The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
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Why does not Britain take
military advantage of Ger
many's pre- occupation with
Red Russia?
What has become of Ru-
dolph HeSS-and why did he
do what he did?
Again and again 7 find myself
asking those two questions and
unable, Of course. to answer either
Those who themselves are simi-
larry puzzled will be interested.
think. IN information supplied The
Tacoma Times today by the New
York bureau Of our Editorial In
formation service.
This IL not part Of our news
service. II IL not verified. II may
he untrue. II may he only rumor
or gossip. Bear that In mind as
you read on from this point
According TO private adj
vices from London, the for
mer Nazi deputy-leader now
is in Canada.
Well-informed New Workers be
lieve Hess was sent by Hitler 10
England to tell British leaders the
attack on Russia was coming.
IL was Hitler's hope that thus
a cessation of British German hos
tilIties might be brought about.
II is pointed out that had Hess
been a fugitive from the Nazi re-
gime, the British doubtless would
have been glad to make public his
statements.
As il is. these New Workers
with overseas connections
opine, Whitehall's silence viz
tually confirms Rudolph's
official peace mission, which
Churchill did not care to adj
Vertise.
Our New York informants. de-
spite official denisls which have
been plentiful, do not yet believe
the last word has been said in an
Anglo-German peace move.
They suspect Hess has been
planted in Canada where possible
private contact might more easily
be established with Canadian,
American and Australian officials,
a. well as London.
New York executives of
firms with substantial con-
nections in the Old World
point to the fact that today
the real status of the belllg-
erents in this war is COM
pletely unknown to the pub
lie.
We know Il am still passing on
the opinions of our Editorial Infor-
nation service1 literally nothing
convincing Of what is going on be
tween the Russian and German
armies
Much less do We know what Is
happening in the interior of the
Soviet empire at this moment.
The real status Of German
strength. morale and staying
power and Britdin's true state
Of preparedness liketcise are
unknoUn factors.
From here l quote directly from
our Information"
ON all these points We have
been handed an extraordinary
amount of half truths, outright
lies and unlimited manufactured
war propaganda. Nothing else Was
TO be expected under the circum-
stances.
Nevertheless. from time 10
time, through dependable private
channels. facts do become available
that contradict all previous stories
For example. British statistics
kept for their own records--Bot
news handOuts-tsbulate German
losses on killed and wounded up
TO the beginning of the Russian
campaign At Just below IOO. 900
men. Nali dead In the Greek blitI
were less than 900.
This sounds more than startl-
ing after the propaganda stories
about the mountains Of killed TIE
Germans left in the field while
fighting against our Allies.
These and other bald discrep-
sneies. known 10 those VINO still
receive reliable private reports,
make the peace angle far more
impressive than it appears al
first glance"