| Show Ige's Iges War Trial Blast II I t Aped by Prosecutor tl to BERG Germany Feb Gen Telo Telford Tay- Tay f United States war crimes t r. r h has nas accused Judge TV Chariot Chari- Chari gI of ot making a deliberate and nd totally pa m the he handling of ot a trial he was teas presiding justice trial uta 1 was wu that of ofField Field Mar- Mar List Adolf Hitler's Jr g expert rt and other Geroy Ger- Ger leaders accused of ofIn armY oy In jn southeastern Europe Europ Sunday criticized state state- he said were made madee e in an in- in with a Chicago Tribune dent The Tho interview has IhM hasa n a published In hi took off oft for tor ted fed States from the Rhine- Rhine near Frankfort Sat- Sat and could not be reached Wi b comment He Is duo a at atfield atfield t field Mass Mus early Tues ChIcago Tribune released ed the following par- par from a copyrighted Interview Interview Inter Inter- view with Judge signed by Hal Foust Tribune correspondent cor cor- respondent I If If I had known seven months ago what I know today I would never have come here Obviously the victor In any war is not the best est judge of ot the war crime guilt gun Try as you will wilt It t 1 is impossible to convey to the defense their counsel and their people that the court is trying to represent all mankind rather than th the country which appointed its Ita members What I have said of ot the thena nationalist nationalist na- na character of the tribunals applied to the Uie prosecution The high ideals announced as as the motives motives mo- mo tives for creating these tribunals has hns not been evident Foil Fall Fallin In Objectivity The prosecution has failed to maintain objectivity aloof from vindictiveness aloof personal from ambitions for convictions It has haa failed ailed to strive solely to lay down precedents which might help the world to avoid future wars to codify the e rules rulea for the conduct of f governments and armies in the future The Tribune said in ma Ina a note with the he interview Before the Foust dispatch was published in the Tribune the army public relations officer issued a release from the chief United States war crimes prosecutor in Germany ermany denouncing the judge for his state state- ments A subsequent dispatch from rom Foust stated that the army knowledge of the interview was evidently due to army anny wire taping tapping tapping tap tap- ping ing of ot press cO communications Fears Tears Great Harm Taylor In statement said wd that statements attributed to the judge will vill I fear do grave harm to tour our ur country and your own court They will wit be used by all the worst elements elemen of G Germany e r m man a n y against the best Taylor con- con It has Just come to my my attention aUen atten- tion ion that Sunday a few hours before before be- be fore ore your departure from berg you gave an interview IntervIew IntervIew-in in inthe the course of ot which you deliberately deliberately deliberately maliciously and totally without foundation attacked the Integrity of ot the very trial in which you rou yourself had been presiding judge You well know that these are wantonly false accusations You are quoted as saying that I tried out of court to persuade other tribunals to rescind your ruling This is an utter Cutter fabrication Your statement that these thane trials arc are teaching the Germans only that they lost the war to tough conquerors laughable laughable laugh laugh- able if it its consequences were not so likely to be deplorable Your own tribunal thanks to the wisdom wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom patience and judicial detachment detachment detachment detach detach- ment of your colleagues accorded the defendants a trial which was an outstanding and sadly needed lesson to the Germans Instead of making any constructive moves while you were here you have chosen to give a baseless and malicious ma- ma licious attack during the last hour of your month eight-month stay and then leave town rather than confront those whom you have so outrageously outrageously outrageously outrage outrage- slandered The statements attributed to you I fear will do grave harm to our country and your own court They will win be used by all the worst elements in Germany against the best besl And your own wor words I am sure will Injure you yourself far fai more seriously than anything I Ic c could uld say in this letter |
