PEACE TREATY.
EX-KAISER'S FATE.
ALLIES .WEAKENING
(Received July S, 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 7
As an eleventh hour comprounss to President AYilspn, the, ex-Kaiser's indictment will be limited to a violation of Belgium and Luxemburg, to avoid a capital sentence. It excludes tiie serious crimes as iii other cases..
France is cooling on the. .question and America, never desired jhe• .ex-iv'.iser's prosecution. . ■ Some leading papers are discomfited at the insufficiently, cojiiprehennue indictment, and-.others because ■-. it will make AVilhelm a- martyr and create a Hohenzollern legend;. . : '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9652, 8 July 1919, Page 5
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