eer? sine April 23, 1937. PE OPL HS AY DEVO CAST er Page Three Spain Gov’t Has Aerial Supremacy Bruce Ewen Tells Of International Brigade Only a short while ago, as Ital- lan, German and Moorish troops hammered at the gates of Madrid, the City’s defenders replied with the rallying cry, “They Shall Not Pass!” Today, with Fascist forces retreating on several fronts, with defeat of the Italians at Brihueca and Cordoba, the cry has beconie, “We Shall Pass!” writes Bruce Ewen, a son of Tom Ewen, pro- Vincial secretary of the CGom- munist party, in a letter to his sister. WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE IN SPAIN.—(By Mail)— In recent weks the forces of Hitler and Mussolini have been thrown back with heayy losses. The eoy- ernment has regained large areas and taken the offensive. _ Our aviation now far outstrips that of the enemy. As a matter of fact, enemy planes will take up actual combat only when taken by Surprise. Outside of this, they re- fuse to mix with our ships and usually high-tail it for home. When they are forced to fight, they lose heavily. We recently had here the remains of the sun and propeller of one of . their ships which had been brought down. Displayed on the propeller was the Junkers triangle and there were other German markings. Recently, I attended my first theatre evening here. Our ushers were armed cembers of the Span- ish army. It was unusual, though, as I would hardly expect the ushers in Loew's or the Imperial to carry rifles. We had 3s a suest artist a singer from Moscow Radio, Ernest Busch. He sang revolutionary numbers for us, and taught us a sone in German for the International Brigade. Following this, we saw ‘The New Gulliver,” or, as we read it, ‘Hl Nueo Gulliver.” It went over bic. On another night I saw some orisi- nal Spanish dancine. Spain Fights For Democracy A few things I would like to emphasize. This is not a fight be- tween Fascism and Communism. All i have seen has impressed upon me the fact that it is a fight of a people for democracy. Nor is it a fight on a relisious question, for I have seen religious Satherines here attended by soldiers who are as deeply religious as they are anti- Fascist. In the International Brigade there are many who be- lieve in their Deity. You will be preparing for May _Day. On this day we will march With you, though we are thousands of miles away. I want to hear of the biggest demonstrations in the history of Canada marking greater solidarity in the Canadian labor movement in aid of the workers of Spain. You must fight the lies and slander of the yellow press and campaign to brine out the truth. The people of Canada, in defense of their own * democratic rights, must get behind the people of Spain in their fisht against Fascist ae. gression. Ban Placed On Socialist Paper PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, April 22.—{FP)—The fsovernment has de- Cided that the Austrian Socialist Paper, Arhbeiter Zeituns, can no longer be published at Brno. This Paper. one of the oldest Socialist papers, had an underground circu- lation in Austria of 53,000 copies. From now on the paper will be pub- lished in Paris. Westing- house Electric Washer "$5.00. Down $5.60 Monthly Meikle Electric & Radio Company 1010 DAVIE ST. SEY. 9025 Driard 1025 West Pender Street (Cor. Burrard) SEY. 448 OTTO LIEN, Prop. Saree ee es _ @ ——Vi_TORIK —— —— Se oe = : x Fe) : — —— Pt =o SARAGOSIA. -BALEARIc OGVALENCIA = ASLANDs © i.—Asturian miners besieging Oviedo. 2.—General Mola’s Fascist offensive against Bilbao stopped by Basque reinforcements. 3. - 4—Main Loyalist offensives. 5.—Offensive against Fascist military base. 6.—Flank attacks on Fascist lines of communica- fion. 7.—Counter-offensive to divert Fascist reinforce- ments from Cordoba. $.—Catalenian offensiyes against Teruel, Huesca and Saragossa. President Azana of the Spanish Republic. “Lhe tide has turned,” he declares. Admits People Hostile To Fascism MADRID, Spain, April 22.—Inter- esting sSidelight is thrown on the present struggle for Oviedo by an article in the Fascist paper ABC, published in Seville. Headlining “The Behavior of Oviedo.”’ the paper launches a say- age attack on the population of the town. “Let us tell the truth,) the article declares. “The town of Oviedo has not replied to the patriotic appeal with the rapidity, courage and self-sacrifice’ which a town mal- treated by the Marxist hordes should have shown. On the day the appeal was made by military author- ities, the number of volunteers was not great. It Suffices to say that it never reached 1,500.”" In another passaze the deplores that in Oviedo the “‘vol- unteers’’—that is, those who re- Sponded to the Fascist call for re- volt—were a “miserably small minority,” while the “whole public opinion of the town was in opposi- tion.”’ article No clearer admission has been made that the rebels have the majority of the Spanish people against them, ORGANIZE GULF PORTS MOBILE, Ala.—FP)—The Indus- trial Union of Marine & Shipbuild- ing Workers of America is launch- ing an organizational drive in Mo- bile, New Orleans and other eulf ports, called the “sweatshop of American shipbuilding.” Send for Catalogue. New & Second Hand Typewriters, Adding Ma- chines) Mimeograph Supplies. 508 W. Pender St. Sey. 9393 Se How Anglo-lvish Battalion Saved Vital Highway Link You have never read, and greater than this, is the as it is given here. there are no words justice to this “epic of valor eptc of the Anglo-Lrish saving it, helped to jrom war and Fasc tenaciousness and bravery.” LONDON, England, Apri] 22.—(By Mail) .—At the Ar- ganda bridge, south-east of Madrid, the Fascists concentrated their full striking strength, their objective the cutting of the Valencia road at this point. Here the Fascists massed artillery, machine-guns, tanks and infantry, supported by airplanes. They picked thei troops. Malaga to the full in order to raise the morale of their troops, and with every possible technical preparation the order to attack was given, and the time for completing- the operation was set at three days. Against this tremendous concen-© tration was placed the International Brigades and, at the key point, the brigade in which was our British battalion. The battle opened about 11 am on Pebruary 12. : On the first day our boys had practically only rifles to oppose these terrific technical resources and masses of troops on the side of the enemy. The most amazing heroism was displayed on our side, and bearing the brunt of the fight on the most exposed sector was our British bat- talion. Sheer weight of numbers and resources forced us back from the crest of the ridge for about a hun- dred yards or so, in spite of a re- sistance maintained with a reckless bravery which no seasoned soldiers have ever surpassed. Remember, of the five hundred odd in our battalion, less than eighty had been in action previ- ously in this war. One bit of inspiration our lads Zot in the early stages of the battle Was Our aviation bringing down sey- eral enemy planes. The second day was a repetition of the first, but the fighting was even more fierce, although we were able to bring some of our machine-cuns into action with deadly effect on the Moors in some open fields. On the late afternoon of the third day there Was some disorfanization and some of our troops retreated alone the road to our Brigade headquar- ters. S——, N- and others did a marvellous job in gettine order out of chaos, and organizing the return to the front lines. Note this, after all they had gone through. the boys marched into action and counter-attacked on the third night, singing the Interna- tional. Jock C€ arrived back at this time and took charge of the bat- talion and a splendid job he made of it. George A Frank R (until he was wounded), Tommy W- (he was wounded second day) all played their parts. comment of the Daily Worker, London, on the story told by Peter Kerrigan, leading Scottish Communist, When you have read it, you will know why in the English language t unequalled in all history.” battalion of the International Brigade at Arganda Bridge on the vital Madrid-Valencia highavay. you have read how the battalion saved Arganda bridge save Madrid and every democratic country sm—you will understand in command said that, in all his career he had “never seen such & you never will read, anything capable of doing The When and, why the general They utilized the success at Franco’s Spies Busy In Mexico MEXICO CITY, April 22.— (FP)—Mexican trade union lead- ers assert that the Spanish reb- els have spies throughout Mex- ico, and demand that the sen- ate institute an inquiry to as- certain the egunilt of agents charged with responsibility for capture by Fascists of the Mar Cantabrico, food ship from New York destined for Loyalist ports. Sung In Face Of Heavy Fire Do you want to hear of heroic deeds among a band, all of whom _third were heroes? I can tell you some. , Political commissar of No. 1 company, walking about amone the boys in face of incessant enemy fire with a blanket over his head and shoulders singing ‘Youthful Guardsmen,’’ and with spirits so high that he inspired all around him. We died two days later in hospital as the result of a bullet wound in the stomach. Young the first-aid man, running from wounded man _ to wounded man to bandage and help with no regard for himself. An explosive bullet fatally wounded him on the first day. the Irish commander of No. 1 company who, on the ridge the first day, held Nos. 1 and 4 com- panies together under merciless machine gun and artillery fire, was also fatally wounded that first day. George ———, of London, was among those who died on that ridge. K. — took over No. 1 com- pany. He was always very cool under fire. puffing away at his pipe and steadyine the boys by his example. A machine-sin bullet killed him during the retreat from the wall in front of the sunken road on the third day. of Blantyre, stocky and Sturdy, was stag ring alone with a wounded comrade on his shoulder When the enemy bullet pierced his brain. couple of bullet defied orders with a wounds in the arm, and cGarried on in the line for another three days until he got a in the same arm. So the story could be continued indefinitely. No wonder the general of the division said that he “never had General Emil Kleber, command- ing the International Brigade in seen such tenaciousness and defense of Spanish democracy. bravery in the whole of his career as that displayed by the | Peasants Fight British.” e Guerrilla War Our Troops Sa Were Attacking”’ After the fourth day the fury of VALENCIA, Spain, BPighting untirinely agricultural April against workers in 22 — the the fight abated somewhat, ana it | Tebels, became clear that the WPascist | Estremadura, the province border- thrust was failing. Today the |i@S on Portugal, are carrying on initiative is passine Oren ho our | C@Btinuous gsuerrilla warfare. hands, and by the 22nd of Web- Nor months guerrilla fighters ruary our troops were attacking. have maintained their resistance in On the left flank the Spanish | “#4 mountainous country, where troops Were driving forward towards | ‘M©y 2re completely at home. They the bridge over the Arganda ana |}2VYe no arms but rifles, but the rebels Cannot make a move in the mountains without being attacked, and many times they have been lured into ambushes. One of the “‘suerrilleros’? who re- cently arrived in Casetura said: “When it beeame impossible for us to maintain our resistance in the villagse, we took to the mountains. The mountains still belong to us.’’ the British in the frontal position had advanced another 200 yards, While on the right the Dimitroy and Franeco-Belsian battalions were closing in on the hills occupied by the Wascists. Just before I left I attended a meeting of the political commiuissars, who were discussing the production N ew Zealand, Australia, Aid Spain Defence Miners In Victoria Give $250 Monthly To Relief Fund SYDNEY, Australia, April 22 = (By Mail)h—More than $5,000 his been donated to the Spanish Rellof committee here. Particularly ei1- eouraging is the response from trade unions: Victoria miners’ union alone is donating $250 a month to the fund, while loggers’ central eouncils have given $350. Sub-com- mittees have been set up in Bath- hurst, Lithgow and other smaller towns. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 22—(By Mail)—Contributions to a Spanish Medical Aid committee here have nearly reached the $4,000 mark, with several funds opened. The Waterside Workers’ union gave $1,500 early in the strugele and the Standard, official organ of the New Zealand Labor party, has collected more than $1.500 throuch its own fund. The Workers’ Weekly, official organ of the New Zealand CGom- munist party, has also raised $750. Donations to the Spanish Defense Hund in Vancouver reported this week are: Mrs. Ronayne, Pember- ton, $1; J. Johnston, 50 cents: Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Freeman, Vernon, $26; EB. J. Brown, $5 :A. Johannson, 31; Anonymous, $5.25; J. Neilson, $1; WV. Rudich, Nelson, $6: Mrs. Campbell, Gapitol Hill, $2; V. Sleuter, $3.50: ULETA, Revelstoke, $9; ULFTA, New Westminster, $3.90; Logesers at Pioneer Timber company, Sointula, $12; EF. Hutton, Kamloops, $1.50. Plan Banquet For - Spain’s Mothers Sponsored by the Spanish Defense Fund here, a banquet dedicated to the mothers of Spain is being ar- ranged for Mothers’ Day, May 9. Feature of the banquet will be spe- Cial Spanish music and entertain- ment. Proceeds will be sent to Spain for the relief of mothers and children many of whom are destitute, hav- ing been forced to flee following occupation if mot destruction of their homes by Fascist forces, All women's organizations are asked to cooperate by donatine food and flowers and by providing= as- Sistance at the banquet. The phone number is Trinity 6371. JAPANESE WAGES DOWN. TOKIO.—(fP)—Wages of Japan- ese workers dropped 13 per cent be- tween 1929 and 1936, despite an increase in hours worked. DEN & PS LLEWELLYN Dr. R. Dovetas ) Phone Sey. 5577 Corner Richards and Hastings | of the brigade paper, and this vives some idea of the change in the situation. ; ae Once asain Madrid has heen Mr. Saved and on this occasion we can Downing, rightfully claim that the British Specialist, battalion has played a principal 11 Years’ part in this great achievement. i A page of history has been writ- sae maces ten that will remain imperishable me nee for all time. cut evine: The honor of the British worl: ’ White,Grey ing class has been saved by this and Fine action. Hair. The blood and flesh and pain and suffering of hundreds of gal- Iant boys and men has heen the price that we have paid. Beauty Shop 130 W. Hastings St. PHONE = --—~*SEY. 241 PATRONIZE NEW LION HOTEL izz EAST HASTINGS STREET Out of a battalion over 500 strong, APOLLO CAFE 28 West Cordova St. OYSTER AND CHOP HOUSE THEO. ANGELL Prop. with a bricade guard of 60. later reinforced with drafts of 85 and 25 HEAGROTOL men, we had in the front line when IT left roughly 250 men. Qur losses in killed and wounded and missing must be around 400. Our battalion has dwindled to two comapnies, That’s the price of the ‘ honor of the workine class, and it’s $4.50 Meal Ticket your job to awaken them to 4 for $4.00 realization of what it has meant to foot such a bill. Se SPECIAL! While You Wait... ODL DRIVE SHOWS RESULTS HOUSTON, Tex.—(P)—Plans for unionizinge the petroleum industry P already have put money -into the Men’s Half Soles and Rubber pockets of the workers. Two eiants Heels = = = = $1.00 of the industry—Humble Oil and Ladies’ Half-Soles a 6d5e the Texas C@o—have announced 2 pay Yaises totalin= several millions. Am ire Shoe DEMERARA. ‘British Guiana. (FP)—The Gritish Guiana Tabor Union has 310 members. Street ST ae LR ST ee rae hee whi dena Eres teremeiir z § P