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Show GERMANS SENTENCED FOR WAR EXCESSES j PARIS, Jan ' People of the north of France whose territory u.s so long occupied! by tho enemy have not forgotten or forgiven ihc- Germans for their excesses in the war. I A war council at Lille has Just passed pass-ed a number of senteni cs against Cer-man Cer-man officers and soldiers for crimes committed during the Invasion. The condemned were not presen to be tried, so that these sentences cn only be put Into effect If one of the guilty persons should be arrested in France, General Muller was condemned to five years' imprisonment and 500 ! francs fine fM stealing objects of art and furniture at CaiUdry. Other sentences imposed but hardly likelj ever to Lc executed ranged from 1 one year in prison for swindling toj ten years in solitary confinement for brutality. 2u years at hard labor fur violence causing denih and hard labor for life for killing a Frnechman in cold blood. |