Evening star., 1945-05-01
Bernadotte Back in Stockholm;
Allied Forces Invading Borneo
Churchill Hints
V-EDoyMoyC Come
Before Saturday
Ry the Associated Press.

Amid recurring reports from
Allied and neutral capitals, tn,
following were the most impor
tant indications today that tn
surrender of Germany might no
be far off:
Count Folke Bernadotte flew bacl
to Stockholm from Copenhagen ane
a well-lnformed American said hi
might be bearing German-Swedist
agreement for peaceful surrender o1
Nazi troops in both Denmark anc
Norway.
Danish underground sources ir
Sweden reported German troops al
ready were moving out of Sjaelland
the island on which Cophenhagen is
situated, toward Southern Jutland.
A Danish radio broadcast from
Malmo recorded in Stockholm said
the Germans had evacuated the
Sjaelland towns of Slagelse, Nastved
and Hileroed and that German Red
Cross workers were en- route to
Copenhagen to care for German
refugees. 1t urged Danes to be calm.
Bernadotte Silent.
Count Bernadotte refused to say
on arriving in Stockholm, whether
he had brought from Denmark a
new communication from Heinrich
Himmler, chief of the German Ges-
tapo. He went into conference with
Erik Bohemian, undersecretary of
state in the Swedish Foreign Office.
The Stockholm radio said in a
broadcast recorded in New York
that the Swedish Foreign Office an
nounced the count did not bring
any new messages to be handed to
the Allies through the ministry.
In London, Prime Minister
Churchill limited that announcement
of peace in Europe might come be-
fore Saturday, but told a packed
House of Commons that he had no
statement at this time.
Replying to members question.
Mr.. Churchill declared, Il have no
special statement to make on the
war position in Europe except that
it is definitely more satisfactory
than it was at this time five years
ago"
Then he added he might make a
brief announcement later this week,
but "only if information Of excep-
tional Importance reaches U.s."
Nazis Still Hope for Split.
Meanwhile, Hamburg radio
broadcast predicted that London
and Washington were preparing for
tremendous news about the develop
ment of the war today, May Day."
but still clung to hopes that the Ger
mans might split the Big Three.
'The tremendous news London
and Washington are preparing will
have the character of an interim
balance Sheet" the Nazi broadcast
said. "As long as there is no unity
among Germany's enemies there can
be no final news"
The American informant In
Stockholm said that whether a final
agreement on procedure in Norway
had been reached was still uncer-
tain, but he expressed belief the
Swedes had proposed or that the
Germans had requested transporta-
ton for their Norwegian forces to
Sweden for disarmament.
The American said the Allied
reply to Hlmmler's first offer fatty
Informed the SIS chieftain that the
only way for Germany to capitulate
would be through the field COM
manders of Germany's opponents,
A Danish radio broadcast eau
toned Danes:
Keep discipline, quiet, and order.
Don't be disappointed if it should
require some hours yet before it is
announced that Denmark is free.
Freedoms sun is going up in Den
marks sky
One Offer Rejected.
The Allies have rejected one
Himmler offer to capitulate because
1t was addressed only to Britain and
the United States and did not in
clude Soviet Russia.
There were no signs as yet that
Bernadotte had made contact with
Allied representatives in Stockholm.
but 1t was most likely this would be
done through the Swedish Foreign
ONCE. Bohemian has been under
secretary of state for seven years
and is the newly appointed Minister
to France.
Bernadotte appeared confident
and was smiling broadly when he
reached Stockholm.
He was asked to confirm a report