Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-05

Germans Who are Guilty Of the
Major Crimes in the War
are Not Araigned.
KAISER NOT ON THE LIST
Many Other Notables, However Were
Among the Accused, But Probably
All Of Them Will Get OF a.
Easily 20 Has William.

London.-The real German war
guilty probably will escape trial.
They'll get OF as easily as the kaiser,
whom British politicians promised to
hang. .Ts.',r:s.r; ',ii,s..--- ~ r.
This impression is given added foun-
datton by the procedure at the trials
of the small fry on the allied list be-
fore the German supreme court at
Leipsig. ~. -
As presented to the German govern
ment last year, tho list was the most
formidable In the aftermath Of war
fare. either ancient or modern. The.
accused ranged from princes to pri-
Yates, and the crimes from murder to
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.
kaissrs 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:
G-Crown Prince Ruprecht Of Ba-
varia-Charged with being responsible
for deportation Of many Inhabitants
Of northern France.
Duke Of Nuremberg Charged with
being responsible for the troop massa-
NJ nt
towns.
Gen. Won Kluck-Charged with being
responsible for the shooting Of host
ages at Senlis and civilians at
Aerschot. ....-.
Gen. Won Charged with be-
Ign responsible for the burning Of viii
lagos in the Ardennes and the shoot
ing of civilians.
Field Marshal Won Mackenson-
Charged with having villages burned
and R0umanian civilians executed.
Baron yop der Laneken-Accused in
connection with the executions Of Edith
Caven and Capt. Fryatt. +A~xx.
Tirpitx on List. -
Admirals Won Nrpitz, Won Capelle.
von Hippe Scheer and Won Ingenohl-
Charged with being variously RESPONSE
bic for submarine warfare, with order
ing bombardment Of unprotected Eng
fish towns and with ordering sinking
OF unarmed merchant vessels.
Field Marshal Won Sanders-In con.
oection with the massacres Of Armeni-
ans and Syrians. r
Gen. Won Manteuhel-In connection
With the optrages at Louvain.
Gen. Kruska-Accused Of spreading
germs Of typhus among the prisoners.
In the list presented by France and
Belgium, stress vas 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 hospital-ship Glenard Castle,
Feb. %, 1913.
Lieut.. Capt. Valentiner-For torpedo
ing two merchant vessels without
In 1915.
Lieut.. Capt. Jess-For torpedoing
boats without warning in 1918.
Commander Boaker-For lombard
ing Hull in March and Edinburgh in
April, 1915, from an afrship.
The German government avoided
taking any action in the matter as
long as possible. Finally, it presented
a 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 precipi-
tate grave events in Germany.
1t offered to put on trial any Of its
subjects before the German high
courts, provided the allied governments
prima facie cases against
them, showing that prosecution was
justifable 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 hospital-ship Llandever
Castle and with having afterward fired
on and sunk boats containing surviv-
ors with consequent loss Of 234 lives
Lieutenant Commander Neumann-