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14,120 British Non-Combatants Slain by Germans
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LONDON, Feb. - ENEMY submarines and air raiders have killed 1,920 British non-combatants, men, women, and children. Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law made this statement in the House of Commons today.
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Commission of Responsibilities
The Commission submitted its report on 29 March 1919. It concluded that blame for the war lay in the first instance with the governments of Germany and Austria-Hungary, and secondly with those of Bulgaria and Turkey. It further recommended the establishment of an international tribunal for the prosecution of suspected war criminals, with no immunity from prosecution even for defeated heads of state.
Wikipedia →Treaty of Versailles
Article 227 of the Versailles treaty required the handing over of Kaiser Wilhelm for trial 'for supreme offence against international treaties and the sanctity of treaties' before a bench of five allied judges – one British, one American, one French, one Italian, and one Japanese. Article 228 allowed the Allies to demand the extradition of German war criminals, who could be tried before military tribunals for crimes against 'the laws and customs of war' under Article 229.
Wikipedia →Leipzig war crimes trials
The trials were seen as a travesty of justice because of the small number of cases tried and the perceived leniency of the judges in passing sentence. After Sergeant Karl Heynen was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment, the Leipzig correspondent of the London Times called the trial 'a scandalous failure of justice'. Another declared that the proceedings were a 'farce' and a 'disgrace to civilisation'.
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