Show RECORD OF WALLERS TRIAL expected to reach france this month STATEMENT OF THE CASE wallers arrest and conviction worn were irregular his trial unfair and ile he was treated with Ex extreme trentO Hars harshness liness attitude of the state department bounty case may go 00 to carlisle morton object lessons washington aug 22 acting secretary of state stale ades adee authorizes thorlies au the statement that information his has ben been be n received front roni ambassador eustis in 1 response les to general instructions cabled I 1 lint him three weeks ago that the record or of the proceedings and evid evidence enec in the lite court martial ot of waller at Ta tamatane Tama matase tave is 1 expected to reach paris toward the end or of this month bustle alio reports chrit access to lo waller has been accorded him amer after repeated I 1 and t nd urgent requests the department not having been advised m whether hether lusti 1 has taken advant advantage ag of tills this permission adee instructed ted him by telegraph to do so BO at once the bollom following ing la is given elven in offic official tal cl circles r 01 8 an a a fair statement of the VI waller aler came cage go tar far as i the facts have been reported PO arted to the united states staten there Is iq no doubt that while in a country occupied by the lite french mr waller wrote a letter to the people that tile french were mere opposing these let tore tois were traced to him and were made the pretext for its his arrest and conviction this arrest find and conviction were irregular till trial was waa not fair and during his imprisonment both before an anil after conviction ho be was treated with great harshness lie ho was brought to france chained to tile the deck of a steamer tt eamer and though ill and suffering he be was treated with great harshness ho was wag imprisoned without proper care tile the french government has haa not explained in any satisfactory manner mann erthe the irregular arrest and trial it has attempted to excuse it by saying that in time of war military courts are different from civil proceedings in times of peace but thin explanation in the opinion of the united states does not meet try I 1 beet the case and in the opinion of the state department there Is a strong probability that wallers treatment nt was due to the concessions he be claimed in madagascar when the case was first presented to the department of state SLAW it appeared that there was little that could be done tor for waller the first evidence furnished by the french government of walters wallers made life his case I 1 look 0 0 k doubtful but later developments 1 including n the failure of the french government to explain the irregular proceedings ce of the trial aal and unnecessarily harsh and inhuman treatment of the prisoner and the d demonstrated d f fact that waller had some e equity rights at 1 least in madagascar ladaga soar made liis his case can a appear lit in tar far botler light in view oi of P what has como come to light as a result of later inquiries it Is held that the united states has good ground tor for demanding in it riding wallers release and indemnity anity for his big wrongs |