The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-29
CHURCHILL BACKS
TOTAL SURRENDER
p,;ne Minister Declines To
'' Comment On Defeat
Reports

,noN April 28.- Up Prime
loNp0clSh Churchill declared today
NElls, ,',mors of German offer
to su IRE snemy ys'e desperate situa.
with - 'a and strongly reaffirmed that
ton' ce s. capitulation would be
a lecsceptsd only on a JOINT basis 0S
the e., n'S london Sunday Times n po-
,.. Inc correspondent said fatty TO-
Inca ~ w. had been reliably inform
nlgn ~ nc nrrnanv may cease fighting
ed s5,rins the next a hours"
dl l prime Minister'S unusual
1ne ocenent followed and refer
amour M tn Reuters dispatch from
Teo u francisco tn a t Heinrich
San ,,,ipr had offered to surren-
a HIN Germany Internationally to the
DEL States and Britain, exclud-
ohl'T pncsia. The Luxembourg ra-
l ing hroadcast similar report.
dc 9a u- said in later dispatch
nv. nr' San Francisco that Himmler
lad cent a message to London and
h ,.s ss, through Stockholm
% y"annp1s that Hitler was very i'll
1s that the shock OF any an
anu ,,o ON, of Germany's uncon-
n i.4!nne1 surrender would cause his
death. ~, ,,r,,;t. t1o,,.a
,,id the American government had
s snta 'iru to say at this time"
.h ho any surrender proposals, add
;aa that it was perfectly clear"
here as can be no unconditional sur
render by Germany unless 1t IS
made to all the Allies.
-'F PAUL Giesler, gauleiter OF Mum
;ob AZ and upper Bavaria, disclosed
t ind in Munich radio broadcast
tbat Germany army deserters had
sttempted to arrest him and seize
tbo government of Bavaria last
n;ebt in an unsuccessful coup.
REPORTS reaching the Swiss-Ger-
man frontier from Munich, Salz-
hprp and elsewhere in Germany
said heavy fighting was in pro-
gress in Salzburg between the
Wehrmacht and SIS troopers fol-
lowing an attempt by Walther
Funk and five other former mem
hers Of the old Reich government,
10 form a new government April
"A at Salzburg.
Churchill n ii t h Ell specifically
confirmed nor denied the reports
of Germany's peace offer but
said: His Majesty's government
have no information to give about
any of them at this moment. But
it must be emphasized that only
unconditional surrender to the
three major powers will be enter
tanned and that the closest accord
prevails between the three pow
ers.''
Whether Himmier had split with
Hitler and could deliver, even it
he sought peace in good faith, was
problematical - as evidenced by
the fact that the battle for Ber-
lin has ragged for week with Der
Fuehrer reported by Nazi propa-
gandists leading the fight inside the
dying capital.
The Stockholm Svenska Dagblad-
ct quoting reliable circles" said
that Hitler had suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage and was near death
i'll Berlin and that cit was believed
an immediate announcement of Hit
lers death would mean mass cap
itulation of a great number OF
Troops"
1t. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, well
known Nazi military commentator
who surrendered recently to Amer
ican troops, reiterated that Hitler
Was still in Berlin and would re-
main in the lettering city Until he
was killed or committed suicide. At
Tie death of Hitler, he said, the
German army would attempt total
SUR render.
Geisler, in reporting the attempt