THE GREATEST CRIMINAL.
HANG HIM! HANG HIM! THE HOUSE AND THE KAISER. In order to strengthen the hands of the delegates to the Peace Conference, urged Mr G. V. Pearce, M.P. for Patea, in the House of: Representatives, the House should have the opportunity of exprssiug its opinion as to the necessity for the. Kaiser, the greatest criminal unhung, being brought to justice; also as to demanding an indemnity to cover New Zealand's share of. the cost ol! the war, and as to what should be done with the disloyal Germans now interned. He thought that they should be sent, back to Germany, and not allowed to return to this country. Mr Massey said that- he did not know whether it would be' possible to have a resolution covering the matters referred to. So far as the Kaisor was concerned, they were all agreed that he should be punished. Mr G. Witty, M.P. for Riccarton: Hang him! Hang him! The Hon. T. M. Wilf ord: Hand him over to the mothers of the soldiers who have been killed. (Hear, hear.) If thex-e was to be an indemnity, added the Prime Minister, he would be very glad that New Zealand should get its share. (Hear, hear.) Those were points for the Peace Conference to decide. The matter of the interned men was one for consideration by Cabinet, and it would he considered accordingly.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1152, 21 December 1918, Page 6
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232THE GREATEST CRIMINAL. King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1152, 21 December 1918, Page 6
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