The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-07-12
LElPS|C TRIALS
REALLY A FARCE
Germans Who are Guilty of the
Major Crimes in the War
are Not Arraigned.
KAISER NOT ON THE LIST
Many Other Notables, However Were
Among the Accused, But Probably
All of Them Will Get Off as
Easily as Has William.

LoiHfOu.- Inc real German wa
guilty probably will escape trial
They'll get off as easily as the kaiser
whom British politicians promised t.
hang.
This impression is given added foun
dation by the procedure at the trial
Of the small fry on the allied list be
fore the German supreme court a
Leipsig.
As presented to the German govern
ment last year, the list was the mos
formidable in the aftermath of wal
fare. either ancient or modern. TIL,
accused ranged from princes to pri
yates, and tile crimes from murder tt
theft.
The list was made up of lists pre-
Sented by the various allied nations
America was conspicuous by its
absence. The others were divided.
kaisers Name Omitted.
Because William H~ohenzollern anC
son, the former crown prince, had fec
TO Holland. their names were not
pressed But among the other person.
ages We're the following:
lsx-Crown Prince Ruprecht of Ba-
saria-Charged with being responsible
Tor deportation of many inhabitants
Of northern France.
Duke of Wurtemberg-Charged with
being responsible for Tie troop massa-
cres of people at N;mur and other
towns.
Gen. 0 KIuck-Charged with being
responsible for the shooting of host
ages at Senlis and civilians at
Aerschot.
Gen. Won Buelow-Charged with be-
Ign responsible for the burning of vii
'ages in the Ardennes and the shoot
ing of civilians.
Field Marshal Won Mackenson-
Charged with having villages burned
and Roumanian civilians executed.
Baron ven der Lancken-Accused in
connection with the executions of Edith
Cavell and Capt. Fryatt.
Tirpitz on List.
Admirals Won Tirpitz, Won Capelle,
Won Hippo. Scheer and Won Ingenohl-
Charged with being v~ariousIy response
bic for submarine warfare. with ORDER
ing bombardment of unprotected Eng
fish towns and with ordering sinking
IF unarmed merchant vessels.
Field Marshal Won Sanders-In con-
ection with the m%assacres of Armeni-
ans and Syrians.
Gen. Won 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. PC, 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, 1916, from an airship.
The German government avoided
any action in the matter as
long as possible. Finali... it presented
reply 10 the allies in which it set
forth the view that to arrest the men
named and attempt to hand them
aver to the allies would be to precipi-
tate grave events in Germany.
It offered to put on trial any of its
subjects before the German high
provided the allied governments
prepared prima facie cases against
hem. showing that prosecution was
Iustifiable. This view of the Ger
nan government finally prevailed.
Prepared Seven Cases.
The British prepared seven cases In
'ull. These were the cases against
Ieynen. Muller. Thinks and Newman,
RS of war at various camps, and the
GLOWING naval cases:
Lieutenant Commander Patzig =
Charged with having sunk without
the hospifal-ship Llandever
'astle and with having afterward fired
N and sunk boats containing surviv-
RS with consequent loss of 234 lives.
Lieutenant Commander Neumann-
with ~tOrpedOing without
the British hospital-ship.
Dover Castle, with the loss Of six
ives.
Lieutenant Commander Werner
with having sunk the British
teamship Torrington and then drown
lg the entire crew with the exception
f the captain. by submerging while
he unfortunate men were lined up as
%risoners on the deck of the sub
In the house of m recently,
! reply to questions. the attorney
eneral, Sir Gordon Hewart. said the
eve cases which the government had
did not begin to exhaust its
~ MA 1880 1911 .o.xo.x y