TO SAVE HIS SKIN

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 114, 16 May 1941, Page 7

TO SAVE HIS SKIN

HESS'S MAIN ANXIETY

REMINDER TO BRITONS

NAZI CRIMES

LONDON, May 14

Sir Patrick Dollan, Lord Provost of Glasgow, said today: "Too much sentiment should not be displayed over the arrival of the Deputy Fuhrer, and the British people should not forget that H countries have been overrun and crucified largely as a result of lless's plotting. He has come to Britain not for love of us, but for love of his own skin."

A Untied Press Association lobby is; I says there is a great deal of objection j in Westminster to a suggestion thnt ; Mr. Churchill should interview Hess, j and such a meeting seems unlikely It is argued that it would be hardly fitting to honour in such a manner this i unconventional visitor who for so long i has played a full part in supporting all the reprehensible institutions —the Gestapo, the concentration camps, and the persecution of the Jews-^-of a country that is now warring against Britain The tide of interest in the motive | of Hess received new impetus when it was reported that he told the farm people when he landed in Scotland of the hardships that are being experienced in Germany and also of the great distress and suffering prevailing among the German people as a result of the Royal Air Force raids against the towns. Hess, according to the report, added that he made the Duke of Hamilton's estate bis objective because he had valuable information to give the Duke, information which would be of great use to Britain in overthrowing the tyranny now prevailing in the Reich. CAPTIVE TALKING AND WRITING FREELY. Hess has declared that he is fed up with the war and with life in Germany He is stated to be both talking and writing freely as he recuperates in the military hospital. The Foreign Office representative, Mr. Ivone Kirkpatrick. has sent further reports of his conversations with Hess to London, where they are now being studied by the Ministers. So far there is no official indication that Hess has made any sensational statements to the British officials, though the "Daily Mail" says that, acting as he seems to have done without Hitler's permission. Hess has undoubtedly revealed to the British Government the present state of affairs in Germany and inside the Nazi Party. Officials in Berlin declared that Hess in his papers which are now being examined, said he expected to return to Germany in two days. "'The papers reveal that he expected, the British to supply him with enough petrol for a return flight after he had convinced them of the folly of their rulers." the Berlin statement said. "Hess has had no knowledge of the war plans of Germany's military leaders. He is, however, acquainted with German information that the war will end not only in the defeat but also in the destruction of England." The officials added that Hess wrote saying that he did not want to speak to Mr, Churchill in any circumstances. The present Gorman story is that Hess., who was actuated purely by humane considerations, is'still a' good German as well as a National Socialist. I "MORE SILLER THAN SENSE." Mr. David McLean, the Scottish ploughman, who.found Hess, resented being filmed by newsreel men. and went on ploughing. Mr. McLean's mother has received a telegram from a New York woman signing herself Sarah Lynn and stating: "You did a magnificent job. Hurrah for the Scotch! I'm one.'' Mrs. McLean's terse comment was: "That woman has more siller than sense." The remains of Hess's plane will be exhibited in London during the "War Weapons Week" beginning on May 17. —U.P.A.