The following are certain statements made by Dr. Hans
 
Thomsen on Monday night to a friend of his:
 
     He said he expected that the United States would sever
 
all diplomatic relations with Germany by the end of this year.
 
When that happens, he said he would charter a Swedish ship for
 
the trip home. He said the reports they had were that their
 
consuls and their families were ill-treated on the American
 
ship which returned them to Europe. He wants to purchase a
 
large electric ice-box and take it back home with him.
 
     When asked about what he thought the Japanese would
 
do, he said they could not tell yet what they would do; that 
 
they were very unsatisfactory Al1ies; that they were too self-
 
centered and selfish. He said certainly they were watching
 
the Russian situation like a hawk and any break there would
 
make them feel freer from pressure than they do now.
 
     When asked what he thought the German military plans
 
would be after the Russian campaign, he said that the High
 
Command is ready to move in several directions; that they 
 
are the world's best opportunists; that unless peace with
 
Britain would follow the collapse of Russia, the next move
 
would be made at the place most vulnerable at that time, and
 
where a defeat of Britain would most vitally affect the war
 
as a whole. He said he could not guess where that would be
 
and doubted if the High Command would be willing to guess;
 
that it was ready to move in several different directions.