Evening star., 1941-05-14

has hallucinatiOpS; British de-
clare him sane and defiant OF
the Nazi regime.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 14.-Rudolf
Hess is talking and writing
words which will make the Ger
man high command sweat" the
British BroadcaSting Corp. de-
clared today as it hit its stride
in a propaganda campaign
against Germany to capitalize
on the fight of the No. 3 Nazi.
The descriptive make-the- high
eommand-sweat phrase came from
b spokesman for the news section
of B. B. C.
While the government-c controlled
3. B. C. started on schedule OF 10
broadcasts a day to Germany on the
Hess affair, meeting between Adolf
Eitler's former deputy and Prime
Minister Churchill was projected-a
move which Britons hoped would
result in disclosure of vital German
military secrets.
For the second successive day an
authoritative British source stressed
that Hitler's erstwhile minister
without portfolio was writing and
reading.
CA fair assumption was that he
was preparing, in some form or
other, a treatise on the reasons
for his flight.
Qn Berlin Nazis asserted that
Hess probably carried no docu-
ments revealing state or military
secrets and that any peace pro-
posals he might put forward
would be promptly disavowed0
Listening to Radio.
Hess, it also appeared, was listen
ing to B. B. C.'s handling of his case,
for an authoritative source said he
spent some time at his secret
sanctuary listening to radio news
bulletins. Hess is fluent in English.
Some London sources, casting
aside German reflections on the
mental state OF the unexpected
prisoner, declared that Hess must
have had a clear view OF policy
which he believed would help the
German people and tried to per-
suade Hitler to adopt it.
"Only when he saw there was no
hope of this did he adopt the des-
perate expedient of flight" they
added.
But on one point these British
quarters and the Germans agreed:
That If Hess thought peace could
be arranged between Britain and
Germany short of a military solution
the Fuehrer's ex-deputy was under
an illusion" The Germans called
1t "hallucination."
Britons said Hess was convinced
that the war must be ended this year
If the interests of the German people
were to be served. He said that
peace in 194l had been Hess objec-
tive, recalling his New Year Day
broadcast predicting peace this year:
"What made him change his mind
IN five months?" the British asked.
"The answer lies inside England and
inside the mind of Rudolf Hess and
will be divulged only to people per-
mitted to talk to Hess"
Hess in Good Spirits.
In the hospital to which he was
moved from Glasgow, the fugitive
Nazi was said to be in good spirits
and recovering from the ankle frac-
ture and slight arm abrasions ne
suffered when he bailed out over
Scotland last Saturday night.
Hess was reported finding life not
too bad" on such English fare as
good coffee, chicken, fish and eggs.
Ivone Kirkpatrick, former coun-
selor of Britain's Berlin EN-
bassy who first definitely identified
the mysterious parachutist as Hit
ler's lieutenant and second desig-
mated political heir, still was with
him. He was said to be talking
freely with his guards and nurses.
Hess reading material includes
hight English literature, including
short stories.
Details of arrangements for the
proposed Churchill-Hess conference
were as carefully guarded as the
whereabouts of Britain's prize pris-
oner of war.
Preparations Seen Elaborate.
Using every trick to fan German
curiosity and to stir suspicious
against the German government,
3. 3. c. declared in its broadcasts
today that preparations for the
flight could not have been made in
o day, or carried out by one in
6ividual.