Evening star., 1945-11-24
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claims amnesia, doesn't know any.
thing about the Duke of Hamilton
because he can't remember"
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, who wa.
Hitler's foreign minister, wishes te
call the Virginia-born Lady Astol
and other notables in England, In.
cluding Lords Londonderry, Beaver.
brook and Derby. q
schacht May Call Banker.
Attorneys said that among the de.
PENDANTS who definitely would take
the stand were Hans Frank, who
was Governor General of Poland
Hjalmar Schacht, former economic.
minister; Hans Fritzchie. radio
propaganda chief; Wilhelm Frick
who headed the Bohemia-Moravis
protectcTate; Julius Streicher, No.
Nazi Jew-baiter; Alfred Rosenberg
party philosopher; Konstantin vor
Neurath, former foreign minister
and Keitel.
Schacht's attorney said he wa.
considering subpoenaing a formel
Berlin banker named Jeidels from
the United States to testify tha'
Schacht was very helpful when h,
emigrated to New York"
Franks counsel said he wished *
summon two Polish witnesses t.
testify: Frank was not responsible
for the things he is charged with II
the indictment and he personally
was very much interested in tn.
Poles. The s. S. was responsible
not him."
The attorney for Martin Bor.
mann, Hitler's missing aide who i
being tried in absentia, was askec
whether he was in contact with hi.
client.
I'm no spiritualist." he respond
ed, II can't conduct a seance"
Court In Two-Day Recess.
Thus far the defendants. wh
sat today in the grim Nuernberl
jail, have seen the American prose
cutors produce nothing but ofiicia
German documents in an effort Il
convict them Of plotting and con
Quoting a war Of aggression.
More than 100000 words Of esi
dence were presented yesterday
many Of them the words Of Hitle
telling of his plans to attack tn
Netherlands, Belgium, France, Brit
ain, Poland and Russia months an,
in some cases years before the at
tacks actually took place. The cour
took a two-day recess to give tn
defense time to study the portion o
the prosecution case which has beel
submitted since the trial opened las
Tuesday.
The American prosecutors dis
closed that Hitler told his general
10 days before the invasion of Po
land that he had given orders 1T,
kill without mercy all the men
women and children Of the Polisl
race or language"
Hitler made this statement In ,
speech at Obersalzberg on Angus
%, 1899. A stenographic record o
the address showed that tn
Fuehrer's words caused the delight
ed Reichsmarshal Hermann Goerinl
to leap on a table and dance '1ik
a savage" Pompous, heavy -jowlet
Goering is one Of the defendants.
Promise Made to Japs.
Evidence also was introduced tell
ing of a promise by Hitler to tn
Japanese eight months before Pear
Harbor that Germany would accep
the consequences '1f Japan woult
get involved with the Unites
States"
Ten captured documents were sub
mitted by the staff of Justice Rober
H. Jackson, chief American prose
cutor, shortly before the close o
yesterdays session.
One OF them disclosed that Hitle,
in May, 1899, had told his genera
staff that Britain was the "drivint
force against Germany" and tina
he planned to slice Britain OF from
the remainder of Europe by cutting
her food SUPPLIES. He demanded tn,
immediate destruction Of the Brit
ish feet after the outbreak Of wal
Three months before the wa
began Hitler bluntly told his mill
tary commanders:
Declarations Of neutrality mus
be ignored. II Holland and Belgium
are successfully occupied and held
and If France is also defeated tn,
fundamental conditions for a sue.
cessful war against England vii
have been secured"
Hitler's speech on Poland, tn,
documents revealed, was made tn,
day before the announcement tina
Russia and Germany had concluded
a non-aggression pact. That Hitle
regarded that pact as only q tenn
porary device was indicated in tl1es,
words OF his:
"And besides, gentlemen, in Russi,
will happen just what I have prac
ticed with Poland. After Stalini
death-he is seriously live shall
crush the Soviet Union"
Story Of Matsuoka.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuk
Matsuoka told Hitler at their meet
ing In April, 1941, that Japan want
ed to attack Singapore, but feare,
war with the United States, minute
Of the conference disclosed.
The secret document told thi
story:
Matsuoka begged the Germans t
share their secret weapons and tol
Hitler he personally favored sur
prise attack on the United States
He said japanese official circles wer
more cautious, but recognized this
war with the United States wa
inevitable"
Tho foreign minister told Hitls
that he had 4endeavored to convine
4,