THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE Japanese Police Arrest 1000 Opponents Of War Polic : V I I] ages Terrorized By British Progressives Seek To Bridge Gulf Between Arabs, Jews To Halt Strife. GUERILLA WARFARE By YEHUDA ALMONI JAFFA, Palestine. — (By Mail) —As yet we have had very little rain this winter. The orchard-srowers need rain to save their oranges and it is de- sired by the general population to save human lives. Ever since time ummemorial, in this little land of strife, contending forces have declared an armistice dur- ing the rainy season. But despite the exhortations of all the progressive elements in-the Arab Nationalist camp—the work- ers, intellectuals and the Arab press against the continuation of guer- -illa warfare and terror, recruiting in the Galilean villages to the guer illa bands has gone on steadily. Emergency regulations decreeing the death penalty by hanging for anyone caught in possession of arms, had no deterrent effect. Hivery recruit was ready to fight, anyway. The British got wind of this band forming in the Galilean hills and sent out two well-equipped regi- ments, numbering about 2,000 men to exterminate it. They surrounded the district, searching every village for arms. Whenever a man was found missing, which was sufficient evidence that he had joined the band, his house was dynamited and destroyed by the Royal Engineers. Finally, the British made contact with the Arab band. The latter were armed only with rifles and home-made bullets and were out- numbered at least ten to one. Harassed by low-flying aeroplanes, they put up a brave fight for three days. According to offiical com- muniques, 18 dead Arabs were picked up the first day and 10 the next. Many casualties have never been announced. No Turning Back. The final result of this decisive engagement will probably be dis- persal of the band throughout the countryside. In small groups, living in caves among the hills, they will terrorize the roads, shooting at the green Jewish buses, killing mno- eent Jewish travellers and para- lyzing trade and commerce. Under the oppressive regulations which the British, spurred on by the Jewish agency, have instituted, there is no turning back for the Arab fighter. His home has been blown up, his women-folk scattered to the streets of the town, his eldest sons are at his side. He would still like to return to his native village, but if he dared he would be arrested and hung. The Jewish agency probably sin- cerely believed that the death-deal- ing military courts, for which they have been agitating for more than a year, would bring at least a tem- porary peace. And along with this belief was, of course, the hope that they would cow the Arab into sub- mission to the outrageous partition plan. But the agency has been grievously wrong. The government terror has only, intensified the conflict, causing a greater loss of human life and property, freezing of credits, par- alysis of business and increase in “the already large number of un- employed. This is no attempt to justify the terrorists. Progressives fully realize not only the futility of individual terrorism but the enormous amount of harm it does in widening the gulf between Arab and Jew. Ter- rorism is condemned. Peace and understanding between the two component peoples of Palestine must be attained. Recent events clearly show, however, that the British government is placing ob- stacles in the way of peace. And the action of the Jewish agency aids and abets the aims of British imperialism. Loyalist Administration Tackles Tremendous Problem 3,500,000 Refugees Have Fled Franco’s Armies ARCELONA, Spain, April 28— The number of people who have left their homes rather than come under Franco's rule has now passed the three and a half million mark, according to a statement by the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of the Republic. Refugees come under the care of the General Administration of Evacuation, which is directed by Senorita Bladia Puigdollers. Over 1,750,000 refugees are without means of support and depend on govern- ment assistance. The General Administration of Eyacuation not only provides es- sential needs such as housing and food but finds suitable posts for men and women wishing to continue their work or to learn a trade. Chil- dren are sent to schools and the older ones who have received some training in a trade are sent to cities where they may complete their ap- penticeship in a workshop. Particular attention is given to refugee children, many of whom are now living under better conditions than before the war. This applies particularly to those coming from regions such as Andalusia, where the children of poor peasants were condemned to toil from earliest childhood. Their physical needs are well-attended and they receive an excellent education. In Valencia’ the Hospital for Refugees treats 4,000 patients a month and the Giner de los Rios hospital supplies a home for old and inform and a shelter for refugees on the way to other towns. A splendid home for old people is now being - built at Alicante, where there are also isolation and convalescent homes and a hospital for refugee children. In the same town there is a soap factory, for which materials are supplied by the General Administration of Hvacua- tion, providing work for a large number of women. Maternity homes, accommodating 500 refugee women have been estab- lished in villages near Valencia and Almeria under the direction of the well-known Doctor Carreras of Madrid. Considerable work has been done by the administration in the loyalist section of Hstremadura, most of which is in the hands of the in- surgents. From its centre in Castu- era, the administration has dis- tributed 8,199 refugees from the invaded region among 38 towns where they are employed on road construction, irrigation works, rail- ways, air-raid shelters, etc. In ad- ditional there have been established two rest homies for expectant mothers and one for women after ehild-birth. Milk is being distrib- uted to over 1,000 babies. Occupy Strategic Position politics. years ago. Spain Lauds Medical Aid Record Of Foreign Units Brings Praise BARCELONA, Spain, April 28— A tribute to the humanitarian work of foreign medical units and per- sonnel in Spain is paid by the news- paper Frente Rojo, which states: “The foreign Medical Aid Com- mittee began to function in Spain nearly a year and a half ago. Today the organization has seventeen base hospitals and six mobile surgical units, with a total of 5,028 beds; 116 ambulances of yarious sizes, 53 large trucks, 13 light trucks, 23 touring cars, seven mobile operating the- atres, seven disinfection trucks, a number of gas-proof ambulances, etc. “There are 163 foreign doctors and 68 Spanish doctors in the foreign medical aid, including ten foreign surgeons and nine Spanish ones. Up to December 31, 19387, the base hospitals attended to 27,015 wounded and sick, most of whom were evacuated from foreign med- ieal aid front hospitals by foreign medical aid ambulances. “There have been a number of casualties. Two divisional medical commanders, one brigade medical commander and three battalion medical commanders have been killed. A considerable" number of stretcher bearers, ambulance driv- ers, efec., have been lost. _ “In addition to medical work, seven children’s homes, housing over 600 orphans have been or- ganized.” Union Committee Fights Espionage NEW YORK, April 28—(EP).— A permanent Trade Union Commit- tee on Industrial Espionage to con- duct educational and publicity work in trade unions on how to fight labor spies is the outgrowth of a conference held here at which dele- gates from organizations with a membership of 300,000 participated. Vice-President Richard Franken- steen of the United Automobile Workers and other trade union leaders spoke pledging support. The committee includes representa- tives of 42 unions. Work of the LaFollette committee was com- mended. The committee will push passage of national] and state legislation to outlaw labor espionage. Raise $100,000 HAVANA, Cuba, April 28.——Chi- nese in Cuba have raised a fund of one hundred thousand dollars in ARMS FOR SPAIN defence of their fatherland. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Broadway Hotel * Bright, Large Cosy Rooms With Bath and Telephone * Refreshment Parlors * “Where You Meet Your Friends” COR. HASTINGS & COLUMBIA STREETS Telephone Seymour 2391 a LS ee ee ne ee ee eee a China’s Mohammedans United Against Invaders HANKOW, China, April 28._Chinese Mohammedans have seldom been other than a dormant factor in China’s national These virile people, of whom there are more than 48,000,000, have been living a life very much unto themselves, preserving intact their customs, traditions and rituals which their ancestors brought with them from the Near East 1500 iansu, a province with more than a sprinkling of Mohammedan population, has now as its governor General Chu Shao-liang, one of Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek’'s trust- ed lieutenants. His role in Kansu, sandwiched geographically by Winghsia in the north and Chinghai in the south, with Sinkiang fencing off its western frontier, is to co- ordinate Chinese government troops in the northwest with due regard for their religious differences. It is noteworthy that General Pai Chung-hsi, deputy commander of the Kewangsi troops who has been Generalissimo Chiang MKai-shek's right hand man in military affairs since the outbreak of the war, is a staunch Mohammedan. He is a popular figure with the vast ma- jority of the Chinese Mohammedans in the northwest. If Japanese troops now in western Suiyuan one of these days think themselves strong enough to move from the railway line into the im- mense hinterland to the west, they will be opposed by Men who have in their veins some of the fiercest fighting blood the world has ever known. Strategic Position. Today, with the fire of armed re- sistance burning brilliantly through- eut the land, the Mohammedans have caught the day’s spirit. Settled in the northwestern provinces, es- pecially in Kansu, Ninghsia and Sinkiang, their geographical posi- tion has given them a highly im- portant role along one of China’s life-lines. Renowned for their ferocity and fighting ability, these Moham- medans today form a new Great Wall in China’s Northwest, which the Japanese will find well nigh insurmountable if they attempt to drive a wedge between China and Soviet Russia from the Amur River to the western border of Sinkiang. It is an open secret that for many years Japanese conspirators had marked off China’s north- western provinces as a “Moslem Empire.’ It was not for nothing that they helped General Ma Chung- ying, leader of a Moslem uprising in Sinkiang in 1931-1934. Their plan, however, died with General Ma’s defeat and his subsequent flight into Soviet Russia, where he was interned. Through an enlightened and benevolent policy, the Chinese gov- ernment in the past few years has succeeded in drawing these 48,000,- 000 citizens of Moslem faith closer. Many an object lesson has been afforded the Mohammedans that while union means strength, divi- sion spells ruin. The choice with them is clear. And they have chosen to stand by the Wational govern- ment in the existing crisis. Say Flowers Taken Gity police ciaim that small boys and unemployed took 2000 dafio- dils from MHastings Park gardens over the recent period, presumably to sell by the bunch. OLD-TIME DANCES Every Thursday and Saturday Swedish Community Hall 1320 E. Hastings St. Helge Anderson’s Orchestra Reid’s Transfer Cor. 10th & Commercial Dr. Packing - Shipping - Crating Just phone—leave the rest to us! FATR. 5172 Harry Hopkins - federal relief administrator, is conferring with President Roosevelt on his plans to combat the recession. New Zealand Health Plan Gov't To Introduce Health Insurance WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 28—In a recent broadcast Prime Minister Michael Savage out- lined national health insurance and superannuation schemes the Labor government proposes to bring down. Under the schemes everyone will be entitled free to the services of a general practitioner and to hospital, sanatorium, mental hospital and maternity treatment, and later, when practicable, to of specialists, dentists, and home nurses. The pension will be $6 a week for everyone over 60, with an al- lowable additional income of $5 a week, subject to a maximum income for pensioned gouples of $20. In- valid and miners’ pensions of $6 are proposed, widows’ pensions of $0 (with an extra $4 from the age of 50 for childless widows who have been married 15 years) and or- phans’ pensions of $3. Sickness and partial incapacity benefits, larger family allowances and war veter- ans’ allowances are also contem- plated. The scheme will be financed by converting the present unemploy- ment.tax of four cents on the dol- lar on all income into a “social se- curity contribution” of six cents on the dollar and adding equally to the fund from general revenue. opticians Hilltop Hardware MAY WILSON, Prop. PAINT, HOUSE WARES, ETC. 5015 Victoria Rd. Res. Phone - - Fraser 729 the services | r SERBIAN PROGRESSIVE CLUB This May Day Greets THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE as the champion of the work- ers of British Colum- bia. © 767 Keefer St. Vancouver ‘M oscutin’ Papers Published Censorship In Tientsin Evaded By Clever Ruses searches. The ban on the use of powerful radio receiving sets had no effect on the foreign settlements. So some patriots made canbon copies of the central broadcasting station news, and posted them outside their houses. As these attracted big erowds, the settlement authorities finally put a stop to them on the ground of blocking traffic. Still these patriots refused to be beaten. There was no law prohibiting shar- ing the use of a receiver with others. So during news broadcasts, they opened their doors and tuned it so loud that people could hear it from outside. The most popular newspaper in Tientsin was Yishihpao. Its circula- tion, however, was strictly restrict- ed to the foreign settlements. At one time when there was a relaxa- tion of the martial law, copies of it were brought into the Chinese territory. Unfortunately it was forced to close; and with its closure, all the remaining Chinese news- paper men in Tientsin were under influence of the Japanese. Soon there appeared a number of “mosquito’’ papers published by un- employed Chinese newspaper men and others who wanted the people to be properly informed. Contents of these papers consisted mostly of news gathered from the central broadcasting station and of trans- lations from foreign newspapers. At the end of August there were some thirty of these, each with a daily circulation of three to four thousand copies. They were pub- lished in the settlements and were mostly sold there; but not infre- quently copies found their way to Chinese territory. Upon representation of the Japa- nese, British and French settlement authorities finally put a ban on pub- lication of these papers on the ground that they had not been reg- istered. As a result, most of them went out of existence, but four or five manage to continue, command- ing a good price. = We 5 5 2 BE oe — THE EXPERT — CARPET & CHESTERFIELD CLEANERS Guar. Moth-Proofings Service Day & Night Service - 977 Homer HANKOW, China, April 28.—After the occupation of Tien- tsin, the Japanese prohibited people from tuning in on the broad- casts from the central broadcasting station of the Chinese gov- ernment and from using receiving sets with more than two tubes. 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The lLabor-Pregressive Associa- tion was formed two weeks ago at a meeting of 2000 Regina voters, with the object of uniting all pro- gressive forces behind two candi- dates. its program, drawn up by a joint executive of progressive groups and a supporting -conference of trade unions, call upon trade unionists, Communitsts, CCF-ers, Social Cred- iters, Labor supporters, progressive Liberals and Conservatives, to join in saving the city from ruin.” ARMS FOR SPAIN Point Grey Garage COMPLETE AUTO SERVICE G. Mattenley, Prop. 1422 Marine Drive West Phone - - Marpole 83 Gladiola Beauty Shoppe Specializing in .. Marcelling, Finger Waving, Permanents ETHEL MITCHELL, Prop. Cor. Pender & Burrard Sey, 5647 Telephone - - Seymour 595 Melrose Cafe Vancouver’s Latest & Best Cafe Gpen All Night DINE AND DANCE IN THE NEW GOLDEN ROOM NO COVER CHARGE . @ 716 West Hastings Street SUITS ... TOPCOATS... MADE TO MEASURE The BOND CLOTHES SHOP Ladies’ Mannish Tailored Suits a Specialty e 157 W. HASTINGS STREET Opp. Province Bldg. April 2: Discontent | Widesprea|} In Nipp’ Riots Frequent Des Close Police W:. On Factory Workei || Tekyo “CANNOT WIN W: By FUMIO TANABE. TOKYO, Japan (By Mz It is an open secret amon Japanese residents in York that those in Japan |# iy | a are against the war are | shot down in cold blood. | fessor IT. Yauchibara fc ™ Tokyo Imperial Universiti” forced to resign because | very mild pacifist article ca uted to the Central Review. in constant danger from assa nationalist gangsters. =| At an extraordinary meeti) police officials held in the n jf politan police station, the su tendent general of police or} inereased vigilance toward " war and anti-army ideology ja rumors which might disrup 4D financial circle. As a result 6 3 increased police vigilance, eve i] limited information shows | Tokyo alone over 1000 people been thrown into jail recently Over large areas of Ja- countryside discontent and m/ are mounting. 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