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Show v TO P LI N I S H G UJLT Y Former Kaiser Must Be Prosecuted for Hideous Hide-ous Crimes, Declares Premier Lloyd George. Must Not Let Off Men Because Heads Were Crowned When They Perpetrated Horrors. -ONDOX, Pec. 5. In t lie detailed statement, of his policy, issued by Prc- micr I,Iuyd (Jeorye. today, falling: for the trial and punbdnncnt of (he men responsible respon-sible for tin Hr, however high their place, he pledged the entire influence of the IJritish government at the peace con-fcicnce con-fcicnce tu sou that justice w;is done. In declaring for the expulsion and cxcUi-v cxcUi-v .si on of all enemy aliens from British soil, the premier pointed out that a considerable con-siderable proportion of enemy resident a in the United States during the war had ;i bused Hrit ish hospitality ml thus, had forfeited their claims to remain. In his .statement, 1 .toyd Ceorge. sn id ; WAR WAS HIDEOUS ABOMINABLE CRIME. "The kaiser must be prosecuted. The war was a hideous, abominable crime, a crime which has sent millions of the best young men of Kurope to death and mutilation and has plunged myriads of homes into desolation. "Is no one responsible? Is no one I o be cnllrd to account'.' In there to be no punishment? Surely, that is neither find's justice nor mnn's. The men responsible re-sponsible for this outrage on the human rwe must imt be let off because their heads were crowned when they pcrpe-triiterl pcrpe-triiterl the deed. "The r.ritish government referred the question of the criminal culpability of the kaiser and his. accomplices tu their law officers some weeks ago. They have unanimously come to t lie conclusion that tlio Kaiser and his accomplices ought to-be to-be tried by an International court. They al.-o reported strongly in fa vor of the punishment of (hose guilty of murder on the his 1 1 Hcas a nd the abominable 111-treatment 111-treatment of prisoners." BOLSHEVISM IS THE POISON OK PRODUCTION. f In one passne of ICs program, that dealing with measures for an increase of British output, .Mr. !,lnd Iconic sas: "There is cim coii'lh imi fur I he sue i ess of ad effects to increase- the output of tics country, namely confidence. l'lshe-f l'lshe-f isin is Hie poison nf production, kussia pmvos thai. ilussia will not heuhi the Midline; up of a productive system until I :olslie isnt has worked itself nut "All classes in ust give con fid cm e to I Iinse who have brains -llinsc who 1 i it ve capital, lo t linr with heai ts and ha in Is hi woili. 1 say to labor: 'You snail have jostiie. Your children shad hac . euual ii poiinnities with the children of! the ri -h.' To capital 1 sa : "You shall 1 not be plundered and penali.rd. 1 to ym,r ! dutv by those who woi k for yon and! miuV fntnic is free for ;l the enterprise u audacile you can give us.' "Hut there must bo equal justice. :vd; labor IlUISt 1 1 H e happiness j;i it-; Poai t. ; Labor must have its just reward." Mr. I.icd Uonrge. in lis t cine1; t . j describe- the eumsive provisions the J vornmen t proposes for discharging i i s i obligations to the gai'anl. -aiiors ntnl sol-! diers- -alike to the fallen, the crippled and others. lie dea Is ;i is" w i i h t lie housing I ;ird other problems .mi :;ect e,l with post-; war i ecoust ri:i tion and the development I of electrical power. J WILL PROVE EX-KAISER EX-KAISER TO BLAME FOR STARTING WAR ..si- n p...- :'j:;-;' y':':;; I picmirr. ii...-!:u p.l in a mm h .. ;.M . I;i I l':i:it In- IlilrmN in a I'.'U l.is (o iitn:-hw-n.-.. puliliratio-1 or' iim iiiini .!' ill' ! i::M-ni;ui I'oi.-iun orii- m oi-.i.'-- t. t'-',v'' tiia; l-:nii"'i-i.i- Wiiliani i rsp.in tiii- ; ii;o uar. a.-.oi.lni a t. - ; I'oiiiiiin'!- "n i-rii ii (it.---.i:-. i:i ,'.. tin; ii-.' K.i-.-r . a l-.-.i t -.- lir.-r .' i.r-i,.-r :is".TIf.l. S .ittfi-lail .'I V.-rn mi t; trif S wv on .lo.ntir.o-( tt !.. (Ji ,.i lim w .'11 -kno" n iml'nlv. tin'; ,,n,r,.,',.i-. aiv ,l,-,"a',s I'li.l iiio-.' i ." I ,Hi'- .lo.-an-.-lH :V.' iiimi.. , omH'..- j (Ccutiuucd on P,irc Four.) i PLEDGES BRITAIN TP PISH GUILTY (Continued From Page One.) mising for the emperor than for those who wrote them. With reference to the statement by Emperor William to Dr. Georg Wegener, to the effect that in the three weeks of his stay in Norway during the critical days Of July, 1914, he was only informed of events through the Norwegian newspapers, news-papers, the Morgenbladt gives particulars of the ordinary day's work of the emperor em-peror at that time. "The Bergen journalist, whose special duty It was to report the kaiser's doings, do-ings, declared that the kaiser, during this last stay in Norway, was busier at work on board his yacht than during any other previous year," the newspaper says. "His visits ashore were remarkably less frequent and more brief. The telegraphic correspondence of the kaiser in those July days was very heavy, and he passed several hours daily in wireless communication. communi-cation. When the imperial yacht lay in one of the fjords where the height of the mountains prevented -wireless telegraphy, telegra-phy, a first-class torpedo boat appeared dally to deliver and receive telegrams and mail. "Therefore, it is quite probable that ! the .kaiser was only informed of the march of events in Europe by the Nor-' Nor-' weglan newspapers, the more so as the I majority of telegrams received by him are known to have been in cipher. ' |