ALLIED DEMAND FOR WAR CRIMINALS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 122, 17 February 1920, Page 7

ALLIED DEMAND FOR WAR CRIMINALS

THE CLAIM WAIVED GERMAN SUPREME COURT TO JUDGE CRIMES By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (Ree. February IC, 9.35 p.m.) 'London, February 10. The Allies have waived their claim for the surrender of the war criminals, leaving tho German Supreme Court at Leipzig to judge their crimes—"Times." clamoroUTdemand GERMANS CALL FOR COUNTER . LISTS. Berlin, February 15. The German Cabinet has decided to consult the National Assembly beforo replying to tho Allied demand for the war criminals. The Conservatives, fenriiis" that the Government is inclined to comnromise. arc clamorously demanding the speeding up of publication of tho German "counter-lists," in the hope that it will create a deadlock by making the trial of the Germans dependent on the trial of the Allied offendors.-'The Times." London, February 13. Tho "Manchester Gunrdian's" 'Berlin correspondent states that, under tho influence' of Herr Noske, the German refusal to surrender the war criminals is stiffening. The Government shows itself weak nnd treacherous, and jins allowed Noske's followers to stampede tho nosition. The militarists, like everyone else in Germany, foresee a national' collanso under tho weight of the Treaty. Thev sav: "If it must come, better now. Let us at least have our national honour." The correspondent says that if the Allies coniDromiso on the 'war criminal Question, later crises will see the Germans adopting a similar attitude until tho enforcement of tho Treaty is impossible. The German workers are unwilling to shield the criminals, but are largely apathetic.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.