HESS’S FLIGHT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 186, 21 May 1941, Page 5

HESS’S FLIGHT.

TREATED AS PRISONER OF WAR.

STATEMENT BY MR CHURCHILL (Rec. 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, May 20. Answering a series of questions on Herr Hess, Mr Churchill said in the House of Commons that he was not in a position to make a statement and not sure when ho would be. As far as ho was advised Herr Hess was being treated as a prisoner of war and would receive treatment appropriate to a prisoner of war. Major Adams said: “While I fully appreciate the need for discretion in this matter, has the Government actively in mind the possibility that the whole stunt may bo a common or garden plant, and also will you discourage sections of the press from renewing their nauseating rhapsodies on this blood-stained crook ?’ ’

Mr Churchill replied: “I certainly do not fool that I ought to detract in any way from the vehemence of Major Adam's statement.” Asked if he had noticed the press description of Herr Hess as an idealist, Mr Churchill replied:'“l do not think X can indulge in this retrospective censorship.of the press. The Germans gave a different guidance every day and the press naturally endeavoured to satisfy the public by recording all kinds ol details that came to their bands. It seems to me that the whole episode has been entertaining as .well as important —British Official "Wireless.

LUFTWAFFE OFFICER INVOLVED.

QUESTION OF WEATHER CHARTS LONDON, May 19. Air General Willibald Spang, bead of the Luftwaffe’s meteorological office, is now implicated in the Hess affair, savs the “Daily Express.” Herr Hess carried weather charts which must have been calculated b\ an expert weather man. The Gestapo has ordered ft thorough investigation of Air General Spang s staff and unless Air General Spang produces tin? culprit he is likely to be removed-