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THE PEOPLE’S

ADVSGOCATE

December 30, 1858

THE
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We'll Take the 50 Million!

HE British House of Commons may ap-

prove, as it did last week, the scheme of
Sir Henry Page-Croft to place 10,000 selected
British settlers on farm lands in the Prince
George district, but British Columbians will
undoubtedly express nothing but unanimous
disapproval.

The reasons are not hard to find. From a
humane point of view alone, the scheme is
impractical. The Prince George country is
tough territory in any season, inadequately
served by roads, needing plenty of develop-
ment. To ask the average British urban
dwelled to settle down on a stump ranch and
battle natural as well as man-made enemies

for several years before realizing market-
able crops is expecting too much.

The inevitable result would be wholesale
desertions to the main centres and aggrava-
tion of the unemployment situation-

To argue that the plan is being backed by
$50,000,000 in British private capital, provid-
ing each family with $5,000 as a guarantee
they will stay on the land, can aso be
answered in the light of experience. We re-
call similar land settlement schemes, notably
after the Great War, and we recall also what

happened.

_Stripped down to its bare essentials, the
scheme is a promotion stunt of a group of
British capitatists with an eye to the odd bit
of proiit, not forgetting the money to be made
by the CPR, a point which was even admitted
during Page-Croft’s trip through BC.

Wo, Canada and particularly BC needs no
mass immigration as a solution to pressing
economic and political problems. But it the
gentleman with all that 90 million bucks to
spend is really sincere about developing the
Prince George country, let him come over
here. There are thousands of pioneering Ca-
madians without money, without jobs, but
with the physical ability and experience
necessary to settle that country, who would
waste no time in accepting $5,000 and setting
out on foot, if necessary, to open up Northern
British Columbia.

The ‘Fighting Canucks’

(From an editorial in the last issue of The
Volunteer For Liberty, organ of the former Inter-
national Brigades in Spain).

foe in this issue we publish a
short history of the Mackenzie-Papineau
Battalion—a year of fighting and outstanding
military achievements that made the “fighting
Canucks” known all over Spain. At this time
it is well to recall that the record of the Ca-

nadian volunteers antedates by far the forma-
tion of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion.

The Canadians have been fighting in Spain
ever since Jarama, going into action at the
same time as the volunteers from United
States. The original Lincoln Battalion had a
whole section of Canadians at the time it re-
ceived its baptism of fire in the bitter days
of February, 1937.

At Brunete the George Washington Bat-
talion (later merged with the Lincolns) had
entered into battle with an entire company of
Canadians under the command of Lieut.
Yardos from Toronto and it was here that the
term ‘fighting Canucks” originated — be-
stowed upon the Canadians by their comrades-
jn-arms as a tribute to their fearless and cour-
ageous action:

Neither was the contribution of the Ca-
nadians limited to the XV. Brigade alone.
Canadians of foreign extraction made up an
important contingent - of the Dombrowsky,
Ralkoski and Dimitrov Battalions. The artil-
lery and anti-aircraft, the transport and Sani-
tary Service have all had their fair quota of
Canadians.

Wherever they served they were noted for
their devotion, their unswerving loyalty to.
the anti-fascist cause—capable, courageous,
able and dependable—the hard-hitting “Tight-
ing Canucks” the Canadian people can well be
proud of.

The demands for more “aggressive” leader-
ship and policies comes, of course, from those
interests that
that would do the things that they are anxious
to have done. The railway amalgamationists,
for instance, the power companies that would
export to the United States, and others, have
been sorely disappointed that the government
has not found their plans acceptable. Not
seeing much more hope from the Conservative
party, they loftily declare that both parties
are engrossed with petty partisanship and that
the country needs a “national” government
in these difficult times. What they would like
to do is to get together a strong group ot re-
actionaries, try to stampede the country with
the blue ruin cry and get control of the goy-
ernment, when everything would be lovely—
for them. Such hopes, of ceurse, are entirely
yvain.—Winnipeg Free Press.

want a national government

The
‘Jueszier’
Drops
The Ball

By Harry Gannes

ERE is evidence of serious

economic trouble in Nazi
Hitler’s financial
juggler, Dr. Hyalmar Schacht

Germany.

has returned to Berlin, having
failed in his major attempt to
obtain the huge credits and
debt considerations and trade
considerations he requested in
London.

Foreign trade figures just pub-
lished by the Nazis, when graphed,
look like the downward drop of a
roller coaster.

Bconomically, Hitler’s victories
have brought increased suffering
to the German people. With more
“land” there is less food available
today in the Nazi Reich. And with
more industries there is distinctly
less foreign trade.

Politically a great deal has been
heard of Hitler’s seven-league boot
strides in the “Drang Noch Osten”
(Drive to the Bast). The immedi-
ate result of this free road cleared
by the Nazis by Munich into Cen-
tral Europe was supposed to be
a virtual German monopoly of
foreign trade. Confirmation, how-—
ever, that this would not pan out
comes from Berlin itself in the
cable of Otto D. Tolischus to the
Wew Work Times saying:

“The large hopes based on trans—
Balkan access so far failed to ma-
terialize to any extent.’

Austria, the first grab, has proyv—
en to be the greatest drain on Nazi
finances and industry. The same

Tolischus cable. tacitly acknow-—
ledging this fact, says:
“Austria’s exports have been

steadily declining and no less than
half of this year’s trade deficit
is due to Austria’s import needs.”

Sudetenland has not yet stra-
tegically registered its loss to the
Wazi masters, but there is proof
that Hitler’s touch has been as
withering to trade and industry
in the fermer Czech areas.

Most visible sign of Nazi eco-
nomic troubles is the rapid fall in
what Schacht considers the very
life blood of German fascism —
foreign trade.

e

HE Wo. 1 sleight-of-hand Nazi
economic expert, in his news—
paper Deutsche Volkswirt, lament—
ed the dangerous drop of foreign
trade as registered up to Novem-
ber 30 of this year.

Wazi foreign trade showed a de-
ficit for this year of 400 million
marks, completely reversing the
trend of last year when there was
a favorable balance for the Nazi
axe-wielders of 422 million marks.

In fact, Schact himself, who
considers himself a shrewd esti-

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mator was off 100 million marks
in the calculation of the probable
deficit for this year.

Wazi trade income, moreover,
declined when fascist war e€x-
penditures were shooting up-

To pay for the import of war
supplies, Hitler was compelled to
deplete the Nazi reserves built up
largely by robbery.

By the holdup, robbery, savag-
ery and virtual kidnapping of an
entire people; the Jews in Ger—
many, Hitler hoped’ somewhat to
stock up his reserves.

But this barbarism turned out
to be an overestimated source of

incomé. What is more, the very
process of trying to “liquidate”
Jewish holdings and property

served to drag down a declining
market for these yalues in Ger
many.

Since loan after loan wrung
from all Germans, and levy after
levy on the Jews, could not begin
to fill the maw of the Nazi war
machine, other revenues are be-
ing looked for. The screws of in-
creased taxation are to be tight-
ened against the Jewish people as
a whole. This week, an increase in
taxation to bring 400,000,000 marks
in additional revenues to the Nazis
is expected to be decreed.

Se

CHAGHT had hurried to Lon-
don where he always receives

a warm reception from Montagu _
Worman, head of the Bank of Eng-
land, and from Chamberlain him-
self. Schacht remembered that the
Bank of England began the busi-
ness end of negotiations for the
Munich treachery. Landon has
been involved in financing Hit-
ler’s rearmament since the advent
of fascism. Chamberlain, further-
more, had promised Hitler eco-
nomic “appeasement” to make the
territorial “‘appeasement” pay.

Wet pressure is becoming so
great in all British cireles on
Chamberlain that Schacht could
not be openly and fully obliged at
the expense of British trade and
finance entering deeper depres-
sion. Gertainly, Hitler’s economic

ambassador did not depart Lon-
don entirely empty-handed! But
Hitler’s demands financially are

too gigantic to be met today with-—
out some of the British bourgeoi-—
sie paying more than Czechoslo-—
vakian territory.

Schacht’s pet scheme of trying”

to ransom some of the Jews for
bie gobs of foreign trade could not
be put over.

Chamberlain, no doubt, advised
Schacht to try again after the
Tory premier visits Mussolini in
Rome in an attempt to push fur-
ther the political conspiracy be-
gun at Munich.

The Spirit of Munich

By A. L. MORTON
Dp
Rome—not to mention Tokyo
—are today talking ironically of
“the Spirit ef Munich” in all their
dealings with the Western demo-
eracies. It is precisely in this
spirit, with the same technique,
that the present Italian anti-
French drive is being made. Mus-
solini demands Tunisia, Corsica
and Wice. What he intends to
get by using this outrageous
blackmail is part-control of the
Suez Canal, and sufficient compli-
ance on the part of the Frencn
North African Administrations to
enable him to subvert the Berber
populations for future use. it
was he himself who said that
France would lose her next war
not in Flanders. but in North
Africa and the Mediterranean.
But he is only the junior part-
ner of the Axis. Ever since the
Brown shadow loomed on the
Brenner Pass, looking down over
Lombardy, he has had to act as
stalking-horse for Hitler. Thus,
at the very moment when he tries
to repeat the Munich blackmail,
his “mouthpiece” Signor Gayda is
forced to draw equal attention to
Germany's claims.
“Germany,’ he writes, “is

in Berlin and

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This timely estimation on
the situation im France is
written by the well known
English critic, historian,
contributor to the Twenti-
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the famous “A People’s His-
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only on the frontiers of Italy, but
also on those of France, near
territory which is under French
sovereignty but is populated by
314 million Geimans and is rich
in iron and potash. The French
reaction is in vain. History moves
on to its fatal epilogue. Italy and
Germany, who have common pro-
iblems and common destinies, are
marchine side by side.”
Se
F THE deep-running forces of
disintegration in ruling
French circles too little is known
in face of these dangers. France's
rulers claim that nothing could
have been done at Munich because
of weakness in the air Yet £150
millions have been spent on the
Air Force during the last 6 years.

Who has sabotaged this inamense
program?

Thus, it is now acknowledged
that there are considerable quan-
tities of airplane bodies stored,
but that fascist executives in the
high executive staffs of the Min-
istries and the air firms have
bottle-necked production so that
engines are unavailable for these
fuselages. Again, bauxite, essen-
tial to the production of dura-
lumin which is necessary in air
eraft construction, is a French
mineral. But it is produced by a
big trust which is exporting it in
increasing quantities to Germany.

It is these facts—and hundreds
of others which any student may
observe published cach week in
the trade union papers and maga-
zines—which explain the recent
General Strike, and the rising sus-
picion and dissatisfaction among
the French ywwerkers.

Whether they succeed in stem-
ming this drift to national de-
struction depends partly on their
ability to carry with them the
mass of the peasantry, and partly

on the understanding of the
British-speaking peoples in ail
of the world and their support

of French democracy against Hit-
ler and the “Fifth Column.”

Greetings to The Advocate

PRO-REC HEAD EXTENDS
GREETINGS
Editor, People’s Advocate:

In wishing you the best compli-
ments of the holiday season, may
T take this opportunity to thank
you, on behalf of our 20,000 mem-

bers, for the fine publicity you
Siven the Provincial Recreation
Centers during the past year, and

to express the hope that the Cen-
ters’ many-sided communal acti-
vities will continue to merit your
support in the New Year.
Sincerely Yours,
Tan Hisenhardt,
Provincial Director.

NEW YEAR GREETINGS
FROM SPAIN
Editor, Paople’s Adyocate:
May I, through your columns,
talee this opportunity of thanking

the British Columbia citizens for
their kind assistance and staunch

support on behalf of the victims
of the war in Spain.

At the same time, IT am in-
structed by the Consul General

on behalf of the Government and
the people of Republican Spain
to extend best wishes for a pros-
perous New Year to our Canadian
friends and resident Spaniards.
Wathan T. Nemetz,
Honorary Vice-Consul,
Republic of Spain.

CONGRATULATES

Editor and Staff,
People’s Advocate:

The members of the Central

ADVOCATE

Executive Council and the House-
wives’ League of British Colum-
bia wish to express their apprecia-—

tion and gratitude for the accur-
ate and thonestly fair coverage
your paper has given them during
the past year.

They especially wish to mention
the editorials of Kay Gregory,
Wal Griffin and Phil Gibbens,
which were so well done and
which rendered no little assist
ance to the work of organizing.

May they add that if all the
papérs published by other news-
men were so carefully and cor-
rectly edited as yours, there would
be nothing more for which to
wish?

Wishing you and your staff
every good prospect and “scoops
ealore” in the coming year,

In appreciation,

Central Executive Council,
Mabel E. Norton,

General Secretary.

SHORT JABS

A
Weekly

Commentary

By Ol’ Bill

r) The main-drag picket and protest
Don t Buy demonstration against the export €_
Japanese! war materials to Japan which too
place in Vancouver on the Wednesday preceding
Christmas was highly successful. If amy proof «=
this was needed, other than the attention the picket
received on the streets, it was given on the evening
of the same day when Vancouver's radioranter, Tor
Mecinnes, frothed at the mouth over one of the
local stations. =

To McInnes, the pickets, who were doing their
share in the struggle against imperialist aggression,
were poor dupes of some ulterior force whose object
is to destroy Vancouver's waterborne trade. But
even McInnes’ fertile imagination and pliable brain
could not accuse them of being dupes of Japanese
fascist imperialism, which is trying to destroy Ca—
nadian democracy alone with democracy every—
where, as part of its program of Japanese world
domination.

it was quite natural, hearing his mephitie defense
of Japanese murderers, that some of the listeners
to the windy ravings of McInnes, should remark,
“Tt’s easy to see who pays for his broadcasts!” Tt is
certainly not any organization that is interested in
maintaining democratic institutions in Canada or
elsewhere.

It is deplorable that anyone calling himself a Ca-
nadian should sink to such depths of political de-
prayity-

= = The low moral and ethical standards
Capitalist of the capitalists as a whole only be-
Morality come apparent when one of them, in
his individual capacity, gets pinched when his goug—
ing makes his fellows squeal.

Two cases have made the front pages of the local
press in the past few days that show clearly the
underlying nature of the capitalist animal The
swindler Musica, whose features might easily be
mistaken for those of his fellow in crime, Musso-
lini, was a respected member of the society that
is being protected and upheld by the Dies committee.

He could ship guns and ammunition to the France
bandits in Spain to rain death on people who refuse
ot revolt against their government, to maim and
slaughter helpless children, women and defenceless
non-combatant males; to bomb and sink British,
French and Swedish foodships sent to their aid.

That was ethical and moral, according to the
accepted capitalist canon. But when he was dis-
covered to be gypping His capitalist brothers in
erime he became a crook and a criminal. Being
eaught made the difference between the two states.

A Local At home in Vancouver we had our own

demonstration. One of our iocal lum-
Sample ber tycoons stands in the dock today,
charged with directing an arson squad which set
fire to the mill of which he was the bull of the
woods. According to all the evidence produced so
far he ran true to form as a typical capitalist. He is
alleged to have made rosy promises to the poor
dupe, now in jail, who played the van der Lubbe
part to his Goering, but when the pay-off came he
only came across with thirty-five bucks — a gyp to
the end.

Among his own breed he was a2 pillar of society,
an ornament of the Boards of Trade and the Cham-
bers of Commerce,—until he was found out. To the
exploited sawmill workers at Robertson nad Hack-
ett’'s, where he was slave-driver a few years ago,
he was just “windy Munro?’ These workers were
all ready and will to join a union if by so doing
they could have a chence, as they all said, “to throw
Windy Munro into False Creek.”

Under a Socialist order of society the might have
lived a useful life and been respected by everybody
but as a capitalist in capitalist society he had to live
according to the law of the capitalist jungle, “do
others or they will do you.” And all ether capi-
talists are the same, only—they have not been found
out yet.

su All storelkeepers and household-
Electricity Is ers were asked to hang out
Cheap In— strings of lamps for two weeks
before Christmas. By emulating the Great White
Way the spirit of Christmas could more easily per-
vade the town. The greetings and the cheer of the
season could partake more of the nature of reality
if everything was brightened up for the fortnight
preceeding the festive day itself. The announcement
stated that no charge would be made for the elec-
tricity used.

Wo, dear reader, it was not in Vancouver, nor in
Victoria, nor in the Fraser Valley, nor in any place
where the juice is supplied by the BC Collectric or
the West Kootenay Light and Power Co. It was
in Grand Forks where the city owns the power
house and supplies the citizens with the cheapest
juice in BC! .

In Vancouver the power octopus advertises “Light
up for Christmas. Electricity is eheap in VYancou-
ver.’ In Grand Forks, for this purpose it was free.

Wot content with imposing their con-
Gall! queror conditions on the unfortunate
peoples and territories delivered to them by Cham-
berlain and Daladier the Nazi Junker overlords
seek to control the speeches and writings of the
leaders of the democratic- countries.

Tt is only a few weeks ago that the Liberal mem-
per, Mander. raised the question of a censorship
of the British newspapsrs by the National Govern-
ment to meet the demands of Chamberiain’s boy-
friend Hitler, demands which were defeated, not
by the government but by the British pressmen.,

The servile attitude of Daladier to the demands
of his Nazi friends regarding the French newspapers
is already history. No paper can be published today
in Switzerland that offers any eriticism of the
murder program and Jew-baiting that obtains on
the other side of their border.

Mayor LaGuardia has been singled out by the
ruling Nazi clique and demands made that he be
bounced out of office for his very timely proposal
to put Hitler in the chamber of horrors at the New
York World’s Fair next year. He is presently under
fsre by Nazi snipers fer accepting an honor con-
ferred upon him by a Jewish organization.

Their latest move is an attempt to run the US
government by demanding apologies from Secretary
Teles for denouncing two perverted US citizens,
Lindbergh and Henry Ford, who accepted decora-—
tions from Hitler while Jewish people are being
despoiled and murdered in the streets of German
towns.

The Nazis are short on brains but long on bully-

ing and gall.

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