The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-01

HlSMl q y year. q list Wa8 the most
formidable Id the aftermath Of war
fare. either ancient or modern. The
accused ranged from princes to pri-
Yates, and the crimes from murder to
theft. 5#t
The list was made up Of lists pre-
sented BY the various allied nations.
America was conspicuous by Its
absence. The others were divided.
kaiser's Name Omitted.
Because William Hohenzollern and
son. the former crown prince, had fed
to Holland, their names were not
pressed. But among the other person.
ages were the following:
Ex-Crown Prince Ruprecht Of Ba
varia-Charged with being responsible
for deportation of many Inhabitants
Of northern France.
Duke Of Observation-Disclosures with
being responsible for the troop massa-
cres of people at Namur and other
towns.
Gen. Q Kluck-Charged with being
responsible for the shooting Of host
ages at Senlis and civilians at
AerschOt.
Gen. o Buelow-Charged with be-
ign responsible for the burning OF vii
lagos in the Ardennes and the shoot
ing Of civilians.
Field Marshal Won Mackenson-
Charged with having villages burned
and Roumanian civilians executed.
Baron Won der Lancken-Accused In
connection with the executions Of Edith
Cavell and Capt. Fryatt. .
Tlrpitx on List.
Admirals von Trpitz, Won Capelle,
Won Hippo, Scheer and Won Ingenohl-
Charged with being variously RESPONSE
BILE for submarine warfare, with order
ing bombardment of unprotected Eng
lish towns and with ordering sinking
Of unarmed merchant vessels.
Field Marshal Won Sanders-In son
nection with the massacres Of Armeni-
ans and Syrians.
Gen. o Manteuffel-In connection
With the outrages at Louvain.
Gen. Kruska-Accused Of spreading
germs of typhus among the prisoners.
In the list presented by France and
Belgium, stress was laid particularly
upon those who oppressed the civilian
population, destroyed towns and de-
ported helpless people into Germany.
The British specialized in the list Of
those naval officers who violated the
laws Of the war. For instance, in
their list the Following names occur:
Lieut.. Capt. Kiesewetter-for sink
ing the h~ospital-ship Glenard Castle,
Feb. 2o, 1918.
Lieut.. Capt. valentiner-For torpedo
ing two merchant vessels without
warning in. 1915.
Lieut.. Capt. Jess-For torpedoing
boats without warning in 1918.
Commander Boaker-For lombard
ing Hull in March and Edinburgh in
April, 1910, from an airship.
The German government avoided
taking any faction in the matter as
long as possible. Finally, 1t presented
a reply to the allies in which it set
forth the view that to arrest the men
named and attempt to hand them
w to the allies would be to precipi-
tate grave events in Germany.
1t offered to put on trial any Of It's
subjects before the German high
courts, provided the allied governments
prepared prima facie cases against
them, showing that prosecution was
j%ustifable. This view Of the Ger
man government finally prevailed.
Prepared Seven Cases.
The British prepared seven cases In
full. These were the cases against
Heynen, Muller, Thinks and Newman,
charged with acts Of cruelty to prison
ers Of war at various camps. and the
following naval cases:
Lieutenant Commander Patzig =
Charged with having sunk without
warning the hospitalship Llandever
Castle and with having afterward Aired
on and sunk boats containing surviv-
ors with consequent loss OF 234 lives.
: Lieutenant Commander Neun1ann-
Charged with torpedoing without
warning the British hospital-ship,
Dover Castle, with the loss Of six
lives.
Lieutenant Commander Werner
Charged with having sunk the British
steamship Torrington and then drown
ing the entire crew with the exception
Of the captain, by. submerging while
the unfortunate men were lined up as
prisoners IN the deck of the SUBJ
marine.
In the house of commons recently,
in reply to questions, the attorney
general, Sir Gordon Hewart, said the
seven cases which the government had
prepared did not begin to exhaust its
list. They were merely seven selected