William A. Schabas
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- November 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198833857
- eISBN:
- 9780191872440
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198833857.003.0015
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
Lloyd George’s offer to host the trial in England was accepted by the Council of Four. But when the Prime Minister told Parliament that it would take place in London, King George V, who was the ...
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Lloyd George’s offer to host the trial in England was accepted by the Council of Four. But when the Prime Minister told Parliament that it would take place in London, King George V, who was the cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm II, objected strenuously. The Powers did not meet to plan the trial and organise the prosecution, although the British assigned a government lawyer to prepare a brief and to instruct two barristers. Completed in December 1919, the brief was amateurish and incomplete, reflecting either a lack of will to proceed with the trial or else a self-confidence that establishing guilt would be a simple matter. It was almost exclusively based upon published sources in the public domain.Less
Lloyd George’s offer to host the trial in England was accepted by the Council of Four. But when the Prime Minister told Parliament that it would take place in London, King George V, who was the cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm II, objected strenuously. The Powers did not meet to plan the trial and organise the prosecution, although the British assigned a government lawyer to prepare a brief and to instruct two barristers. Completed in December 1919, the brief was amateurish and incomplete, reflecting either a lack of will to proceed with the trial or else a self-confidence that establishing guilt would be a simple matter. It was almost exclusively based upon published sources in the public domain.
William A. Schabas
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- November 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198833857
- eISBN:
- 9780191872440
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198833857.003.0016
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
The Kaiser did not seem overly concerned about trial and there is no evidence he made any preparations for his defence. With Dutch Government approval, he bought a permanent residence in Doorn, near ...
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The Kaiser did not seem overly concerned about trial and there is no evidence he made any preparations for his defence. With Dutch Government approval, he bought a permanent residence in Doorn, near Utrecht, and proceeded to renovate the place.r The Pope took the initiative to campaign against trial of the Kaiser, and European royalty joined in a variety of initiatives to protect their ‘cousin’. Dutch public opinion appeared to harden in favour of refusing any surrender of the Kaiser. Then, at the end of the year, incriminating documents known as the Kautsky papers were published in Germany showing the Kaiser’s belligerence during the fateful weeks of July 1914.Less
The Kaiser did not seem overly concerned about trial and there is no evidence he made any preparations for his defence. With Dutch Government approval, he bought a permanent residence in Doorn, near Utrecht, and proceeded to renovate the place.r The Pope took the initiative to campaign against trial of the Kaiser, and European royalty joined in a variety of initiatives to protect their ‘cousin’. Dutch public opinion appeared to harden in favour of refusing any surrender of the Kaiser. Then, at the end of the year, incriminating documents known as the Kautsky papers were published in Germany showing the Kaiser’s belligerence during the fateful weeks of July 1914.
