DUKE AND HESS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 120, 23 May 1941, Page 7

DUKE AND HESS

COMMONS STATEMENT Conduct Deemed Honourable And Proper British (iffi.i.Ti Wirrlr*=*. Rec. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, May 22. !h.M h c Sc P etary for Alr - Sir bald Sinclair, in the House of ComI inons said: "When Hess came down I with his aeroplane in Scotland on -May 10 he gave a false name and asKed to see the Duke of Hamilton : The Duke being apprised hv the authorities, visited Hess in hosnjtal Hess then revealed for the first time his true identity, saying that he had seen the Duke when he was at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1D36. 'The Duke did not recognise the prisoner and had never met Hess for th visited Germany foi the Olympic Games in 1936 and during that time had attended more «-h- n h One^ large p Hj? ,ic function, at I which German were ! present. It was. therefore, quite : possible that Hess may have seen j Him on one such occasion. As soon ;as the interview was over the Duke new to England and gave a full report of what passed to Mr. Churchill, who sent for him. i -Contrary to reports which had appeared the Duke had never been in correspondence with Hess and none of the Dukes three brothers, who like himself, ore serving with th° R.A.F.. hap either mnt Hess or had with him. It will , b~ the conduct of the Duke of Hamilton hns bppn in pvn ry ■ respect honourable and proper." I The Minister's statement that no ; Jc-t'er from H~ss had reached ihe Duke of Hamilton or any responsible 'authority has further mystified the rvblic. savs a cable message. The .Associated Tress understands from jthe highest authority that Hess : wrote to the Duke, and that the authorities intercepted the letter which was later shown to the Duke. .Sir Archibald Sinclair further adds to the confusion by not explaining why there has been no earlier contradiction of the widespread reports that the Duke personally knew Hess. RAPIDLY CLIMBING "••itain's Output Of Tanks And Guns I FIFTY* PER (EXT INCREASE Rec. noon. LONDON, May 22. Despite air raids, the output of tanks and guns in the first quarter of 1911 was "i 0 per cent higher than in the December quarter, which was the best of last year.

AUXILIARY FIREMEN COMPULSORY ENROLMEXT I'.rilish Official W;r;-li-«. Rec. 9.30 a.m. RUGBY, May 22. ; All part-time auxiliary firemen who ha-i reached 25 years of sqc at tne date of their registration and whose calling-up for military service was deferred until June HO. are to be compulsorily enrolled for wholsume duty in the Auxiliary Fire service at once. I Several thousand men will thus 'be added to the full-lime strength ■of the service. Priority v. ill be .given to those districts" in which ! there is especially urgent for full-time men. hut as f;>v a- pos-piJe the men enrolled will be p.,"-<i to fill vacancies in e.stabli -h.-ncn*. in ■ their own areas.

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