ARREST OF HITLER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 130, 2 May 1940, Page 9

ARREST OF HITLER.

MILLION DOLLARS OFFERED. AMERICANS’ NOVEL MOVE. NEW YORK, April 30. The New York Times features a letter from Mr S. H. Church, president of the Carnegie Institute, offering, on behalf of a group of Pittsburgh residents, “a million dollars cash reward to the person or group who will deliver Adolf Hitler alive, unwounded and unhurt into the custody of the League of Nations for trial before the Hign Court of Justice for bis crimes against the peace and dignity of the world.” The letter is printed without comment on tlie editorial page of the New York Times. Mr Church stipulates that the offer is good only for the month of May. , Interviewed. Mr Church explained that the limitation was imposed to ensure that seekers of the reward would act quickly. The decision was taken by 50 members of the Duquesne Club, including women, after'they became convinced by private advices from Europe that Hitler was determined to strike 011 tlie Western Front, even though costing the lives of half a million Germans. Mr Church emphasised that the proposal was made in good faith. ‘‘l see no objection in making the offer as president of the Carnegie Institute,” he said. “It chimes in perfectly with Carnegie’s ideals. What a fine thing if a Society of Nations, such as Carnegie believed in, should be started by the impetus from the arrest of Hitler 1”