FUEHRER'S ESCAPE CULLED A MIRACLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 266, 10 November 1939, Page 7

FUEHRER'S ESCAPE CULLED A MIRACLE.

OFFICIAL VIEW.

No Evidence Supporting Nazi Charges. BRITAIN IS WARNED. (Received 11.30 p.m.) LOXDOX, November 0. An official Berlin statement describes the .Fuehrer's escape as a miracle. The time of the speech was advanced half an hour owing to the short time available, ami Hitler spoke «iily 50 minutes instead of his customary 90. Then he did not follow his usual custom of chatting with old comrades, but dashed to the station. Tho statement concludes: "It m a IHvino ordinance that Hitler mitred the explosion by only 11 minutes. If the meeting had followed its usual routine all tho party leaders would have been victims. Tho cciiing fell on the s[>ot where they were sitting, which is now piled with ruins 10 feet high." Priva-to individuals have donated 100,000 marks, increasing the reward for the discovery of the perpetrators to ♦100,000 marks. A later Berlin message says Herr Himmlcr has offered an additional 300,000 marks, approximately £2.1,000 in foreign exchange, to anyone abroad providing information leading to the arrest of the persons who attempted to kill Hitler. Several arreatc have been made. Cables are arriving at the Chancellery in Berlin congratulating Hitler on his escape. They include messages from Queen Wilhelmina, the King of Italy, Signor Mussolini and Signor Attolico, Italian Ambassador in Berlin. The United States Charge d'Affaires signed the guest book at the Chancellery to mark Hitler's escape. The Belgian Ambassador and other diplomats sent messages of sympathy. Tin- Amsterdam "Handelsblad"' Munich coiTi'-'poiidciit telegraph* that it would I'm virtually impossible for a foreigner to enter the beer hall unnoticed. There is not \ shadow of evidence to support tin- (ierinan insinuation that the British Secret Service was responsible. The correspondent asks how the attempt would be possible without the complicity of tlmse having the right to enter the premise*.

They Had Lingered. The manager of *„he boer house told a special correspondent of the American Associated Press that the dead consist mostly of road construction supervisors who had lingered in the ha 11 talking after Hitler's entourage had left. Munich jH'ople were astonished at the sudden flood of light in the streets following the suspension of the mackout to facilitate rescue work, and jumped to tho conclusion that peace wan imminent. Many went oir to celebrate, indicating how little the hearts of the Germans are in the war. But it is considered the outrage will now precipitate the bitterest hostilities. The Berlin radio, broadcasting the news of the explosion, declares i "Britain can ■be assured that this time we are going to take drastic measures against Germany's enemies." "Abominable Idea." The semi-official journal "Deutsche Dierist" says: "We do not know the details of the crime, but the instigators who provided the money for such an abominable idea are those who have always employed assassination, namely. British warmongers and -Tews. We shall now treat |>enple who commit crimes for English gold in a manner that will prevent them from menacing the security of the Xazis. England will now know us. It is a fight to ,the death." Inspired comment from Berlin states that the outrage will rnllv the fierman people to Hitler and intensify the war. ft is also hinted that there may be intensification of the persecution of the Jews. The French radio suggests that the Gestapo was responsible for the explosion Int order firstly to demonstrate that Providence protects Hitler, and secondly to get rid of intractable Nazis.