Leipzig, June 4.
The trial of the fourth and last British case in connexion with German war criminals was concluded to-day when Karl Neumann, the submarine commander who sank the hospital ship Dover Castle, was acquitted, on the ground that he was bound to obey the orders of his superiors.
The President of the Court said the German Government would bear all the costs of the Neumann case. All civilized nations, he added, recognized the principle that a subordinate was covered by the orders of his superiors. There was nothing to prove that the accused was guilty of cruelty, as the Allies had alleged. The Court was of the opinion that his orders were justified.
The British Commission afterwards bade farewell to the President.—Reuter.
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