Berlin, Nov. 10.
WIDESPREAD round-up of suspects in the bombing attempt to assassinate Chancellor Adolf Hitler at Munich on Wednesday night was launched yesterday throughout Germany by the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police. "It may be assumed," a Nazi spokesman said, "that many suspects and criminals have been detained for questioning." The head of the Gestapo, Herr Heinrich Himmler, indicated last night that the German Government holds slight hopes of arresting the actual plotters as the trail of the perpetrators led to an unnamed foreign country. Herr Himmler offered a reward of Rin. 300,000, payable in foreign currency, in addition to the Rin. 600,000 reward already offered for information regarding the plotters.
Commenting on reports that the former Crown Prince had been arrested, Herr Himmler said the report was "laughable." The German radio later announced that Chancellor Hitler had urgently requested that anyone hearing suspicious remarks in Germany should report them to the police immediately. The Government issued another statement yesterday afternoon attributing Chancellor Hitler's escape to Providence, "It can only be described as a miracle," the announcement said, "that Herr Hitler escaped the attempt on his life which would have been an equal blow to the security of the Reich, Herr Rudolf' Hess and other Party members who were in Munich supervised the first rescue and recovery operations after the explosion, It is regarded as a dispensation from Providence that Der Fuehrer already was entering his train at the very moment the act was due to occur in the historic meeting ball Only on his way to Berlin did the news of the crime reach Der Fuehrer,"
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