...227 of the Treaty of Versailles176, that they "publicly arraign William II of Hohenzollern, formerly German Emperor, for a supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties"; they agreed to request the Government of the Netherlands (where the ex-Emperor had taken refuge) to...

...trial, not for any specific crime that he may have committed personally. Rather, he was to be arraigned for a supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties. A special tribunal will be constituted to try the accused, thereby assuring him the guarantees essential...

...War I. The Treaty of Versailles provided for organizing an ad hoc tribunal to try Kaiser Wilhelm II "for a supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties." 2 In fact, however, the tribunal was never set up—nor a permanent court, which should have been established...

...Trials (1993), at 16-7. Article 227 of the Treaty of Versailles provided that the Kaiser was to be tried for "a supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties". However, the Kaiser abdicated on 9 November 1918 due to political turmoil in Germany, and fled to Holland,...

...Emperor Wilhelm ll, would be prosecuted in a personal capacity by a special international tribunal "for a supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties". However, this provision was never executed. The former Kaiser was admitted to neutral Holland where...

...Sijthoff, 1978, p. 382. former German Emperor, Wilhelm II of Hohenzollern, should be arraigned '(...) for a supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties, (...)', was never implemented. A second opportunity to further the system of international adjudication...

...Treaty of Versailles 1919 this proposal was rejected in favour of an ad hoc tribunal to try only the German Emperor for a 'supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties' (but the Emperor escaped trial by fleeing to The Netherlands). A permanent international criminal court...

...provided that: The Allied and Associated Powers publicly arraign William II of Hohenzollen, formerly German Emperor, for a supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties .... 149 Id. at 799. 150 1907 Hague Convention, art. 1. See also Frederick Pollock, Criminal Responsibility:...

...Comparative Law Quarterly 50. 158 Emily Haslam of Versailles provided for the prosecution of Kaiser Wilhelm I for a 'supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties' before an international tribunal. However, the Kaiser fled to the Netherlands which refused to extradite...

...Article 227 The Allied and Associated Powers publicly arraign William II of Hohenzollern, formerly German Emperor, for a supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties. Article 231 The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of...