A statement authorized in Germany says that documents left behind by Herr Hess revealed that he wanted io meet the Duke of Hamilton in order to attempt to effect peace between Germany and England, loams Reuter's diplomatic correspondent.
In connection with this statement, it can now be revealed that Herr Hess made an attempt to communicate with the Duke by letter some months previously. The Duke immediately placed the letter in the hands of the British security authorities and no reply was made to Herr Hess.
The Duke had met Herr Hess on one or two occasions before the war in connection with sporting matters in which both were interested.
Ringed in blue pencil on a map on which Herr Hess plotted his course from Augsburg to Scotland was Dun-gavel. seat of the Duke of Hamilton near Strathaven, Lanarkshire. When in gathering dusk on Saturday night. Herr Hess made his dramatic crash. landing at Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire, some eight miles from Glasgow. the first thing he asked Mr. Maclean. the ploughman. was the way to Dun-gavel. He had mistaken a large house he sighted as the mansion he was seeking. and, failing to find a suitable g ground, decided to Pointing to Germany's reluctance to disown Herr Hess altogether, the "Daily Mail" said that "obviously the Germans want to know the British Government's reactions quickly before they disown Hess further. They want to know what Hess really is saying to his British interrogators."
Other sources suggested that even should Herr Hess fail in his peace efforts, he would urge a bombing truce to prevent the destruction of rational monuments both in Germany and Britain.
The "Daily Telegraph" also said that "even if the mission' was undertaken by Hess without the knowledge of Hitler it must revealed the action yore n © rycrө mao of a man who himself considers that his followers cannot endure much more. For he is represented as appalled by the slaughter, in itself an admission that a toll is being taken of German life by the R.A.F. and other arms of the Allied services."
Eden Said to Have Seen Hess
There were persistent but uncon-inned reports today that the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, had interviewed Herr Rudolf Hess, No. 3. Nazi.
It was believed that the German who fled to Britain would shortly be moved to London where he would Probably be visited by the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill—United Press.———u t mor tee arse "Nothing to Report"
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