The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-16
Hitler Moy
 Be In Japan
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l NOOlGluuCQ 1TOII1 rage U proclamations points in this direc- tion and so does the fact that the last time Hitler was photographed was in the company of General OShima, Japans ambassador to Ber- lin, who probably observed diplo- matic custom by bidding Hitler farewell before the trip to Tokyo" Frischauer suggested that the trip to Tokyo could be made by submarine around the Cape of Good Hope, or by plane over Rus sia or the Polar region. He be- lieved Hitler might try simultane- ously to win over dissident Chinese forces to the Axis.
 ''The prospects of a propaganda scoop and a determination to match Prime Minister Churchills capacity for global travel would be incentive enough for Hitler to undertake this spectacular venture" he said.
 Tn fact, believe he is taking it. There you are. may be a fool or prophet. Events will soon decide"
 Almost simultaneously, a United Press dispatch arrived from Madrid reporting that non-Spanish diplo- matic circles had heard that Hitler enplaned for Japan, re-fueling in Manchuria, or for Argentina, re- fueling at a secret base in West Africa.
 Bern Opines
 Foreign diplomatic circles in Bern, Switzerland, said that Hitlers eclipse should be attributed to a German desire to keep him out of the spotlight preparatory to a peace bid rather than to illness, insanity or even replacement by Himmler. These circles said that Himmler had been given the task of main- taining order within Germany so that once peace maneuvers were under way, she would be in a posi- tion to negotiate on the basis that the German people were compact and orderly behind their leaders.
 Internal political manifestations such as threat of prolonged par tisan warfare and the formation of the Volkstrum should be considered as arguments with which the Ger mans hope to obtain the accept able and honest peace to which Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels referred recently, Bern said.
 Following the dissident army clique's abortive attempt on Hit ler's life last July 20, Bern said, Nazi leaders assured army generals that peace overtures would be eX- tended on condition that the army immobilize Allied armies oE the west, east and southern fronts these infornaants said.
 1eace Steps
 Bern expected the Germans to take the first steps toward obtain ing peace shortly in Lisbon where the Italian armistice was negotiated in the summer of 1943. This belief was strengthened, Bern said, by numerous trips undertaken by Ger man diplomatic representatives be- tween Berlin and Lisbon.
 Peace by Christmas at all costs" was said to be Germany'S aim.
 An Ankara dispatch last Monday said Baron Franz von Papen, Nazi ambassador to Turkey, had been named to Lisbon.
 The London Daily Mail reported from Stockholm that Himmler formally was appointed Hitler's successor by order of the Fuehrer himself at a meeting of Nazi party leaders in Berlin two days ago.
 Hitler did not attend the meet ing, but instead sent Dr. Hans hammers, chief of Reichschancery, ah his spokesman. pr. Hammers was said to have read proclama- tion from Hitler asserting:
 T declare Heinrich Himmler deuuty Fuehrer and my successor"
 "GOdspeed"
 After the appointment was ap- proved. the dispatch said, Nazi party leaders wished Hitler God speed in his tremendous task, ex- pressing the hope that he would be spared for many years to fulfill it." The London News Chronicle said the Berlin radio virtually had ad- mitted that all was not well within the Reich when it quoted 6 speech by a Frau Scholtzklink before a mass meeting of Nazi party women. J ''At time when treachery. dis