The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

probably viii be freed" an inform ant said.
 He added that additional com- munIques could be expected on ncss because the matter was not closed.
 fnformants refused also to discuss the letter which Hess was said to have written. This, they said, was because 1t was written by Q man Q long time i'll and affected mental iy." They refused to say whether Hitler or another was the addressee.
 Nazls Very Retlcent
 Nazls confirmed the British state- ment that Hess had flown Q Messer- schmitt-110 fighter plane, Q three man job.
 But that was as far as they could 70. They said they could only quote British reports that he had landed in Scotland and that no one in Ber- lin was in position to confirm his whereabouts.
 we can only see what this mem tally disturbed man does," an in- formant said. "He was generally unstable person."
 Hitler announced that Martin Bormann, chief of the secrttariat of Hess's offlce as deputy leader of the party, would be continued in his post.
 The Fuehrer's decree was as fol- lows:
 The former office of representa- tive of the Fuehrer from now on receives the designation of the (Nazi) party chancellery. The office will be under my personal control. Its present head, Reichsleader Mar tin Bormann, continues in office"
 Thus Hitler absorbed himself, in addition to his many other duties as the executive and military lead- CT of Germany, that of direct lead- ership of the Nazi party which he had entrusted to Hess since the purge Of 1884.
 Authorized Nazi spokesmen, ir Chary comment, insisted that Hess' flight was due to "an unusually tragic case of mental illusion" re- sulting from Q long suffered physi- cal ailment.
 They added that Hess was not under the illusion" that he was be- ing pursued by the Gestapo the Nazi secret pollce) or anyone else"
 Arrests Kept Secret
 Nazi spokesnnen were silent as to the arrests made as the result of Hess flight. There was no ampli- xication of the statement made by the Nazi party yesterday, in an- nouncing HeSSs misfortune" as 1t was believed then to be, that Hitler personally had ordered the arrests of his adjutants for permitting him to fly despite Hitler's prohibition. tt was not known how many arrests were made.
 7 It was indicated that Nazi lead- CTS would be more than ever cau- tious in all statements regarding Hess and that any pronouncement would have Hitler's personal ap- proval. There had been not the slightest leak for two days that the No. 3 NaM was missing. Even into the usual diplomatic and political guar. ters which remain open to foreign correspondents had 50 much as 0 whisper leaked.
 so sudden and SO shocking was tie news, broadcast over the official radio as 8 party statement, that GParty Comrade Hess" had disap" peared, that even today the ter- dency among Germans was still to hsk questions rather than to show any definite reaction. Only nine days ago Hess, aS Nazl harty executive leader, had followed Hitler and Goering Into the krou Cpera House for the Reichstag meeting. He wore. Q brown storm troop uniform. He sat poker faced, arms folded, In the chair next 10 Hitler,s own while Hitler spoke, de' 1ying the world in general the United States In particular, to beat Germany
 This mornings newspapers pup iighed merely the Nazi Party an" nouncement that Hess had disap- feared In circumstances which in- Sicated mental derangemer1t. Ali the newspapers used the same headline: i,
 "Rudolf Hess meets misfortune"
 The Newspaper Voelkischer Beo- bacher, ofiicial Nazi Party organ published the announcement in Q abox" high up at the left hand side of It's first page.
 Thus few Germans knew today, except as rumor spread, that Hess was a voluntary prisoner in Scot- land, The British BroadcaSting com pnny had broadcast the news, but Apparently few Germans dare to aisten to such broadcastS. { NaM spokesmen declined even to dIscuss, at first. the amazing news of Hess's whereabouts.
 But the news was certain 10 spread, and there seemed no doubt that 1t would affect Germans deep- dy because of Hess high position and his close association with Hitler. It was for that reason that Nazi officials were expected to consider every pronouncement with the greatest care.