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Berlin Fears. Hess Divulges Secrets FROM PAGE ONE
(By "Reuter'*" Correspondent With Home Fleet) ABOARD A DUTCH SUBMARINE, May 13.-"An under- be made in the near further regard- water League of Nations"-such is a certain submarine flotilla ng the fight to this country of this now serving with the Allies. Besides British, it contains Dutch,very high important Nazi leader," decleared Mr Winston Churchill in French and Polish submarines, all working in excellent Co. the House of Commons to-day when Invited to make a statement about operation.
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Dutch submarine in his tiny cabin well beneath the surface of the sen.
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Britons Healthier
"WAR problems have kept My submarine, and another were Britons healthier," points out at large when Holland run, he said. I went to Halifax, Professor Sir William Wilson Nova Scotia, and joined the British Jameson, "and 1941 will not be and later crossed the Atlantie to an epidemic year.”. Britain. Altogether we must have Sir William is Dean of Public covered 10,030 miles,
*Three other Dutch
The Labour inember, Mr Lawson, raised the question of the German wireless reference to "total instabi- ty" and asked whether the Pre- mier had any information on the matter,
Another member asked whether the Premier was taking steps with the Minister of Information to sec tint this piece of news' is dealt with
skill and imagination."
of
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of
An-
is somewhat baffled by the facts as they present themselves (Laughter). Other upplementary questioners begged Mr Churchill to bear in mind Herr Hess' record of devotion to the Health, London School of Hy-evil genius of Europe (Chears) and
the prudence submarines giene and Tropical Medicine and questioned patrolling off the Dutch coast slipped member of the Army, Hygiene nouncing that Hess was in a Glas- over to Britain too, accompanied by Advisory Committee.
gow hospital as being unfair to the others which were only half vom- pleted. They
"Full occupation of the mind has people of Glasgow who might po89)- were dive-bombed by
made people less introspective and by expert a rain of bombs. The Germans on the way, but es-
The Prime Minister declared: "He hypochondrineal," Jameson adds. cuped undamaged.
"When we arrived in Britain, we "With the worst winter gone, we will not always be in Glasgow." expected that there might be dim escaped the influenza epidemic ex-
Scathing Comment culties but only a few minor ones pected in the first two weeks of the NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuter)- arose and there were soon straighten-year. We can now reasonably hope The German suggestion that Hess is ed out: co-operation between our for another 12 months Immunity. selves and the British is excellent and this applies equally to the Poles and French,
Liaison Officer
when n
suffering from hallucinations and Below Average
that his plane crashed as the result "Even though the year's 40,000 of an accident is scathingly set aside diphtheria cases are 6.000 below by the "Baltimore Sun." average, they are still a disgrace," Sir "His real crash," newspaper William states, "when we neglect the says, "was when he cruslied into the "As regards material and person- available immunisation treatment, headlines. What is significant is nel we are under the Netherlands whereby New York is able
that w to boast
Nazi gets fed up, his naval headquarters in London, but only 408 cases in the same period. only safe course is to fee to the very operationally we are under British
There were more
deaths from country he had formerly sworn to direction. A British Sub-Lieutenant cerebra-spinal fever than ever, but put down. Whoever heard of a fed on board acts as Liaison Officer.
scarlet fever sharply decreased." up Briton fleeing to Germany?" "A great plece of luck is that the
England escaped epidemle because Nazi Hierarchy Doomed British torpedoes it our tubes. The
busier, people were
SYDNEY,
(Reuter) May problem of spare parts has been more dispersed with fewer cinemas, "Hess' fight indicates a realisation less travelling, more home life and within the Nazi hierarchy that Ger- to win the wor "Many volunteers in the Nether-simple, nourishing foods. There was many is unable lunds East Indies have applied to less crowding in shelters, where con-against civilisation," said the Acting join us and some have come over.
dilions were much improved, Jame-Prime Minister, Mr A. W. Fadden,
to-day. "We started giving our crews son 'belleves. English lessons, but these were dis- continued when we found that they plcked up the language quickly with- out them.
solved.
Married British Girls
The officers and men are happy and enthusiastle: five of them have married British girls."
The Captain, who has served 11 years in submarines, showed me over the vessel which was as spick and span a Dutch householā, When we sutted from Holland ori- ginally, we expected to be away only six weeks. We have been away a year now."
Mass Air Attacks On Fleet Fail
FROM PAGE ONE
barrage and at "cense fre" a thick wet fog suddenly descended.
No Casualties
We suffered no casualties or dam- agt.
The engagement occurred during the seven days" routine.operations in the Central Mediterranean during which convoys were successfully made' in various directions, light forces bombarded Benghazi harbour and the Fleet Air Arm shot down seven enemy aircraft in various minor attempts by Axis aviators against our ships.
All pay tribute to the untiring and magnificent works of the Fleet Air Arm In driving off formallions while still several miles distant from the Fleet.
A Week's Work LONDON, May 13 (Reuter)-Tivo bombardments of Benghazi, which have already been announced, and various convoy movements have been carried out by British naval units operating in the Central Mediterran-
6-12 can during the period, May
An Admiralty communiquo states that during these, operations nine enemy aircraft were shot down and one was damaged, while, two British fighters were lost.
Despile the usual
exaggerated
claims by the enemy, no damage of any sort was sustained by the British ships during theso, operations. Thus, adds---the communique, during the period from May 6 to 12, British naval forces in the Mediterranean haya des. troyed a total of 10 enemy, aircraft} Kündüzlamaged at Joast; fix÷otherse
everyone was
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The German radio is right, Heas has been suffering from a discuse which has been progressing for years. He was, but not now. The disease is Nazism which has done more harm to the world in less than 10 years than all the scourges in history."
Mr Fadden added that millions of
Nazis, deluded
luded with false promises, must now be idea, "If the occupied with a single this is what Hess thinks of the war, what are we to think?"
In the opinion of Mr W. M. Hug- bes, Minister for the
Navy, "the Gight indicates the first 'crack in the granite of the Nazi temple.".
Old Nurse's Views CAIRO, May 13 (Reuter)"I re- fese to believe that Rudy is insane: there is either a serious Nazi split or else he has formed a far-reaching plan," declared Frau Paula, the old in an exclusive
nurse of Rt:dolf Heter"
Interview with
Frau Paula added: "I nursed hiri He until he was a grown-up boy. was broadminded, strong character end extremely honest. From carly childhood, he has vaunted German invincibility and has always fought for top place whether at school or elsewhere.
He often used to discuss im- portant political questions with his father."
Hess, who was born in. Egypt, re-
ceived his early schooling there.
NAZI PARTY
STATEMENT
› FROM PAGE ONE
and in the complete destruction of the British Empire.
No Clear Notion
"Hess, whose sphere of activity, na
is known, lay exclusively within the Party, did not have a'clear notion about this act or its consequences, au may be deduced from the notes ho left.
The
National Socialist Party regrets that this idealist fell victim such fateful delusions.. By this nct nothing has been changed in the of the war against Britain prosecution forced upon the German people. It will be continued, as the Fuehrer announced in his fast speech, until the British leaders have been over- thrown or are ready for
peace,"
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