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Last week the Court Martial (TIME, Nov. 2, 9) trying Colonel William Mitchell for contempt of his superiors calculated to destroy discipline, got almost nowhere. Colonel Mitchell's counsel asked for 70 odd witnesses. According to Army rules both prosecution and defense have the privilege of examining witnesses before they take the stand. That took some time, and the Court was obliged to recess for several days...
When scowling square-jowled Prussians wreaked their will upon the little red brick towns of Belgium, the iron of despair entered into many a Belgian soul. With victory came a desire for justice, if not for revenge. Now, for many months, a series of court martial proceedings have been going on at Brussels against German officials and men charged with committing "atrocities" during...
Last week the trial of a German officer, one Colonel Mersin, was about to be concluded. He had been convicted as a murderer, and the presiding officer of the court martial was rising to pronounce sentence of death. Suddenly instructions were received from the Ministry of Justice to quash the proceedings. It was announced that in view of the Locarno treaties, Belgium would cease to prosecute War-guilty Germans...
...opinions concerning the way affairs of aviation were being conducted in the United States--too candid, that is, for the comfort of those in charge; not candid enough, perhaps, to satisfy the curiosity of civilians. As a result of his frankness, he is now appearing before a court-martial. In theory, he is being tried for insubordination and other offenses. In fact, the Navy department is being tried for maladministration and inefficiency...
...Columbia, early one morning last week strode into an apartment building known as the Anchorage, and made an arrest. The prisoner was his friend, Colonel William Mitchell. The prison was the District of Columbia which Colonel Mitchell was ordered not to leave during the period of his court martial...