Show biar aa yi Ar W was washington hington D 0 MORE ON HESS BIESS following Follow ng the outbreak of the tha nazi russian war european cap capitals buzzed with reports of a german offer to britain to make peace then turn their united forces against soviet russia these reports were not empty rumors they were absolutely true behind them is a story of the most audacious and astounding nazi intrigue of the war to date its opening scene was the sensational hess flight to britain its closing paragraph the surprise nazi declaration of war on their ally red russia the inner details of this brain reeling plot are not yet unraveled and all of them wont leak out until the history books are written but authorities have pieced it together r and it is now possible to get the main outlines hatred of Com communists mists following the victorious balkan campaign which made germany master of europe powerful military nazi elements always hating the communists began urging peace with britain in exchange for a brit ish german coalition against russia after a bitter struggle inside the nazi party hitler sided with the anti red group and the wheels els were set in motion to line up the british it was realized that they would have to be a approached P pro ached in such a manner that they could not doubt the authenticity of the nazi plan so hess was chosen for this mission not only was he the one man in germany closest to hitler but he wa was s also known for his hatred of communism and before the war he had had contacts with the british nobility so hess not flying alone but accompanied compa nied by several guiding planes and not taking off from central germany as reported but from norway made his dramatic descent on the estate of the scotch W duka dk of hamilton hess message the message brought by hess is it substance was as follows 1 britain and germany would enter a coalition as the chief partners in a new axis 2 italy would be placated with some minor possessions of france which would be stripped of its empire 3 germany would retain a free hand on the whole of the continent with britain helping to establish that free hand by joining germany in conquering russia the british governments answer was to incarcerate hess and immediately notify washington and ms cow of the plan the subsequent chain of events is history darlan and laval were among ane first to get wind of the scheme and rushed to hitler offering complete collaboration this drew withering denunciations from president roosevelt and secretary of state huu hull britain which for months had been trying to make up its mind to attack jn in syria launched an offensive with free french forces to seize this strategically vital region then on june 15 british intelligence got wind of quiet german withdrawals of air and other forces from french bases this was why the british took the initiative in their continuous day and night bomb bombing ing raids wreaking breaking wre aking havoc on key german centers russia fearful fearful of attack and anxious to appease in all directions moscow aban abandoned on ed its stiff necked coolness to japan and hurriedly signed a pact in order to ensure at least temporary tranquillity on its eastern border simultaneously stalin abandoned his traditional behind the scenes role and actively assumed the reins as premier of russia russia began massing divisions on its western borders it was at this time that ambassador john winant returned to the U S A at the request of prime prime minister churchill in order to give president roosevelt a complete fillin and to deliver assurances from churchill that britain will never make peace with hitler note the british government was so sure hitler would attack russia that churchill was able to prepare and deliver his history radio address only 18 hours after hitler invaded invade d russia CAPITAL sentiment is increasing in several states for a federal union of nations the north carolina legislature has memorialized congress to undertake an international fede federal r al union now and representative woodring of pennsylvania is proposing the same to the pennsylvania legislature one of the strongest foes of war in president Roosevel ts inner circle of defense advisers is bernard baruch head of the 1917 war indus tries bics board baruch believes the U U S is not prepared to wage large arge scale military action telling newsmen a bout about his inspection of a new powder plant in tennessee director general knudsen hudsen remarked they are turning out the stuff in great s shape h ape F and nonchalantly pulled out ot of his hia rocket pocket a stick of dynamite most of f the reporters popeyed pop eyed nervous ly y doused their cigarettes |