MR DEVIN’S BELIEF
HITLER KNEW OP HESS’S FLIGHT — DEPUTY-FUEHRER'S VILE RECORD. MALIGNANT PERSECUTION OF OPPONENTS. ißy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, May 15. The motives which brought Hess to Britain are still occupying the attention of commentators all over the world. Some of the suggestions are that Hess escaped after a quarrel with Hitler or other Nazi leaders, that he was appalled by the horrors of the war and thought he could patch up a peace of his own and chat Hitler sent him on some desperate peace mission. . Mr Ernest Bevin, British Minister of Labour and National Service, supports the view that Hitler is behind Hess's flight to this country. Speaking today in London, he said: "I do not believe that Hitler did not know Hess intended coming here.” He declared that Hess was a man he would not negotiate with, and added that they could understand his feelings when he told them that it was Hess who had collected every index card of the German trade unionists and German Social Democrats, whom, when the time came, he caused to be sent to concentration camps or murdered. Mr Bevin said he had had to deal with these totalitarian gentlemen and Communists before, and lie was not going to be deceived by any of them. NAZIS WORRIED ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS FACTS. LONDON. May 16. The German Propaganda Ministry is still trying hard to wriggle out of the difficult position into which it has drifted over the flight of Herr Hess. The German radio has now announced that the flight of the Deputy Fuehrer has been completely unravelled. and describes it as a perfect tragedy. Hess did not act from dishonourable motives, said the radio. The latest reports from the German capital indicate, however, that the people are still very worried, and think of nothing else. The correspondent of a Spanish newspaper says the German Government is severely 7 applying the laws regarding listening to foreign broadcasts. and has issued the names of people found guilty as a warning to others. DUKE OF HAMILTON REPORT TO MINISTER OF INFORMATION. RUGBY. May 15. It has been disclosed that the Duke of Hamilton, fresh from his talks with Hess, flew to London to meet Mr Dull' Cooper, Minister of Information. He was accompanied by Mr Kirkpatrick, the Foreign Office official who was sent to Scotland to verily the DeputyFuehrer’s identity. The Duke of Hamilton was able to tell Mr Dull’ Cooper of the result of his interview with Hess, for which he was granted special leave from the R A.F. This was the second lime the Duke had flown to London. On the first occasion he saw the Prime Minister, and during this interview he told Mr Churchill details of talks he had had with the Deputy-Fuehrer.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1941, Page 5
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