1951-03-24 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1951.

THE GREAT

STUDY

AT

KARINHALL

Picture taken by RITEL LANGEjs January 1945, four months before Germany capitulated.

Now the days of splendour and luxury are ending: Fate and justice close the

B

Y now the war in the air over Germany was going badly.

On April 1, 1943, we were in Goering's special train when it was reported that ten enemy bombers had penetrated

Germany, into Northern

and Fighter Command had failed to locate them.

Suddenly 1 heard the an. nouncement: "The Reichsmars- chall is in command 1"

Goering had taken over con-

trol of the operation!

He ordered all fighter groups into the air, and sent them through cloud and fog Ten against the enemy. bombers were brought down,

STAR FADES

Now everybody seemed to say: "At last he has achieved something. At last he has shown real leader- ship."

Then amid murmuring' and whispering Warrant- Officer Guenther, the tele- printer operator, came to my side. His face was pale.

"The old man has just GERMAN shot down ten

bombers," he whispered,

It was true. With that epi- sode the last vestige of respect for Goering vanished.

His star

faded. He delegated his work to Jeschonnek, his Chief Staff, Jeschonnek became

of

the

was

scapegoat.

Stalingrad there After

Goering's office despondency, staff would criticise him severe- ly.

They could always find some- such as thing to talk about, Emmy Goering's request for a hair bonic which had long been out of fashion. It was produced crate- -not one bottle, but a ful.

SCAPEGOAT

THE

reign of..

FANTASTIC

GOERING

Eventually It had to

be sent back as it was found impossible to get beast into the little clean habits.

In 1943 Goering cele- brated his birthday

his

Goering travelled for a short visit to his chalet on the Ober- salzberg, and then went back to: Karinball, his H.Q.

The Russians

were now at

In the Oder, and, on April 12, I to Karinhall firmly re- accustomed Olym- went

to disappear for good pian manner, Only four solved months before the capi- from this stage upon which the for the ast tulation, a gigantic cele- curtain had risen bration took place Karinhall

RADIANT

at act.

I found

peaceful,

changed.

On April 13 I went

his

Goering was radiant

moving among his

guests, holding in

hund

had

What a joy to see money

being used so wisely!

SHRIVENHAM, Wilta.

WISH I had had a Russian observer with

By CHAPMAN PINCHER

Some of the country's finest brain are on the spot to train the Army scientista,

Bir Reginald Stradling,

are

me here today. For what I After two or three years of In the biggest and best Britain's No. 1 wartime expert have seen at the Military intensive study most of the equipped electrical-engineering on Civil Defence, is in change of will be laboratory I have ever seen, a tho scientific staff. Famous College of Science adds up scientists-in-uniform to a most stimulating and posted to fled unlis. Oliers dozen men were experiment- men like radar-pioneer Pro-

WIL ....

- Work with civilian ing with dynamos_and_motors, fossor__Holt. Smith, and heartening report in what "boffina" in Government de

Young villana fresh from aerodynamics expert Professor la so often the gloomy fence laboratories,

Sandhurst were operating the O. G. Sutton, work under him. story of Britain's

Their job will be to see that latest types of plane-spotting de-

Double DSO what the fighting man needs equipment in the radar depart- fences.

la made known to the relentinta ment..

The military studies A Russian making notes at who design intricate weapons

Every kind of tank and lorry directed, not by an academie my elbow could have done like, atom - bombs and guided more than a dozen diplomatic missiles. They will ensure that engine was being studied in the man, but by one of the most widely experienced combat missions to convince the Krem- the finalised weapons are pro- mechanical-engineering shops.

soldiers in the Army-35-year- Nearby, in a huge hangar, old In of Britain's determination perly designed for

William Major-General other officers were investigating Eldridge, a double DSO action. to triumph in a selentide war."

tanks. He

Office- never lets the scientists forget that they are primarily fighting men.

What

here I have seen convinces, me. that the Colonci Blimp mentality is playing no part in the technical

More, the bustling activity

uno

•

The atom...

the dealen of foreign guns, and rocket launchers.

The whole array of equip ment must be worth millions, But it has been built up at the smallest possible cost.

the Army has to show in this one centre would convince any

In one laboratory, battle- M.P. that the £293,000 vole pensoned officers were being for the college this year is well shown the principles af gulded- deserved-and will be well rocket mechanisms. Others spent.

Full ching the background were getting

use is being made of to the atomic bomb by experi- surplus war stores and captured reorganisation of the Army. Scores of regimental officera

I report with pleasure that menting with radium.

foreign equipment.

view is strengthened that my are being schooled here by

Next door three Canadian Many intricate, devices, auch Britain is already much better) tront-rank professors to pro- vide the atomic-age Army with officers were operating a split as a supersonic wind-tunnel, prepared for defence than most

super-trained cadre

of second camera to photograph have been built in the college people believe,

a bulict in flight. soldier-scientists,

) workshops

London Express Service)

Spotlight on the Young Idea

From James White, Copenhagen

VERY Danish child is

E exceptionally well look-

a small bouquet sitting in his chair, strumming vided hundreds of recrea-

his guitar in mood,

of lilies of the valley. When he bent down towards little Edda, his daughter, she present ed him on a silver tray a marzipan calte on the top of which lay a golden

key.

With her fresh naive

she recited voice

her birthday

verses with strangely moved by the con- tents of the poem spoken by this innocent little voice-

RISING to appland the opera perform- nice in honour of his 50th birthday in January 1943-Goering, patron of the

arta, with his wife Emmy.

The event was receiv Prussia. ed with apathy, by some with relief.

It became known that Hier exclaimed: had immediately

they are here. "Thank heaven Now I know at last where can collar them."

the

out hesitation.

was

melancholy a

Today's children--the children who have never known a newspaper without talk of war, who may have survived the hardships of bombing and enemy occupation, or at least known rationing and queues are studied: this week.

basig

yond this, however, the parents must be responsible for the up- bringing of their children.

Most Swiss mothers have the time

to look after their own chikiren. Fow go out to workc ed after, at little cost to

After the cantonal or country Karinhall quiet and the parents.

school the brighter for nothing

AC- primary First, there is the acute Until the age of seven, training schools. Workers' sons

trained there to do more commodation shortage, due to children may go on to cantonal schools and even- avery child has a periodical are

one tually to a university, up to medical examination, and skilled and higher-paid jobs war damage. As many as three secondary

are still using schools than their fathers.

a shift Robert the valet's room. He was the Government has pro-

damaged building, on From Robert Shearer,

From Rodney Campbell, New York Rome

second handicap is the tion grounds. Perhaps there

As many Italian mothers are adult disillusionment-product

The average American teen- are not quite enough day

helping the new munitions of the Nazi debacle-which is

13 not a gum-chowing I sat down opposite blm,

where working drives,

more children are left inevitably reflected in the ager poured out a drink, and

Salt: nurseries

leave their in the care of factory nursery children, so that alarmingly near-maniae in a cowboy sult; nightly fights take Robert, I want to say goodbye mothers

commlitees.

cynical 12 or 14-year-olds are although

place in Brooklyn and Haflem to you. I thank you for all your children.

alder children-14-16- The

christened kindness, and I wish you all the

Scouts exceed 00,000

gangs between Boy

Some 60 percent of all chil-

and even girl "Razor-Boys", best."

compared with 44,000 in 1043, look after themselves,

Scout movement dren belong to a The Boy

youth or

gangs called "The Debs." exists, but it is linked with ganisation which provides Robert understood at once. He and there are more Girl Guides

vocational

The coming generation in the and put aside his guitar, took his and ramblers.

Education - compulsory for the vast "Catholic Action" and sound

secondary cog.

creational glass, and he said goodbye in the 200 years-is free from primary is a very

al- United States is a fairly stable, opportunities,

likable. often bad- entirely A university

education

is though political notions tend

but

dibe always mannered same simple way.

schools to university.

denied to the poor boy or girl. to become pumped.

arming

fraternity that suffers

·

་

"I cannot blame you. ir I

1 dear daddy should ever be could, I would go with you," hej beset by worries, he would only mald.

this key to the havo to take heart mummy in order open it and find comfort."

to

I made a Bin of the unbellev- Early in the morning of

the midst of the fateful twentieth of July 1944, able scene in

collapse of the Fatherland. emerged Brauchitsch

this day there had

Colonci

special from the house, pale and in

a

to Ro- great hurry. We heard him provided:- were ordered

On August 19 the

traine

minton, Goering #

lodge. There I

heard that Jeschoo-

nek had died sud-

denly in his coach.

I met his driver.

He burst into tears.

I KIW it coming,

air. I saw it com-

ing," he said.

"He shot himself

你 his compart-

ment."

hunting exclaim:

by..

EITEL LANGE

Goering' personal photographer

The

private cars!

Let them drive up as quickly as poo- sible!"

Goering appear ed- and jumped into one car. Our des tination was--the- Wollschanze, HIL- ler's lair.

For been

can

From Henry Thody,

Paris

common.

.There are a few private Religious groups, Boy Scouts too much, if anything, from

of his upkeep.

total,

talent

The

things.

American children appear to have more independence at

home than children in Britain,

bursaries and fees may be and sporting clubs can claim and Sports new teaching paid by the State in the case of only some, 40 percent of the being told too often how to do

very promising youth, but last time methods have not made much n I strolled for the

.on the French there still remains the question through the park. What would impression

educational system, become of Karinhall?

School

Much, worthwhile children still put in much hard study in their basic school years, and work a 45- never receives a chance.

From Ian Stanbury, week, excluding home- fathers'

Hamburg work, against their

West Germany's lusty chil- Axed 40-hour, factory week.

Most of France's larger in- dren still face two serious ob- free

their own stacles. dustries now have

HOME IN RUINS When, later, the Soviet troops i approached, the most precious art treasures had already been to the south of the 100 bottles of French cham- brought

of best red Reich. The special trains bad pagne; 180 battles

to the roots;. they and white

wine; 86 bottles of been Alled French brandy; 50 bottles of ended

Berchtesgaden foreign liqueurs; 500 cigars of looted by the incensed popu- best foreign brands, 4,000 lation. cigarettes.

"

OFF TO SAFETY One of the ad- Major Jutants,

Then came the time when Nuelle, broke the Emmy

Goering left Karinhell order to reach a place of

He had been unable to bear news to me: "There has been in the role of the scapegoat any an attempt on the

longer.

Now it was time -to go to Munich for the November 9 celctrations.

life,"

Fuehrer's safety.

HITLER'S ESCAPE

At the Wolfschanze Goering ran to and fro exclaiming: The day before the celebrations "It's Incredible!" Go-r.ng summoned all the Bauleiters and, behind-closed doors, disclosed the precarious situation of the Releh.

Hitler welcomed Goering. He walked slowly, haltingly he

his face Bieless, stooped,

his eyes nervous; and he held

hla

at

At Karinhall the last com- mander of the guard company. was left Captain Frankenberg. behind with a few men. All the effects except the art trensures

were still in the house,

had Captain Frankenberg made all preparations with his men to destroy Karinhall. The In cars they left for Berch- rooms had been soaked with oil bombs of tesgaden.

Little Edda, and petrol, and 22 friends and relatives, the lady's heaviest calibre were spread nil maid Ida, her police officer, and over the premises. her personal adjutant travelled with her.

When the firat Russian tanka could be heard approaching

Goering himself stayed until Captain Frankenberg set fire to his departure Veldenstein Castle.

at Easter

to Karinhall, on all sides and made

the heavy bombs explode.

Ruined walls was all that was Ho called for a closing of the right hand with his left. They

Here the Pioneer company into the army ranks, for iron resolution and went together

carrying out architectural left of all the splendour, and the awaited his faith in ultimate victory; he hut where the bomb had ex- alterations were told: "I demand fantastic Goering forecast the coming of secret ploded.

of every man the quickest work. fate. weapons.

I saw this shelter When I return, If everything is The contents of this speech smashed into splinter I had to not in order up to the last nail, spread in Munich like wild- admit that Hitler's escape was I will become very unpleasant.** fire, for in the ante-room of the incredible. We were shown the room where he had spoken was torn uniforms of the generals, дл amplification Det which There was the puddle of blood someone had forgotten to dig. from the civilian stenographer .connect

WORRIES

So we came into 1944.

Ws chairman of

ing

When

who was allting right above Colonel yon Stauffenberg's attache caso (In which the bomb bad been concealed) and Goer- who had both his legs blown

oli

the It was a mystery how anyone 'Council of Ministers for the could have left alive this room,

Defence of the Reich, But he which was bristling with jagged

had other worries.

Camouflage nets for Karin

hall had to be procured and axcd. Gifts for his birthday hnd

to be displayed on his catubon He had "to full tho

splinters of, wood, covered with blocks of concrete masonry.

IN COMFORT

After the state funeral for

wishes of his wife and the General Konten, who had been

ladies at Karinhall

Ho

THE END World Copyright] -(London Express Service)

CUMMINGS records an exclusive

interview with STALIN

Goering

hig

Even though

up against

Aftino's fierce sabro-

rattling.

killed by the bomb, drove back to Karinhall. must co that all was

the weeks passed, Tight at Veldenstein

AÐ und Mauterndorf Castle and at his private life continued unaffect

ed chalet on the Obersalzberg.

by outside events and in greatest comfort

To show the madness by When watching this sybaritic which this man was possessed, lise at Karinhal. I found it as late as April 1943 ho sald hard to imagino that Goering: to Architect Hetzel, who was had ever worked hard in his attending to alteration at carlier years. And yet he was Voldenstein Castle

with said to have founded the Ger- by unticing

Pioneer Company: "When I man return everything has bo finished."!

be labour.

In

Then a depressed and rier- vous atmaphere developed Goering by now presumed the house. I was told that not, feel quite

Germany would 1000 the wur. Frau Gooring did and probably he contemplated well; the was complaining of going into exile at Veldenstein. oumatiam,

middenly

And then she

wilan

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It was, brought from Brestata

the day of the Alled and on Christmas Eve was loading In Normandy, 1 was presented by Santa Claus with

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