Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-09-01
As THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.


man foreign minister, declared the
only respect in which he consid-
cred himself guilty was that my
foreign political wishes did not meet
with success" Pale and lacking his
former suavity. Won Ribbentrop said
, he sought only what the other ma
tions did.
In 1889 I met Stain in Moscow
and he didn't seek peaceful settle
ment," he said. The conduct of the
imam in 1889 was not considered a
crime against peace"
: Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
chief of the German high command,
blamed Hitler as the real instigator
) of the armyS orders, but said he
acted according to my duty as 1
saw it." Ignoring attempts by Hess
to heckle him. Keitel said:
Il claim to have told the truth in
all things, even if they incriminate
me-"
Keitel declared the German Army
should have had less discipline, i'm
plying that relaxation of the tradi-
tional PrusSian attitude would have
allowed the generals to refuse Hit
ler's bidding.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, former chief
OF the dread Nazi observation-disclosures
the Security Police. pleaded he knew
nothing about the anti-Semitic ex-
cesses of the Nazis, which be ad
mltted were barbaric. He said his
conscience was clear.
Alfred Rosenberg, one-time phi
losopher of Nazism, cast the blame
on Hitler for drawing about him
people who were not my comrades
but my enemies"
Frank Accuses Hitler.
Hans Frank, governor general of
Poland who was known as the
butcher of Warsaw" bitterly &C
cuSed Hitler as the main defend
ant berated Hitlers suicide as
coWardice," and said Germany lost
the war because God had spoken
his judgement over Hitler" He said
ne had heard crimes committed by
the Russians and Poles and Czechs"
since the wars end and these more
than balance the crimes Germany
is charged with"
Wilhelm Prick, former Interior
Minister, said he was only a civil
servant and had a clear con-
science"
Streicher, anti-semitic publisher,
defended himself against the charge
OF being the No. / Jew-baiter, say
ing the prosecution failed to prove
his writings influenced Hitler's ex-
! termination policy.
| Schacht, finance wizard and for
mer Reichsbank president, said he
had broken with Hitler, and his
feelings of justice were deeply
wounded" because he was ranked as
a conspirator.
Doenitz, who became Germany's
Fuehrer in the last days of the war.
SAID German naval warfare was
conducted legally and he would do
1t the same way all over again. He
said the Fuehrer principle worked
we'll in military matters and that
he thought, mistakenly, it would
work also in politics.
Raeder, commander in chief of
Nazl submarine warfare, said he
had done his duty as a soldier and
II am prepared to die at any
moment"
Won Schirach. Hitler youth leader.
castigated Hitler and pleaded for
the Hitler Jugend.
Fritz Sauckel, Nazi boss of for
eign labor admitted he was shaken
by the atrocities revealed" at the
trial, and said his great veneration
Tor Hitler had been his chief error.
Van Papen Finds No Guilt.
Jodl, chief of the German General
Stan, said he and his army gener-
ais had the task "of conducting a
war they did not want under chief
who did not trust them"
Dapper diplomat Won Papen said
that when I examine my con-
science, I cannot find any guilt
where the prosecution sought to
place it
Won Neurath, former protector of
! Czechoslovakia, said he had clean
conscience" and that if the verdict
were guilty, Il will bear even this
and take it upon myself as a last
sacrifice to my people"
Arthur Seyss- Inquart, Nazi COM
missioner for Austria and the Meth
erlands, said he remained loyal to
Hitler who made greater Ger
many fact in German history. He
added that today l cannot cruelty
him TO whom yesterday I cried
HoSannah."
Albert Speer, Nazi production
minister, said after this trial the
German people would condemn Hit
Ter and relationships based on fear.
He referred to atomic weapons and
warned against future wars.
Fritsche, deputy propaganda min
lister, displayed the best spirits of
all the defendants. However, his
guards reported that he spends much
OF his time in his cell weeping.
All Fl Are Found Sane.
War Department psychiatric tests
/ OF the Il NaziS have pronounced all
of them sane, it was learned But
the rambling final statement of Hess
once again raised doubts about him.
1t. Col. Robert N. Dunn. a pro-
fessional pSychiatrist. spent three
weeks in the Nuremberg prison
observing the defendants, and now
is on his way bac kto Washington
with his findings. His report will
say, it was learned, that the tests
showed each defendant was fully
aware of his actions during the
Nazi regime. Some were found to
have psychopathic reactions, the re-
port will say. but that did not mean
they were insane.
American officers were interested
particularly in the mental makeup
OF such hard-bitten militarists as
Keitel, Jodl. Doenitz and Raeder.
The psychiatrists report listed
Hess as sane at the time he ex-
amined him. But Hess put up a
show as somewhat of lunatic with
his final speech today, much of it
devoted to discussion of the