Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-11-04 | Page 2 | Trials Urged for Fiends of War

TRIALS URGED FOR FIEIIDS or ii British Attorney General Would Puniih German Criminals ' By Associated Press. LO.VOON. Nov. 4. Establishment of a giand cuuit of allied represent s , lives,, glvll and military, for the pur-poss pur-poss of trying those guilty of crtmoa during the Is ac - rated by Mr Frederick Kdwsrd Smith, the British attorney general. In an interview In the Dally Express. Sir Frederick, who la an authority on International law, urges that the Jurisdiction of such a court apply especially, es-pecially, though not sxeldslvely, to thoss caught red handed or observed committing crimes. lis contends that the guilty parties must not be allowed to w.ilfl Hi" lilBiiigu.mil Hi Hi auieiluia, aa otherwise every war criminal among the Germans might ehuffls the entire responsibility upon the emperor. Moreover, th attorney general argues, ar-gues, the guilty persons must not be permitted to put themselves outside ! the Jurisdiction of the court, and the 1 surrender of those not In allied cum-, cum-, tody should be demanded under the ! peace terms. The court would be empowered to Inflict surh punishments as death and penal servitude, snd also to exact compensation for Injury to persona or destruction of property.