Show I ml f L LEGALITY U 0 f ffMAN DEMAND I IDI IS DI DISPUTED r TD Offenses Laid aid at Door f f S of Fugitive Mon Monarch Not Named in La Holland Is Claim t AMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM- Jan Jan- 20 20 committee com corn of the Holland democratic party part has passed a resolution against against th the surrender of war criminals criminal demanding the democratic members of the cabinet cabinet cabinet ca-bi- ca cabi cabi- net resign before yielding to the allied allied al al allied lied demands PARIS Jan 20 The The me council today adopted a final list of oi German war guilty whose surrender for trial by allied tribunals will b be demanded r The council adopted Lord Birk Birken n heads head's recommendations concerning concerning procedure in in t the trials T THE HE HAGUE Jan 20 Th There ThereA A 1 is is s' s every indication here her t the e Dutch government will vill refuse us the allied demand for for- extradition pf the thc former kaiser note Signed bl by C fiT tHe U Se conference c was bro brought by a a special courier from fron Paris Pans S JP B EASED BASED SED ON ON CONSTITUTION V There were ere excellent rea reasons t b believe it Jt was learned in official l quarters ers that the government government wll base Se se its refusal upon certain clauses clause in The Netherlands constitution and am special treaties S The Dutch reply probably will poInt pOin ou that article 4 of ot the constitution assures every person whether T Y of ol Dutch or foreign birth the same rights of protection This fact tact it 11 Was vas said probably will dominate the reply to the supreme councils council's note The principle was established firmly by a law revised in 1886 3 EXTRADITION TREATIES rc f In addition to conform with withlaw the law of ot 1886 Holland Holand conclude treaties with France In 1895 England in 1898 and the United States in 1887 that every demand for extradition must be treated according to these treaties I IThe f The first condition Is that the crimes crimeS' for which extradition is de d must be enumerated enumerated- in these treaties and laws 3 t The Dutch reply it was believed will point out that the alleged of offenses tenses with which the former kais kaiser r ris is charged i in a an of ot these i PREDICTED REP i In addition probably pi d declare clare That the crimes with which which the i former kaiser Is charged are ne tenses tenses' not even mentioned in laws law of the powers backing the d demand na ii for his extradition S i tJ That no state can give ghe its ju judicial ld 1 aid toward punishment of an act loS act to which no laws exist f That these principles are re-co re recognized in all tr treaties aties and inasmuch as the former kaiser is is- is being arraigned by his political enemies no guarantees s scan can be given given that judgment will willbe be impartial f That the Dutch constitution and anda special l law w forbids extradition NOT CRIMES IN LAW That the alleged crimes as s st et t forth in the allied demands are ab absolutely absolutely ab not defined In Jn existing laws That it itis is one of the principles of the declaration of h human man rights right that no person can be puni punished hed except on a a. basis of established law on which the penal laws of all nations hinge J f I CITE ENGLISH PRECEDENT And finally that the Dutch Jo gov Jorri Rovern- Rovern rr ment stands on the principles set forth by Lord Palmers Palmerston ton In in hl his letter of f 1849 to the ambassadors ambassador at Vienna and St St. Petersburg declaring that extradition of ot political refu refugees e s from Britain would smirch the thel na national itt l honor of the country countr surrendering surrendering dering to demands demands for extra extradition f ion Considerable relief relief- has has' been been- expressed ex cx- cx pressed that the United States StateR did not sign the demand The Dutch public generally it was said Is solidly behind the government and believes the allies recognizing Holland Holland Hol Hol- land cannot comply to their demands will abandon the idea of ot an International International international Inter inter- national trial |