In View Of These Provisions, It Is Impossible To Call
the proposal to arraign the Kaiser a proposal for ex post facto law. The methods of trying War Criminals, and the punishments which may be inflicted upon them, are set forth in......
News Of The Week.
I T is being asserted in many quarters that the ex-German Emperor cannot be tried because he has not committed any act which before the war was recognized es a punishable......
The Rules And Agreements In Regard To War Crimes Are
laid down in the_official Manual of Military Law, compiled and published by our War Office on behalf of the British nation (1914). This book is a very carefully prepared summary......
We Do Not Go Beyond The Mark In Saying This,
and of course do not make any invidious comparisons with the French. The French had a great conscript army at the beginning of the war when we had very little indeed to put......
It Is Announced That Sir Douglas Haig Is To Land
at Dover on December 20th. We have read something in the newspapers about preparations at Dover to receive him, but what about preparations elsewhere ? A most unfortunate......
Would Lapse, And There Was No Intention To Renew It.
Whether Conscription in any form would be required in the future would depend upon the terms of Peace. The existence of great conscript armies on the Continent provoked the war.......
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The Paper Shortage.
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