Kaiser Wilhelm II person
also: Kaiser Wilhelm, the Kaiser, Wilhelm, former German monarch
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West Germanycountry · 3Robert Lansingperson · 3Associated Powersorganization · 2Woodrow Wilsonperson · 2United Kingdomcountry · 1U.S. State Departmentorganization · 1Versailles Treatyevent · 1United Statescountry · 1United Nations War Crimes Commissionorganization · 1Netherlandscountry · 1
Claims (3)
United Nations War Crimes Commission targeted_for_regime_change
Kaiser Wilhelm II documented
“There was strong sentiment among European delegates on the War Crimes Commission for tough action. The majority called for trials of Kaiser Wilhelm and other German leaders. Their resolution indicated the abundant evidence that already had …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splenda Blond Beast #2 @ 35:02
Associated Powers targeted_for_regime_change
Kaiser Wilhelm II host_asserted
“And although the sentences were so inadequate, those who had been convicted were not even made to serve their sentence. They were allowed to escape. Meanwhile, Lansing and Wilson's position prevailed with respects to the trial of the former…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blond Beast #3 @ 39:14
Kaiser Wilhelm II spied_on
U.S. State Department host_asserted
“offensive against moral, as distinct from legal sensibilities. Wilhelm fled to Holland and gained asylum with the tactic cooperation of the British Foreign Office, and other associated powers buried their demands for a trial within months o…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blond Beast #3 @ 40:14
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▶ 35:02
There was strong sentiment among European delegates on the War Crimes Commission for tough action. The majority called for trials of Kaiser Wilhelm and other German leaders. Their resolution indicated the abundant evidence that already had …
▶ 36:59
and their failure would undermine compliance with treaties in other ways. So it's too hard to do, so we're not going to do it. Lansing voiced similar opposition to demands that Kaiser Wilhelm and other leaders be tried before an internation…
▶ 40:02
for the measure, and they were depending on the U.S. to block it. President Wilson also supported Lansing at this point and argued in private meetings that a trial of the Kaiser would make a martyr of him, perhaps leading to a restoration o…
▶ 39:14
And although the sentences were so inadequate, those who had been convicted were not even made to serve their sentence. They were allowed to escape. Meanwhile, Lansing and Wilson's position prevailed with respects to the trial of the former…
▶ 39:42
calling for the arraignment of the Kaiser for a supreme offense against international morality, that is, for what instigated the war. This was, in truth, perhaps the weakest of the plausible charges against Wilhelm. The claim that he alone …
▶ 40:14
offensive against moral, as distinct from legal sensibilities. Wilhelm fled to Holland and gained asylum with the tactic cooperation of the British Foreign Office, and other associated powers buried their demands for a trial within months o…