Lieut. General Alexander von Falkenhausen, sentenced to twelve years at hard labor last month on charges of war crimes committed while he was military governor of Belgium, last week was a free man. The Belgian government released the 72-year-old prisoner, after crediting him with the six years served before he came to trial. Before dawn, Falkenhausen hurried to the German border, where he told newsmen: "I will go to friends and to my dogs who surely wait for me." As for German participation in European defense: "I can't imagine myself fighting shoulder to shoulder with contingents whose military leaders...
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