BRUTAL GERMANS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15863, 7 July 1919, Page 5

BRUTAL GERMANS.

ADMIRALTY PREPARES A LIST, - SURRENDER TO BE DEMANDED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, July 6. The Australian Press Association learns that the Admiralty has prepar ed a list of seventy-one German naval officers whose surrender is, demanded from Germany. The list includes men guilty of exceptional callousness and brutality in connection with the bombardment of the English coast, submarine warfare and mine-laying. The list includes some of the most prominent admirals and officers already in British custody. The War Office and Air Ministry are also preparing lists. EX-KAISER TO BE HANDED OVER LONDON, July 6. The Daily Express understands that Holland will agree to deliver the exKaiser. It is expected a Dutch warship will bring him to the mouth qf the Thames. The Government is preparing an apartment in the White Tower.

SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS IN LONDON. LONDON. July 6. Special precautions will be taken to protect the Kaiser from violence in the streets. MANY OF THE GUILTY HIDING. LONDON. July 6. It is not likely that any submarine commanders will appear before the Entente tribunal. Many have already fled from Germany, while others are,in hiding and threaten suicide. HINDENBURG TAKES THE BLAME. COPENHAGEN. July 6. Hindenburg has sent a message to Ebert stating that he alone was responsible for thhe orders and proclamations issued in the Kaiser’s name since August, 1916. and requests Ebert to inform the Entente Governments. WILHELM JUNIOR’S TALK. AMSTERDAM. July 6. The Crown Prince, interviewed, said ■ : The Allies can only have my dead body. I myself will decide my life or death. ’’

PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE KAISER. LONDON. July 6. It is understood President Wilson consented to the trial of the ex-Kai-ser on two conditions—first, that the death penalty he not demanded; second, that maximum punishment he exile. He also stipulated that the trial must he held in London, giving assurance of fairness. It is authoritatively denied that America has stipulated that the Kaiser mould not be executed.