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Show I Extradition of Germans Alarms Berlin I 'Kir flffl Mm cffla sA -. .A. A n 1 Mkkkm H mtioiiystie 1 IF ALLIES DEMAND I MEN. NOTE ASSERTS M r f j Teutons Concerned Over What I : May Happen if Accused Are I Given Up For Trial OFFICIALS TO REFUSE ! SURRENDER ORDERS Suggestion Made that Suspects ' Be Tried in Germany Instead ( j of Elsewhere ;: BERLIN, Wednesday. Jan. 2S. In- ,' ' dicalion of the government's growing concern over the extradition of Ger-i Ger-i mans accused of war offenses' was i j:. given in the note sent to the Allies! i ';, today asking revision of clauses of the f i Versailles treaty, j FV The attempted assassination of Ma-, fykv thias Erzberger, minister of finance, I ,'fl last Monday, is viewed in official cir- !cles as a procursor of what is likely to happen on a larger scale if the government, yielding to the allies, ap j peals to force in arresting men on the .t list submitted by the entente powers. I Editorial and partisan . recriminations, recrimina-tions, provoked by the attack on the finance minister, have already reached j the white hot stage. ' j Refuse to Execute. x j The note to the allies which will not be published in Germany, warns ; the entente powers that Germany can-1 not assume she is able to compel ' either national or local agencies of' thp lnw in Inv hands nn Ihn mrn want. ! I. 1 ed and transfer them to German fron- if tiers J The Associated Press is informed J that even responsible officials of the A foreign office have announced point blank they will refuse to execute any i work connected with extradition for-!- Sj malities and they threaten to strike or ' & indulge in "passive resistance." ' ' l A leading official of the foreign of- '-i X fice expressed doubt today that a man Lf, could be found irf Germany, from an i rip army or nayy commander down to a ,t humble village deputy "who would" lend himself to the work of executing I a warrant for the arrest or detention of fellow countrymen to be dragged 1 before a "foreign tribunal." j Hearing In Germany. Suggestion is made in the note that ! the men be tried by the supreme court at Leipzig and the cabinet has indicated indicat-ed its belief that the nation's highest tribunal can guarantee an exhaustive : and impartial trial. It is pointed out' that the allies are given represenxa-; tion on the bench of the supreme court which should further tend to guaran- t tec a fair trial. j The economic situation in Germany a s is precarious at present and this is ag ) ' an unsuitable period to invite trouble, 1 . the note indicates, continuing to point $m j out that trouble, if it comes, will not be confined to any single party. J!ah ! Nation On Strike. j "The whole nation is likely to go on jfij : a general strike," an official declared r today while discussing the govern-aljjl govern-aljjl ' ment's plight, "if it is coerced even ipojjl.y into making a fent in the direction of itL- apprehending the men wanted. It is tool rfi definitely stated that no list of names pj of men wanted whose extradition win H it be demanded has as yet been received Uoe - and that the government has no hint Icm ; of when it is coming or who is want-3 want-3 1ml 1 ed' Jtfsl '. Painful Surprise. )lEj ' i 'f ae sudden further depreciation in jH ; y lhe value of the mark is causing anx-enH anx-enH ; ; iety and there is painful surprise evi-perl evi-perl ' j dent that the new Dutch credit failed lCDjl ' to stabilize the exchange rate. The poll ; Wurtlemburg minister of finance after mm 1 a visit to Berlin said at Stuttgart yes-raw yes-raw ; terday that not a single member of ' a the government contemplated the pos- j WLM I sibility of a state of bankruptcy. Lm ) Newspaper and public opinion seems Lm to be that the depreciation in the SB ! ' value of the mark is attributable iwm ' lrirsely to the uncertainty as to the mkm (i aiuount of the indemnity Germany will jJJS be required to pay, on uncertainty am 1 which defers foreign financiers from ?S giving Germany credit. |
