ALLIED ENQUIRY.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) LONDON, Tuesday.
The Commission concerning breaches of Avar, to which the Eight Hon. W. F. Masscy has been appointed, consists of two representatives of each of the five Great Powers, and may be described as a. Grand Jury of the Allies, to consider the -world's-.terrible indictments of the authors of the war and the. enemy's crimes against all the laws of the free, nations.
The British members of the Commission are. Mr G. He.wart, K.C., Attor .nov-General. and Mr Massoy.
Mr Lansing, American Secretary of War, has been elected chairman of the Commission.
The inquiry will include responsibility for the enemy's crimes, the constitution of the tribunal, a.nd. the procedure, for the trial of offenders, however highly placed, and the Commission will report to the Peace Conference on the facts in regard to breaches on land and sea. during the. war.
It is certain that a true lull will bo returned, but the punishment will be a problem.; There is a feeling growing in certain quarters against demanding the payment of indemnities by the enemies.
The question will be keenly discussed, as many delegates are favouring: a demand for a. full measure of material and. iinancial. reparation.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13755, 6 February 1919, Page 6
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