I did not believe it when 1 v told on Sunday," said Mr. Churchill. "but I immediately sent an officer who knew Herr Hess and was able to speak with him ju fluent German, "While that was still proceeding the German announcement came about the insanity of Herr Hess and his flight to Scotland. In the circumstances the intelligence department has created the impression in Germany that Scotland was ready to make a separate peace with Germany." (Laughter.)
The Minister of Labour, Mr. Ernest Bevin, speaking in London yesterday, said that from his point of view, Herr Hess is a "murderer."
"You can understand my feelings about he said, "when I tell the man who collected every index card of every trade union leader in Germany and every Social Democrat, and when the time came They were either sent to concentra. tion camps or murdered."
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