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Arrests In Connection With Bomb Outrage PREPARE FOR CHILLY NIGHTS & MORNINGS
GESTAPO ALLEGATION AGAINST BRITISH SPY'
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
BERLIN, Nov. 22 (UP).—An authorised source, commenting on the arrest of the two British Secret Service agents for com- plicity in the Munich bombing episode, states that one of the men, Captain Richard Henry Stovena, was born in Athens in 1893. He studied at Heidelberg University and worked in India with the British Intelligence Service, later becoming a leader In the Service in Europe.
"Obvious Connection"
The spokesman Identified Best" who was also urrested,
"Mr.
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Sigismund Payne, who was born in 125-and educated at Cheltenham,
Instigated Two Attempts, Nazi Press Claims
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
BERLIN, Nov. 22 (UP),Tho "Voolkischer Beobachter," organ of the National Socialist Party, declares that. Strassar. instigated two previous unsuccessful attempts on Hitler's life. The first was at the Olympic Stadium in 1936, which
was postponed until after the Nuremburg rally.
The second was during Mussolini's visit in 1937. Tho paper alleges that an American citizen, Helmuth Hirsch, who was oxocuted at Berlin in 1937, was slated to carry out the second assassination.
DRESSING GOWNS
Beautifully tailored-obtainable
He headed the British Intelligence Reporter Tried Nazi Diet After 3 Days-In the following colours:-ROSE,
Service on the British General Stair during the 1914-18 War,
"It is perfectly obvious there is a connection between the Munich bombing and Stevens und Best," the spokesman declared.
He refused to state who directed
that the Munlch bombing, which was perpetrated by the Secret Service, wus connected with the Western
the of European Chief Service," he maintained.
Newspaper Comment
Secret
The afternoon newspapers reiterate that British agents were responsible
for the outrage.
The Allgemeine Zeitung" says It is evident al Strasser did what was expected of him in return for British money."
The "Nachtausgabe" declares: "The gentlemen of Downing Street may be assured that we will not leave then out, and not let them escape one atom of guill, regardless of the names which those responsible bear." In the meantime the Gestapo is continuing its Investigations.
Doctor Warned
66
'Eat More Food"
By VICTOR SIMS
WHEN NEXT YOU HEAR THE NAZI BROADCASTER GIV- ING OUT THE OFFICIAL DIET FOR THE DAY THINK OF ME. FOR I HAVE BEEN LIVING ON THAT DIET FOR THREE DAYS. AND IT'S TOUGH.
I thought it could be done. I told the Editor so. And ho (amiling, I thought) let me try.
Firat he made me call on Anthony Weymouth, the specialist, for a thorough medical test. That went off all right.
This
Capone Resents Insinuations
Then I had to arrange for the prescribed foodstuffs. meant hunting the stores for wholemeal bread, bilberries, Ger- man sausage, and the rest of the Nazi hors d'oeuvre.
Here is my diet diary so far: THURSDAY: Slice of plain Confusing Comment
wholemeal broad and small coffee) LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-The with no milk or sugar, for breakfast; German accounts of the arrest of "the small portion of hot-pot (minus! man responsible for the Munich meat) with pint of beer for lunch: bunbing, George Elser." and of the arrest of two British: Secret Service one slice of wholemeal bread with slice of German sausage and one agents in connection with the ex-
(1 had to cut my plosion have shed tile real light, potato for supper.
that's Die and indeed only add to the confusion. supper at 6.30, because
One Nazi account says that Elser time I get so hungry). I had was arrested on the same night of the headache about 4 pan., lasting until bedilme, Felt heavy about the legs bombing.
Acollier says that it was a week ago,
Apparently the man has or has not since they been in custody ever started to look for him.
For six days, Elser protested his Innocence, say the Nazis, and he then mude a "full confession."
German
ย
in the evening and did not sleep too
well.
fat
FRIDAY: One slice of bread and could have for breakfast, I eaten a dozen. For lunch a small portion of cucumber stuffed with bread with a potnio, and a mug of
About 3 o'clock I felt as though beer. Despite this, however, newspapers are publishing a long my energy for the day lud gone. My list of the things Hinumler wants to legs were like lead. Couldn't wait know about the man-his-home-lite, for my-last-meal...ate it at 6 pm... friends and occupation-all the things it took the form of a fruit pudding which would normally be found in anot much fruit and not much pud- "full confession.'
British Agents'. Arrest
ling.
SATURDAY: One slice of whole- meal bread and jam (no butter) for The Nazis say at two British breakfast. I thought "I can't do any agents. "Mr. Best and Caplain work feeling like this. I might as I know I was look- Stephens," were arrested on the well go to bed." Dutch frontier in connection with the ing bad and that was the Editor's view, too, and so he parted me off explosion.
They are said to have been trying back to Mr. Weymouth, who fold me to get into Germany, but there seems to get a good meal and leave the to be some doubt whether they were Nazi diet to those poor fellows who
in Dutch or German territory when haven't any option. they were kidnapped.
(P.S.-I have thought of a cer-
Just let
across
the
A memorandumi on the subject has tain plan to win the war. been presented by the Netherlands the smell of a good old English
dinner Government to Berlin, and in London | Sunday
drift
By Anthony Weymouth
...4 n.
4 cis, n.
the charges against the two men are Slegirled Line!] regarded as "incomprehensible."
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
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LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter).
Another Reichstag
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
One glance at Sims after his three convinced me BERLIN, Nov. 22 (UP)-Well-days' voluntary dict Speaking at a luncheon in Lon-informed German quarters broadly that the experiment had gone on long) 100 n. don, Dr. C. L. Hsin, of Shanghai, hint to "United Press" that the bomb enough.
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fore the National Court at Leipzig might be able to stand up to three 4.20 b. Britain being so pre-occupied în
where the famous Reichstag trial was days under-nourishmont, even actual (There's no doubt, of storvation. ..100 the European situation as to held.
Himmler, in a statement last night, ecurso, that this diet definitely comes forget her interest in the Far announced that Elser, confessed to into the category of under-nourish-
making and setting the bomb. Ottoment.)
Bat Sins attempted to lead a Stosser is accused of organising a plot 3.70 m. The events in the Far East might which a British agent inspired and normal life, just as a German has to do on the same diet. And he has .01% n. [have vital repercussions on the West. nnanced." .22 b. From the ashes of the ruin of war, The offeint statement tells in con-found that to drop suddenly from .7.88 s. he was confident that a new China siderable detail how Elser: prepared 2,000 calories to 450 is no joke:
Another point:This diet is ao low 44 n. would be built, whose rebirth would the bombing but does not clarity the 494 b. be one of the greatest events in his-accusation against Strasser and the in protein that its energy value
practically nil. Worse still Is
contains no animal fat. Strasser is a former Left-wing Nazi fact that
after who left the party in 1930 falling out with Hitler. His record
18 ntory. 11 a.
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Strasser says that Hiller betrayed PISTOLS, BULLETS
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group called the Black Front.
Aftor Immigrating to Prague, where .8.10 a. he edited a Left-wing paper, Strasser .7 n. never returned to Germany. 1.00 1.
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PARIS, Nov. 23 (Reuter)"I don't .1 n. Snow George Elser. Of course he is not one of my men," declared Otto Strasser. In an interview with the "Paris Solr."
.Herr Strasser added that he had never licord of Best or Stevens.
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A trunk containing two
clips" and ammunition," "16"
conflicated by Mr. Magistracy magazine was Macfadyen at Kowloon this morning on the application, of Del.-Sgt." Willcock.
Yaa King-cheung, master of the Himly Timber Yard, said that about 1 o'clock yesterday morning a cooliel informed him that a trunk was lying, In the yard. He opened it and dis- covered the arms..
complicity, in such a plot would lunrd- ly be crossing the frontier into Ger- many after the explosion.
י,
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
At is also being asked..why the LONDON, Nov. 22 (UP)—The German charge that Messrs. "Best" German agents themselves traversed and Stevens are implicated in the Dutch waters on November 9 in or- Munichi bombing is described here as der to take "Beal" and Stevens Into being particularly absurd In view custody.
of the fact that both men are stated)
In dismissing the charge as ridi
to have been arrested while entering culous, the London commentator re
07 n. Germany from Holland on the day called that individual lerrorism has 15/n following the explosion."
always been rejected by the British
It is obvitus that men guilty of authorities.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BALTIMORE, Nov. 22 (UP)an?
John Cupone deprecates the reports that his brother Al Is on the verge of insanity and sald that he was re- sponding satisfactorily to the treat-
ment for paresis.
He planned a general press con- ference but physicians feared that too much talk would upset Al
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