WAR CRIMES

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15318, 5 March 1920, Page 5

WAR CRIMES

(Reuter s Telegrams.)

(Received March 4, 7.20 p.m.)

Paris, March 1

It is authoritatively stated that the Allies have agreed that a German Court of Justice shall be permitted to try a number of selected war criminals as test cases. It was decided to furnish Germany with a list of 46 names, Britain choosing 7, France 12, Belgium 15, Italy 4, and Poland and Roumania the remaining eight. Britain's list mostly concerns submarine atrocities. The cases chosen are plain, straightforward cases in which the accused persons are obviously guilty of the vilest violation of the laws governing warfare. If the cases are properly' carried out, it :s probable that the Allied lists, comprising 800 criminals, will be drastically reduced. The Allies' legal representative will attend the trials to ensure that there is no favouritism, and to see to the production of all the evidence.