Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1919 — EX-KAISER FOUND GUILTY [ARTICLE]

EX-KAISER FOUND GUILTY

French Jurist* Declare He I* Respon- --- gtefwCrtatt- ; Paris, Jan- 20.—-Some points. in the report to which Premier Clemenceau referred when he said he bad consulted two eminent jurists on the penal respomdbillty of the former German emperor were made public. The report was drawn up by Ferdinand Larnaude, dean of the Parts faculty, and Dr. A. O. De Lapradelle, professor of rights of nations In the same faculty. ' The two French jurists prove that the extradition of the former German ruler cannot be refused, as he Is not a political refugee. The j report says: “It is anti-juridical to assimilate war with conspiracy. Crimes of war are crime* of public law and international law, not political crimes.” The emperor In the first place.” ’ say* the report, ‘‘as king of Prussia, is president of the confederation by virtue of a special law, in which human will does not enter. The German sovereign depends only on God and the sword. "With, such a conception of power it would be unjnridical to the highest degree to allow the emperor to escape responsibility for his actions —-his rereaponsibllity for war for which, un' der the constitution. The decision belonged to him alone."