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...Rudolf Hess knew of Germany's discontent better than anyone else, for to him were delivered the official reports on civilian morale-the final tabulation of Germany's equivalent of the Gallup Poll. German demands on Russia were made known to the Russian Government three days before Hess's flight to England. That flight was his own individual project...
...Hess wanted to urge the British to sue for peace with Germany immediately. He wanted to warn the British that if Russia accepted the German demands, the German military machine was prepared to wage an all-out war on Britain and its Empire, with the probable invasion of the British Isles this summer, at least an all-out destruction of communications, factories, shipping and harbor facilities. He wanted to convince the British that if Russia accepted the German demands, it would result in a virtual fighting alliance between Russia and Germany against the English-speaking and anti-Communistic world...
...Hess was sure that if Russia refused the German demands Germany would declare war on Russia. In that event, he feared, if the British Empire and the U.S. continued warring on Germany from the west, Germany would bog down in Russia. And that, he thought, would also bring Communism to Europe...
...Hess's mistake was in believing Britain feared Communism more than Britain feared Germany...
...Betty Humby was the youngest sprig ever to win a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music. At 14, she took on 30 pupils of her own. At 16 she became a piano professor, under Pianist Myra Hess at Tobias Matthay's famed London music school. Later she married an Anglican parson, the Reverend H. Cashel Thomas, now vicar of St. Philip's in London...