A SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 195, 15 May 1941, Page 10

A SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION

London is very evidently watching carefully the possibilities on all sides in the Hess affair. There are warnings against the acceptance at present of anv one of the various conceivable explanations. Statements said to have been made by Hess in Britain would indican that he is simple a conscience-stricken lugitive from the scene of ffis past crimes. The official Nazi propaganda is aimed at discrediting Hess. The terms of a proposed Berlin-\ ichy agreement aie being considered by the Vichy Cabinet. They are rumoured to include French administration of four-fifths of their territory, including .I ai is. An American correspondent says German military circles claim that great preparations are being made for an attack' on 1 ttrkey, With Suez as the objective, simultaneously with a North African offensive. The British seem to continue holding the initiative in Iraq. The enemy inside the Egyptian frontier have made a reconnaissance probe bv five small columns, which were turned back by the British.

R.A.F. bombers during daylight on Tuesday launched a series of attack's on Heligoland, creating great confusion, they also attacked shipping off the French and Dutch coast There was only minor enemy activity over Britain.