HOLLANDS REFUSAL

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16033, 26 January 1920, Page 2

HOLLANDS REFUSAL

TO SURRENDER EX-KAISER.

Australian' and N.Z. Cable AOsofcialtSdn,

PARIS, January 22. It is understood that Holland’s reply regarding the ex-Kaiser amounts to a tentative refusal. Holland raises a technical point that it is impossible to order extradition on » request fifosm Germany,

SYMPATHY WITH WILHELM, BERLIN, January 33. Pan-Germans are sending the Kaiser on his birthday an address sympathising with him in the dark days and hard trials he is now suffering, and asstaring his majesty that their loyal monarchical feelings are unshaken.

EXCHANGE OP NOTES EXPECTED,

LONDON, January 34. The Australian Prg.Sa understands that Holland's refusal to surrender the exKaisar (Ed not surprise official, circles, but the Note must not be regarded as closing the matter. It is considered unlikely that the Supreme Council Will recede from its position. It is probable a protracted exchange of Notes will ensae, and Holland may be invited to participate in direct consultation before the matter is finally settled. It is likely that the Supreme Council’s reply will point Out that the Council, as a recognised body representing the Allies, is itself the nucleus of the League of Natiofis. The suggestion that Germany Should be aaked to demand surrender meets with general disfavour, for although the ex-Kaiser’s presence in Germany would enable the Allies to demand his extradition under the Treaty it is feared it aright lead to a revival of monarchist feeling. If efforts to secure extradition. fail, Holland may be asked to intern tha ex-Kaiser under a Dutch-Allied guard.

FRENCH PRESS INDIGNANT.

LONDON, January 24,

The French Press indignantly resents Hollands attitude and insists that extradition must he enforced. Papers point out that the refusal is announced simultaneotisly with the conclusion of a Dutch-German economic agreement.

GERMAN PRESS PLEASED,

LONDON, January 24. German newspapers show undisguised satisfaction.

Vorwaerts pays a tribute to Holland’s boldness. The Pan-German press ‘s jubilant.

OTHER CRIMINALS GAOLED. PARIS, January 24. Seven Germans, including an army captain and his wife, have been lodged in Lille Citadel to await trial on a carge of pillaging during the tionThe German naval authorities in the Baltic announce that German dignity forbids any communication except official with foreigners on Allied commissions.