The Government apparently did not realize at first that the
British public, who think of one thing at a time, are primarily inter- ested in the punishment of the German Emperor and his accomplices and tools. Mr. Lloyd George's general statement at Newcastle was, however, quickly followed by an assurance from the Attorney- General on Monday that the War Cabinet had decided to press for the trial of the Emperor and the other malefactors, and that every German now interned here should be sent back to Germany when Peace had been declared. Mr. Bonar Law on Tuesday confirmed the Attorney-General's declaration, adding that the Government had appointed a Committee " to find out how much our enemy could pay." It is stated that the French and Italian Governments concur in the British proposal to demand front Holland the extra- dition of the Emperor and to put him on his trial.
