The Archive · 1941

Duke of Hamilton Said

Advocate of Peace

Recent Letter to "Times"

Recalled London, May 15.

The Duke of Hamilton, the man whom Herr Rudolf Hess, desired to see upon landing in Scotland last Saturday, was described today as an advocate of peace with Germany provided Germany would change her policy of aggression, The Duke wrote a letter to "The Times" in October, 1939, in which he said, "The moment the menace of aggression and bad faith is removed, war against Germany becomes wrong and meaningless.

"I look forward to the day when a trusted Germany comes into her own. We do not grudge lebensraum (living room) provided that lebenstaum is not made on the graves of other nations."—United Press.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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