Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-21
Nazi, Thrust
Is Likely
Stewart Says Hess Az
fair Expected to Force
Hitler to Bolster Home
Morale.
py CHARLES =. STEWART
Central Press (UlumniSt

Central Press Columnist
Washington, May 2l.-Dismissing
.hr theory that Rudolf Hess is a Hit
Ter agent IN Britain, that he was
sent there to do dirty work in the
,.,li behalf, among the British
Themselves.
Ia uarcuthcsis, it decidedly isn't a
p~la,l..uIc theory. If Adolf had want
cd . Trojan horse, it would have
nepu natural for him 10 have tried
il, -ub.IdIlc a Britishly dislOyal Bri-
ion. us ht did Il Norwegian Quislins
in Norway and a French Laval in
France. \ German Hess in Britain
is bound to be suspected among Bri-
ION nom the first Off, discounting
his influence in their midst. And, as
an uut-and-uu spy, it's hard to see
how he can be any use.
tie is informed. and, even if he
find anything out, can't transmit his
information to Berlin. Furthermore,
if he were Il Trojan horse or a SOY,
Adolf surely would denounce him as
i naIi traitor, to ~ingratiatc him with
the British. But Adolf doesn't do 1t.
He still stands pat that Rudolf's a
loyal Germ41, though Il nutty one.
End palenthesis.
wen. then. assuming that Herr
lies is a genuinely seeding nazi,
IL, reasoned by Washington STRAIT
egist>, observing the situation from
a distance. that he's likely to prove
TO have done the British this service.
if nothing else
Il may turn out that he's forced
Adolt's hand.
Adolf wants to proceed with his
cunqucstS. of course. Hess or no Gf>~5.
But he only wants to undertake 'cm,
respectively, when he considers the
time ripe.
Premature Move.
Now, to offset the detection of so
rronlucnt a naZi as Rudolf, he needs
to score heavily in a hurry, to re-
habjI.tatc possibly ratified German
morale. SO isn't there a chance that
he'll launch one of his jabs prema-
tureIy. and come Il cropper, democrat
ling his home folks sentiment still
worse? It's seen as a fairly good bet,
and certainly is hoped for enthusiast
ticalIy. Only, critics remark the
British should be prepared for an
oVerly-hasty fresh nazi sWipe and
fixed TO knock it on the head. Other
wise, il Adolf gets away with it, may
be he will counteract the adverse
(from his standpoint) effect Of Ru-
dolf's flight.
The question arises
How solidly are the Germans be-
hind Fuchrer Hitler?
Most of the commentators, whose
stuff | read by the columns. say it's
impossible to tell, because of the
censorship.
Well. | have a near, elderly rela-
tive. who spent many years in Ger
many i'm our foreign service. | cant
name him, but he knows the Father
land from the ground up. Rather re-
Gently he retired and came back to
the United States. It was before the
time.
I asked him, isn't there any Ger
man hostility to nazi-ism?'
Owe told this story before, but it's
extremely apropos at this juncture.)
"flostility?" repeated the old gent.
"Ycs. plenty, and it's very bitter"
Then Why,' | asked, doesn't
some Wcll-meaning assassin bump
Adolf off"
Hitler Well Guarded.
""hy, you see" was the reply, Gin
the FIRST place he's guarded to beat
q full house,
But plus that" continued the old
thap. suppose Hitler ere to be rid
mig IN mis- auto, past a big apartment
The two of us We're passing one,
IN Washington, in his 1liVVer, at the
time.
and suppose that, from one of
that buildings windows, a shot We're
to be fired at him.
1T wouldn't matter whether it hit
nm on not, His escort. it it couldn't
determine from which window that
shot came, unquestionably would
butcher everybody in that house, TO
be sure they got the right guy.
"A massacre of the Jews would
follow.
'S~UDCCQupntly if the assassin had