The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24

Because William Hohenzollern and
son. the, former Crown Prince, had
fed to Holland, their names were
not pressed. But among the other
personages We're the following:
Ex Crown Prince Ruprecht of
Bavaria-Charged with being respon-
sible for deportation of many inhabi j.
tants Of Northern France.
Duke Of Observation-Disclosures
with being responsible for the troop
massacres OF people at Namur and
other towns.
General Won Kluck-Charged with
General Won Buelow-Charged with
being responsible for the shooting of
hostages at Senlis and civilians at
Aerschot.
being responsible for the burning of
villages in the Ardennes and the
shooting of civilians.
Field Marshall Won Mackenson-
Charged with having villages burp-
ed and Rumanian civilians executed.
Baron Won Der Lancken-Accused
in connection with the executions of
Edith Cavell and Captain Fryatt.
Admirals Won Tirpitz, Won Capelle,
Won Hippo Scheer and Won Ingenohl
Charged with being variously re-
with ordering bombardment of I'M
protected English towns and with
ordering sinking of unarmed mer-
| chant vessels. ..-.'.
Field Marshal Won Sanders-In
connection with the massacres of
Armenians and Syrians.
General Won Manteuffel-In con-
nection with the outrages at Louvain.
General Krusk Accused of
spreading germs of typhus among
In the list presented by France
and Belgium, stress was laid parti-
| cularly upon those who oppressed
the civilian population, destroyed
towns and deported 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 &C.
cur:
Lieutenant Captain Kiesewetter-
For sinking the hospital ship Glenart
Castle, Feb 26, 1918.
Lieutenant Captain Valentiner-
For torpedoing two merchant YES
sells without warning in 1915.
Lieutenant Captain Jess-For tor
perdoing boats without warning in
1918.
Commander Linnarz-for lombard
ing London from an airship in May,
1916.
Commander Boeker-For lombard
ing Hull in March and Edinburgh in
April, 1916, from an afrship.
Avoided Taking Action.
The German government avoided
taxing an faction in the matter as
long as possible. Finally, it pre-
sented reply to the allies in which
it set forth the view that to arrest
the men named and attempt to hand
them over to the allies would be to
precipitate grave events in Ger
many.
1t offered to put on trial any of it's
subjects before the German high
courts, provided the allied govern
ments prepared prima facie cases
against, them showing that prosecu-
ton was justifiable. This view Of
the German government finally pre-
vailed.
The British prepared seven cases
! in full: These were the cases against
mann, charged with acts of cruelty
to prisoners of war at various
camps, and the following naval
cases:
Lieutenant Commander Patzig-
Charged with having sunk without
warning the hospital ship Llanedver
Castle and with having afterwards
fired on and sunk boats containing
survivors with consequent loss of pa
lives.
Lieutenant Commander Neumann-
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 Bri-
| fish steamship Torrington and then
| drowning the entire crew, with the
exception of the captain, by submerg
! ing, while the unfortunate men were
lined up as prisoners on the deck OF
| the submarine.
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 ex-
haust its list. They were merely
seven selected test cases.
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