The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

Quisling in Norway and a French
Laval in France. A German Hess
in Britain is bound to be suspected
among Britons from the first off,
discounting his influence in their
midst. And, as an out-and-out spy,
it's hard to see how he can be any
use.
He Is interred, and, even II
he finds anything out, can't trans
nit his information to Berlin.
Furthermore, If he were Trojan
horse or a spy, Adolf surely would
denounce him as a Nazi traitor, to
ingratiate him with the British.
But Adolf doesn't do 1t. He still
stands pat that Rudolf's loyal
German, though nutty one. End
parenthesis.
Well, then, assuming that Herr
Hess is a genuinely seeding Nazi,
it's reasoned by Washington STRAIT
egists, observing the situation from
a distance, that he's likely to prove
to have done the British this serv-
ice, II nothing else
1t may turn out that he's forced
Adolf's hand.
Adolf wants to proceed with his
conquests, Of course, Hess or no
Hess. But he only wants to under
take 'em, respectively, when he
considers the time ripe.
Premature Move
Now, to Offset the detection OF
80 prominent a Nazi as Rudolf, he
needs to score heavily in a hurry,
to rehabilitate possibly ratified Ger
man morale. So isn't there a
chance that he'll launch one of his
jabs prematurely, and come a crop
per, demoralizing his home folks
sentiment still worse? It's seen
as fairly good bet, and certainly
is hoped for enthusiastically. Only,
critics remark, the British should
be prepared for an overly-hasty
fresh Nazi swipe and fixed t.
knock it on the head. Otherwise,
II Adolf gets away with it, maybe
ne WILL counteract the adverse
(from his standpoint) effect Of Ru-
dolf's fight.
The question arises
How solidly ARE the Germans
behind Fuehrer Hitler?
Most Of the commentators, whose
STUFF I read by the columns, say
its impossible to tell, because OF
the censorship.
Well, have near, elderly rela-
tive, who spent many years in Ger
many In our foreign service. ]
can't name him, but he knows the
Fatherland from the ground up.
Rather recently he retired and
came back to the United States.
1t was before the present war but
well on into Adolf's time.
I asked him, isn't there any
German hostility to Nazi-ism ?"
Give told this story before, but
it's extremely apropos at this juno
ture.)
Hostility" repeated the old.
gent. yes, plenty. and it's very
bitter"
Then why" I asked, doesn't
some wen-meaning assassin bump
Adolf off,"
Hitler Well Guarded
why, you see," was the reply,
"in the first place he's guarded to
beat full house.
But plus that" continued the
old chap, suppose Hitler were to
be riding, In his auto, past a big
apartment building, like this"
The two Of us were passing one.
In Washington, In his fiivver, at
the time.
And suppose that, from one OF
that buildings windows, a shot
were to be fired at him.
1T wouldn't matter whether II
hit him or not. His escort, II 1t
couldn't determine from which
window that shot came, unques-
tionably would butcher everybody
in that house, to be sure they got
the right guy.
"A massacre Of the Jews would
follow.
Subsequently, II the assassin
had finished Hitler, Goering or
Goebbles or Himmler would sue
ceed him. II wouldn't be any
worse, because that would be i'm
possible, but it wouldn't be any
better, either.
$50 there'd have been all that
slaughter, with no ensuing i'm
provement-
That prospect is enough TO make
. your 'well-meaning assassin II he
really is well-meaning and has
good Judgment, think twice before
he acts"
/ thought that was a pretty good
diagram Of conditions in todays
Germany. Rudolf Hess evidently
doesn't like 'em.