A GRIM WHO'S WHO

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 187, 4 July 1919, Page 2

A GRIM WHO'S WHO

THE KAISER'S ACCOMPLICES.

LIST OF HUN OFFENDERS.,

Undor the title i "Hanging the Kaiser" the World's Work says in a recent issue:—Several respectable authorities in England have declared that there is no tribupal before which, the Kaiser: and his associates can. be called to answer for idieir crimes; despite this, the Peace Conference has made an excellent beginning by j&ppoinlting a ccimmitteia to determine, among other things, "the degreo of responsibility for. these offences! attaching to particular members of the enemy's forces, including members of the General Staffs and other individuals, however highly placed." Probably there is 119 sentiment moro generally prevailing in ,tho woirld to-day than the demand for the punishment <ojf those who have fought the most atrocious wair in history in the most attoircious way. If mo tribunal exists for bringing these arch-criminals to bookj ib is simply because the crimes of which 1 .tVusiy ipbajnd accused jhave been hitherto unknown. SOME INDICTMENTS. What specifically are these crimes? An industrious Frenchman, M. Tancredo Maa-teil, has done the world a service by assembling in concrete form the particular offences charged to particular individuals! in his recent book, "Whab Will Be the End of William 11. and his Accomplice® ?" M Martel has compiled a list, a kind -of "Who's Who in. Inte«--niactional Crime," containing 573 highly-pl icixl Gevmans who may with propriety be haled before the bar of justice. Most of the German leaders whi> have figured in the war news* <! f tibe last^four years figure in M. Martol's "list. • Inevitably the Kaiser stands at the head, f>aid then the Crown Prince, Bethmann Hollweg. Hindenburg, Mackensen, and all the rest follow in all' their hideous eminence. The following are a few of the specific offences which, according to M. Martel, denfand the consideration of the Allies: — HEADED BY HINDENBTJRG. Yon Hindenburg: As Commander-in-jCihief in East Prussia, ordered that bread which had been found i soaked in paraffin should be given as food to the Russian prisoners. Being .at Roisor (Somme) oh the 10th of March,' 191 7, gave the order that everything should, be destroyed, burned, and pillaged in the-regions which the barbarians were about to evacuate. Was responsible for the violation of tombs ab Oarlepont, Candor, and Roigli^e in March, 1917. Yon IVlackcnsen.: Responsible for thefts, incendiarism, and. the execution of notables and peasents in Ronmania.. Ordered about 1000 Roumanian children, from 10 to 17 vcars of a.ge, to be shot, on the ground! that they had conspired gainst him. Stole 10.000,000 lei in the occupied parts of Roumania. Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria: Massacred and hanged civilians in Russian Poland in 1915. Is responsible for the deportations of Lillw, Roubaix, and Turcoing, accomplished with the help of yon Guiaevenitz, Military. Governor of Ijille. Connived at the theft of money from the deportees. Yon Schuborb: Shelledv a number of old men, women, and children whom he had collected in the hospital at Bro'iage, on th-3 ground that they wore "useless tnouths." Caused .31 giiis to, be carried off and placed a.t the disposal of his officers. Yon; Bulow: Posted the following notice at Andennes on the 22nd of August, 1914: "It is with my consent that the whole place has been burned, and about 100 people have beeri shot." Posted the following notice at Namur 'on the 25th of August, 1914: "Ten hostages will be taken in each street. If there is any disturbance in the streets all the hostages will be shot." Klauss: Responsible for massacres at Gerbeviller and Fraimbois. At Gerl>eyiller alone 60 civilians were assassinadiedl. One of them,, engaged in Red Cross work, was soaked in petroleum and burned alive. Stenger: Author of the following order of the day: "All prisoners, even if taken in large numbers, are to be put to death. No living man is to be left behind us."

Yon Graevenitz, Military Governor of Lille: Carried 30,000 civilians, including many women and children, into slavery, and told the. bishop, who protested to hold his tongue. Yon Dreicht: At Arlon, being dirunk, ordered the execution of 117 hostages.. Laughed wthen he was told, on recovering sobriety, that the order had been earned out.

Blegon: Responsible for the destruction of Dinant and the raassa^res of more than 600 ppfsons, including 34 old men, 71 women, and 17 'children under nine years of age. Yon Manteuffel: Ordered the burning of Louyain and the expulsion of 10,000 civilians from the town.

Yon Rodeiski: Ga.v© a formal ©.refer that all Cossacks who surrendered should be shot or hanged. Major yon Bulow: Author of the destruction of Aerschot. Ordered 150 civilians to be shot. Compelled the women of the town to stand by, wiifli their arms in the air, for six hours, witnessing the conflagration.

Eberlein: Boasted in an article printed in the Munchner Neuesite Nachrichten that ho had compelled civilians to march in. front) of his men as a screen against the enemy's fire.