GERMAN WAR CRIMES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 112, 5 February 1920, Page 5

GERMAN WAR CRIMES

MEN THE ALLIES WANT

HOLLAND'S REFUSAL TO SURRENDER EX-KAISER (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Pari:, February 2. The "Echo de Paris" slates that tho Germans accused of war crimes includethe following:—Prince Buppreelit of Bavaria, for tho deportations from the North of France; the Duke of Wurtcmbcrg, for ordering massacres of civilians at Namur and elsewhere; General von Kluclc. for murdering hostages at Senlis and shooting civilians at Aerschot; General von Buelow and General von Muckensen, for burning villages and executing civilians; General'von der Lanekcn, for the murder Nurse Cavcll and Captain Fryatt; Admiral von Capelle, for ordering submarine outrages; General Lilian von Sanders, for permitting massacres of Armenians and Syrians; Major von Gnertz. Lieutenant Tiodogor, and General von Cassel, for acts of cruelty at Hie Magdeburg, "Ruhlelien, and Doboritz prison camps respectively; von Mantouff, for permitting the slaughter of civilians at Lonvain; and the Submarine Commanders Werner, Valcutiner, and Fnerstnor, for sinking hospital ships—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE CASE 01' VON SANDERS. London. February 3. Sjr lan Hamilton's letter opposing the German General Lira an yon Sanders being charged as a war criminal produced a crop of protests. "Lex" writes charging Sir lan Hamilton with gross contempt of court, and point ; ng out that the Allies would not have charged von Sanders if there was not strong evidence justifying his trial. "An English Gaptain from Palestine" writes: "Von Sanders was responsible for the greater part of the ntroc'ties in Armenia and Syria, where he ruthlessly meted out death."— "Times."