"If the allies could make the Dutch government see the danger of the Kaiser staying near the German frontier, another residence might be assigned to him, the Dutch government offering as an alternative his letum to Germany. This might be asked without a preceding trial."
"The Dutch government probably will answer that it is her natural duty to refuse extradition. It will say that the government has no sympathy with the Kaiser but that it is led by considerations of international law and that the Dutch constitution forbids extradition."
Paris Gets the Answer.
PARIS.—(By A. P.)—The Dutch government's reply to the supreme council's note demanding the extradition of the former German emperor, arrived here today. It was deciphered at the Dutch legation. The contents are as yet unrevealed.
FORMER O. STUDENT LOCATED IN SEATTLE
JAMES E. WEST NOW KNOWN AS "TIN CAN KING" HAS OPENED AN OFFICE
The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce has the following to say about James E. West, formerly of Moscow:
The firm of James E. West & Co. Is one of the recent additions to Seattle as merchandise and general insurance brokers. Mr. West for the past year and a half has been connected with the insurance department of Burchard & Co. and has in addition made a specialty of the Oriental trade in empty oil cans, from which he has gained the name of the "Tin Can King."
Orient were used in toy making. In Mr. West's new business, in addition to handling a big line of high-grade Orental baskets, he was  It is not as the United States agent for one of the large Japanese toy making companies to which he has been selling tin cans. 