF
rs subjects before the German high
courts. provided the allied govern.
ments prepared prima facie cases
against them. showing that prosecu.
ton was tustifiabIe. This view Of the
German government finally pre-.
vailed.
PREPARE SEVEN
TEST CASES
The British prepared SEVEN cases
in full These were the cases against
Heynen. Muller. Trinke and New
mann, charged with acts Of cruelty
TO prisoners Of war at various camps.
and the following naval cases.
LTET.-COM- PATZIG - Charged
With having sunk without warning
the hospital ship Lianedvcr Castle
and with having afterwards fired on
and sunk boats containing survivors
with consequent loss Of 234 lives.
LEUT-COM. NEUMANN -
Charged with torpedoing without
warning the British hospital ship,
Dover Castle. with the loss OF six
lives.
LIEUr~coM. wERNER--charsed
with having sunk the British steam
ship Torrtngton and then drowning
the entire crew. with the exception
OF the captain, by submerging. while
the unfortunate men were lined up
AZ prisoners on the deck Of the sub.
marina.
In the house Of commons recently,
Ia reply TO questions, the attorney
general, Sir Gordon Hewart, said the
seven case which the government
had presented did not begin TO ex.
haust Its Inst They were merely
seven selected test cases.
To Coax Legion to
Meet at Bremerton
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