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BERLIN, Wednesday, May 1 4
-JPfc Adolf Hitler called all high
nazi) figures and government
leaders to a conference late
Tuesday soon after the dis
closure of Rudolf Hess flight to
Britain, which aroused the Ger
man! people as they had rarely
been! aroused in this war.
i The assembled party leaders,
said ! the nazi news service, "gave
the fuehrer who spoke to the
Catherine - an impressive dem
onstration of a determined will
for victory. The official an
nouncement said, nothing of the
Hesa 'incident in connection with
the conference.
Hess himself, who had sud-,
denlr abandoned . the third
place in party power for the
status of a war prisoner In
England, was officially labeled
by his nasi party associates as
a deluded seeker of peace. They
. put, him down as a sick, de
ranged and muddled Idealist
ridden with "hallucinations''
traceable to World war in
juries, and the party declared
4 in a formal statement:
. "This will not Interfere with
the! continuation of the war
aganst England (which was)
j forced upon the German
people." -Hess,
who had stood in the high
leadership behind only Hitler
himself and Reichsmarshal Her
mann Wilhelm Goering, was de
scribed as a pnce-briiliant man
reduced by poor health to the
status of a superstitious nostraum
seeker ' and patronizer of "vari
ous aids, mesmerizers, astrologers
and po forth." , "
Any suggestion that he had
fled ! in fear was ridiculed.
"Intimations abroad that
there is to be some shakeup or
purge are Idiotic," a spokes-
man declared. "There was no
- persecution - complex Involved
In Hess' conduct and the get
tape Isn't on the scent of any
f thing." , . ... .... ,
Not until late Tuesday did the
Germans learn from the news
papers and radio that the deputy
fuehrer had landed in Scotland
from a flight -which started last
Saturday in Augsburg. Germany.
but jhis "fateful delusion" over-'
shadowed even interest in the
war.j
Reports that his wife and small
son also had left the country
were; strongly denied; it was said
they were wholly free and had
the Sympathy, of all party mem
bers. Specially denied was a re
port that Frau Hess had gone to
Ankara, Turkey; It was added
that j she was at her home in
Germany.
In j speeches made over the' last
year Hess had said on one occa
sion that there could be no peace
"until England Is definitely
struck down." Again he said that
"divine Justice" had turned
against Britain.
It was declared emphatically
that jhis flight would in no. way
affect internal or foreign policy;
that it would not interfere With
the pursuit of the war.
It was conceded that the extra-
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ordinary affair would be a great
boon to British propaganda, but
a spokesman remarked: '
"Any use made of him will
be completely disregarded by
the German people because
there is no way of knowing
under what circumstances he
may be forced to talk."
It was emphasized, too, that if
the British had "any idea he is
coming with a peace plan they
are doomed to disillusion." f f
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English Say
Hess Reveals
Nazi Disgust
. LONDON, Wednesday, May
14-;P-Rudolf Hess shortly will
be faced by Prime Minister
Winston Churchill himself in a
private interview affording him
the chance to tell the story of
his aerial runaway from Germany
and to give up vital secrets that
might conceivably affect the future
course of war. :
-Whether Hitler's long-lime
friend and - turncoat deputy will
describe the real inside story of
Germany to the veteran journal
ist, Churchill, was a matter of high
speculation.
But highly placed Britons al
ready were declaring that the beetle-browed
. German's almost in
credible flight to Britain had giv
en this country more military ad
vantage "than a major victory on
the battlefield."
The effect on German morale
of his flight alone was worth that
much, they said, and Churchill
himself was quick to seize upon
this point when he declared on
learining of Hess' arrival:
"The maggot Is In the apple.
When and where the prime min
ister and the surrendered prisoner
of war will meet was not dispos
ed, but the London Daily . Mail
said Hess already had been moved
from a Glasgow hospital to" "a
place nearer London." '
Hess has described to these
questioners real conditions in Ger
many and amid the nazi hierarchy,
the paper said, adding: i ') .
"He spoke freely and frank-
summed up the official German
view: ' ,
"The assumption that his curi
ous conduct which is a deep
personal tragedy was due to
mental disorder is the most char
itable view to be taken, and that
view is to be held in view of the
present knowledge." j
Adolf Hitler himself took over
Hess old party office, which had
been called "office of the deputy
of the fuehrer," and re-named it
"party chancellery.; I
As to Hess' former position, a
German spokesman explained it
this way: - - ; - j
"What happened IS months
are (this was at the time that
Hess was made Hitler's dep
uty) was that Hess was not
promoted to third-ranking nasi,
but was demoted from second
place. -1
"As deputy to Hitler he
would normally have succeed-:
ed to the fuehrershlp. But In
view of the abilities and tem
peraments of the available
men, Hitler by formal act
chose Goering as his immedi
ate successor."
The nazi party's communique
stated that Hess apparently had
thought that through "old Eng
lish acquaintances" he was "still
able to bring : about an : under
standing between Germany and
England through personal ac
tion," and then went on: I
"In fact, as already confirmed
through a report from London,
he bailed out of a plane in Scot
land near a place which he want
ed to visit and apparently was
found there injured."
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his personal ; disgust . with the ,
nazi party and its policy. The
tension between' party leaders
appears to hare reached a state
of considerable acuteness In re
cent weeks.". .
The Daily , Herald warned
against overestimating the effects
in Germany of Hess flight,' say
ing "there is .no reason to think
of Hess as the leader, of any wide
spread revolt against the fuehrer."
Authoritative ! British sources
declared, however, that the de
sertion of the No. 3 nazi was con
Crete evidence! that Hess "and
others in the inner councils of
the nazis" had decided Germany
could not " beat .a. Britain backed
by full United States aid.
Members of commons speculat
ed even that Hess, quarreled with
other nazis because he already
knew that Hitler had abandoned
his plan for invasion of England.
"Hess would not have come
to Britain if he believed Hitler
bad a chance to stage a success
ful invasion of England in the
near future, ! reliable Inform
ants said. "For he'd then be in
the power of those with whom
he so elegantly has fallen, out
The British short wave radio
already was spreading the news of
his desertion far and wide. Today
it quoted this Cairo comment:
"The first rat to leave the "
ship." j
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in temporary quarters because of
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the destruction wrought to its
chamber by Saturday nighfs nazi
raid, heard from Prime Minister
Winston Churchill that he had
workedr on the case personally
most of last night ' -
I Officials understanding were
loath to divulge what specific mil
itary advantage Britain might
gain from the 800-mile flight of
Hess to Scotland, although there
was one- report he had brought
definite and vital . information
concerning Germany's air force. I
Authorized statements stressed
that Hess had no specific message,
that he carried no peace plan, and
that his desertion was dictated by
purely personal motives. "f !
j But they did say that Hess had
quarreled with "others in the nazi
gang" and that his flight showed
clearlyr "the core of Germany U
rotten.? - i a
Some conclusions were made
available to the press on the basis
of an interview which Ivone Kirk
patrick, former counsellor of the
British embassy in Berlin,, had
with Hess in Scotland. Kirkpat
rick, while in Berlin, was a close
acquaintance of the deputy fueh
rer.'": .. ;..
This material made these points:
, : Hesa is sane and healthy, ex
cept for a leg Injury, li
ne Is being treated as a pris
oner of war at a secret place of
confinement. No reporters may
see him. . ,
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If his flight was a trick, -it
was a very, very strange one.".
He flew to Britain in uniform.
anas far as Is known, alone,
a Stance of about 800 miles.
Apparently he bailed out when
he ran out of gasoline. Officials
presumed he flew to Scotland
because there would be less air
activity there.
As to why he , chose Britain
rather than one of the few, re
maining neutral countries,; a
spokesman said "it is supposed
he knew that in any neutral coun
try hie would be In imminent dan
ger if being bumped off by the
nazis." ' ,'. - . -- ;. .
Portlanders Hurt
In Auto Mishap
R. F. Kelso, 55, of Portland, re
ceived a fractured pelvis and pos
sibly other injuries when his car
crashed into an " abutment of a
Pacific highway bridge over Mill
er creek ten miles south of Salem
during a heavy rainstorm early
Tuesday afternoon.
Kelso was driving northward
when the accident occurred.
' Emergency aid was given by Sa
lem first aid men and Kelso was
brought by the Salem Taxi am
bulance to the Deaconess hospital,
where his condition was reported
as "fair." 1
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