Evening star., 1945-05-28

OklNAWAS BATTERED CAPl
a nearly leveled section of Ma
will not be directly concerned with
these they will keep close lookou
for any evidence they may produc,
that can be used in internationa
cases.
TT is my duty" Mr.. Jackson said
ito prepare the case of the Unitee
States against Nazi leaders and tt
present the case to the internationa
military tribunal which, it is hoped
will be created"
Although it will take time to iror
out differences of viewpoints, Mr.
Jackson said he could see no indica
ton that I'VE are not going to bt
successful" in establishing a wal
crimes court such as was proposed
by the United States at the Sar
Francisco Conference.
We have every reason to believe,
Mr.. Jackson said. the four coun
tries will come together as to th'
tribunal method and procedures o
prosecution.
Russia Going Along
He said Russia, which is not {
member of the War Crimes Com
mission but has its own commission
has shown willingness to go along
with US" and there has been no diff.
| ference of opinion to date.
Mr.. Jackson met with correspond.
ents accredited to Allied headquar.
ters following consultations with
Gen. Eisenhower, 1t. Gen. Walter
Bedell Smith, chief of staff; 1t. Gen
Lucius D. Clay, civil affairs admin.
istrator in occupied Germany; Brig
Gen. E. c. Belts, judge advocate
general United States Ambassador
Robert Murphy and other high.
ranking Americans concerned with
the government of occupied Ger
many and the punishment of wal
criminals.
Mr.. Jackson planned to go to Lon
don Immediately to meet with tht
United Nations War Crimes Com
mission, and he said he hoped tt
have further discussions on thes,
matters with members of the com.
mission representing our Allies.
Il intend to return shortly with {
staff and will set up an Office ir
Paris and also one at London anc
one at the seat of government ir
the American control zone. Mr.
Jackson said
Site of Trials Not Selected.
Mr.. Jackson said he could not
estimate the number of war Grim.
inals to be tried until after the Lon
don conferences. The site of the
trials, to be determined by mill
tary authorities, has not been Sc
lected. 1t will also be up to the
tribunal to determine the manner
of execution of death sentences, he
said.
In addition to international trials
and cases against Germans charged
with battlefield crimes against
Americans, another category in.
wolves offenses by Nazis against in
habitants of Nazi-occupied local
tiles. Mr. Jackson said these woulo
be referred to local courts in those
areas.
Meanwhile, it was announced that
censorship restrictions against in.
terviews and photographs of de.
tanned Nazis will be continued by
supreme headquarters, in order
that the preparation of cases agains
war criminals or war criminal sus
poets may not be hampered."
Luftwaffe Head Kills Self.
AS the bag of high-ranking Ger
mans in Allied hands grew steadil!
larger, headquarters made known
its view last night following com
plants from American correspond.
ents regarding the restrictions
There was no elaboration of thu
official statement.
| Headquarters announced tina
Field Marshal Robert Ritter vor
Greim, 53-year-old chief of the Ger.
man Air Force, who had succeeded
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering tt
the post on April 26, had committed
suicide by swallowing poison.
CThe British radio, heard by
CHS and NBC in New York, said
DR.. Hugo Jury, gauleiter of Lower
Austria, has chosen suicide
rather than captivity and trial.D
Danzig Governor Surrenders.
Albert Forster, former German
governor of Danzig, surrendered to
German military police in Hamburg
Saturday and was turned over to the
British. The 42-year-old gauleite1
also was contemplating self inflicted
death by poison, he told his captors
but only if he had fallen into Rus.
sian hands.
A number of minor figures also
have been rounded up. These in.
clude Paula Hitler (sister of tht
Fuehrer,, who was PLACID under house
arrest near Berchtesgaden, and 8
brother of Heinrich Himmler, &
minor SIS official, who was arrested
by British troops at Schleswig anc
was sent to Paris. His first name
was not announced.
The Luxembourg radio said las
night that Julius Streicher, formel
Nazi jew batter who now is an AL.
lied prisoner in the Salzburg Jail
denied harming any Jews, insist I
ne had no part in atrocities ane
asked his captors with an air O.
injured innocence, why am ',
} treated like a murderer"
In Bolzano, Italy, the arrest o.
Nazi Gen. Heinrich Won Vietinghoff
Scheel, six of his staff generals anc
more than 1000 German troops wa
disclosed last night by United State.
5th Army headquarters.
Lincoln