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Show BRITISHEH WRITES II ; 1 Marquis Crewe Urges Nations to Punish Hun Criminals and Not Lis- V ten to Lawyers, Views !By Associated Prsit. ON DON, 1 17.- ( Brit h li Wireless Srrvico.) - Rospon-( Rospon-( iibility for punishing th former t German emperor and other liijfh ICerman officials for crimes com-Kitted com-Kitted during the war rouit rest with apovarnments and not with jurists, according- to th Mrriuln Crewe, former Wcretary of state for the colon le. In fc leller published in the WeVmlnate rtsaxette. Ha write. , "Tha atrocities in neUlum, the 111 j reatmnt of prteonera anil th execu- j tlons of Captain Fryatt ana Misa Kdlth I Cave 11 are acta thai can he brought borna to the Individual per eon contravened con-travened ami punishment ran he Inflict-j by trlhunala. When, however, we go bevond these pereona. reipoiutllilHty l j al l efed: The fnmit fleirniiw emperor-t nd the hlsher fJrm:in polltlrtnns J 'inuat be aurrendored firnt and then 'ptiniehd hy executive net. For thi J lirocedure thre are moat ample pre- j edenta Theae criminaln can he put' way where they will have no further ( thanre of hrinln mia hief oti thf ; world, r thev can he executed. In i "wther worde. It la Impnrtnnt that tejr;il i technlclltcn muat not he allowed to ' kUvert the hands of Justice, as they ! 'well may do. In a fiehi In which there ' fl no haaia if prrvions law to govern ! ! frocelur. The reaponslhtllt v must i I not ret with juriets, hut wit h K'tv- fummenta" !BERT DISCUSSES KAISER. By Aissclsttd Prsss. I)XrON7lW. 17.- iTtritlaH fM KrvlceFriedrirh Kherl. Social -fiat premier of Ormanv, declared In nn ntervlew yesterday that he did not rnnw of anv leirnl methyl hy which wllliam Knhemollern'a surrender ould he forced. "I cannot think of any provision In rw upon which the rormer emperor Imuld hav to he clven up," he said. "But that la not a pietln which Closely concerna tia. We have separated sepa-rated ourselves from him and now de-srtre de-srtre only t'i-,t ,,,in f,,n ih. mnhraaU tit the war should be finally fixed In frder that he may be exposed, once for II." STARVATION PtEA AGAIN. Asked aa to Ma view of the future. Ehert replied r I m optimistic, hut von muat fe- Member that our Influence upon the course of events la limited. We cannot can-not create bread for the Cerman people. peo-ple. If the nation la allowed to starve, then the Inevitable will follow. That a, nation cnji he hrousht t a desperate pass and ffurst thnmtrh nil reatratnta baa been shown by the experiences of th past year. Our old system came to tha trrouru! aa a result of KuskIhh rents which It. Itself, prttvftked. It la -poor consolation, however, that In fall- ; Ins?, nn drags one's enemy to the 1 ground. To us another solution would 1 he t referable |