GERMANY WITHIN

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1920, Page 2

GERMANY WITHIN

'By Klectric Telegraph—Ctioyriglit. WAR-LAW BREACHES. GERMAN COMMISSION’S FINDINGS BERLIN, March 2. The report of the Commission that is investigating as to violations of International Law states that Captain Fryatt’s courtnmrtial wa s conducted without any infraction of law. The unnecessarily speedy execution was the only feature to he regretted. Fryatt was known to be a Franco-Tireur. The German Government had never accepted the Anglo-American view regarding the right of armed defence and of the arming of merchant ships. The Commission finds that the Allied charges regarding the Wittenburg Camp are absolutely unjustifiable.

A STORMY DEBATE. (Received this day at 10.b"> a.m.) BERLIN, March 3. There was a stormy debate in the Prussian Parliament on the first reading of a Bill giving the ex-Kaiser the use, for his lifetime, of many palaces and other buildings, leaving him an exceedingly rich man. The Socialists attacked the proposal to permit Wilhelm to retain most of the wealth that his ancestors had wrung from the nation he had led to destruction. His six sons were well able to work. Wilhelm’s was the largest German family which had not lost a single member in the war. One speaker described the Crown Prince ns a young mail with a predilection tor the fair sex, who had taken out a patent for cuff links. The, Conserva-, tives’ main argument was that although Wilhelm made mistakes he meant well bv his people. The debate proved that the Hohenzollerns have lost their influence, and retain few friends in Germany: