July 25, 1353 THE PEOPLES ADVOCATE Page Thres NCP ERY CS ONTO MT First Outline Of r Eastern ‘Munich’ Seen In Pact Mass RAF Flight To France attack by agsressor states. SQUADRON of Royal Air Force planes after landing an aerial pageant over Paris in celebration of Bastille day the speed with which the British Air Force could take up at Le Bourget airport to participate in (July 14). The flight demonstrated battle stations in France in case of Gains Made _By Chinese (In Shansi Japanese Stated To Be Preparing Major Offensive . CHUNGEING, China. — _ (8CN). — Chinese troops have -ousted the Japanese from _ Wusyang and Tsinchow, in the 'southeastern part of Shansi province, it is reported here, while Chinese reinforcements _ have crossed the Huan-he river | and reached the southern part ) of Shansi province to relieve a Chinese force there threatened with encirclement by the Japa- nese. Severe battles are takings Place in that area in the course of ' which the Japanese have lost 3,000 ) men and officers during the past two weeks. Reports issued by the Ghinese War Cffice state that Japanese headquarters is preparing to > launch a major offensive in cen- tral China at the end of July. It is reported that over eight Japa- mese divisions will participate in . this offensive. ie aS Japanese Losses Reported Heavy CHUNGEING, China —GCn)— _ Aceording to official data re- ' leased here, 226 battles took place _ on! the various Chinese fronts dur- "ing the first half of July, in which 'the Japanese lost approximately 17,000 men. Armaments taken by Chinese ' forees included 700 rifles, 8 ma- chine guns, 4 field pieces, 132 ' horses, and a large amount of am- -Imunition. During this period Chinese de- |Stroyed 19 Japanese trucks and / sunk six Japanese ships. Chinese partisans destroyed 51 'Kilometers of railway lines and is7 kilometers of highways behind the enemy’s lines. Japanese have sustained partic- ularly heavy iosses in Shansi and Siuyuan provinces where about 8,000 Japanese were Killed in 37 battles. Australian Labor Wiovement Fizchts ‘National Register’ SYDNEY, Australia. — (CGN) — Australian workers face the pros- Pect of being photographed, num- bered and fingerprinted, if the “Commonwealth government suc- ceeds in pushing through its Scheme for industrial eonscrip— tion, under guise of a “national Tegister.” Confidential character *eports are also foreseen as an in- ‘trinsic part of the methods which May be employed to operate this act. Strong opposition has devel- oped in all states, and among all sections of the Australian labor movement at the prospect of such Methods beine used to press-gange Workers into service. ars a Minimum Set VICTORIA, BC. — Minimum wages for bunk ang cook house employees in sawmills in the proy- ince were set at not less than $2.75 a day by the BC Industrial Rela- tions Board this week. Another order of the tbhoard Stipulated that employees in the construction industry receive their Wages on a semi-monthly basis. Spain Refugees Find Haven In Mexico MEXICO CITY, DF.—(ICN).—With 6500 Spanish Repub- lican refugees already in or en route to Mexico, committees of the Federation.of Organizations to Aid Republican Spain are working day and night to provide food, clothing and shelter Resources of the committee are being taxed to the utmost and hope is expressed here that American organizations will assist by shipping food and clothing. Last weekend nearly i000 refu- gees disembarked at Vera Cruz, bringing the number of Spanish republicans who have found haven in Mexico to 4600. Another Ship-— load of refugees is already on the high seas and since the Mexican sovernment has set no final limit on the number the country can accommodate, thousands more are expected to be settled in their new homeland within the next few months. The Mexican people has given the refugees an enthusiastic wel- come. Everywhere there is eager- ness to aid in settling them in homes throughout the country, de— Spite opposition of those reaction- ery organizations attempting to areuse feeling against admittance of Spanish republicans. Replying to attacks on refugees, Vicente Lombardo, general secre- aary of the powerful Mexican Fed- eration of Labor, declared recently that they were being provoked by enemies of the government ‘to five the impression that the entire Mexican people is refusing asylum te our Spanish brothers.’ Welcome Spanish Trade Unionists MESICO CITY, DF—(ICN)— All Spanish republican trade union- ists now in Mexico or arriving with future contingents of refu- gees have been declared active members of the CCTM by the i0th national council of the Confedera- tion of Mexican Workers (GTM). At its final session recently, the eouncil, consisting of more than 500 delegates from state federa- tions and local unions, welcomed 36 representatives of Spanish trade unions into the CrM The entire assembly rose to its feet as the Spanish trade union- ists, headed by Edmundo Dom- inguez, UGT vice-president, march- ed into the Olympia theatre here. For fully five minutes the theatre echoed to continuous applause, to shouts of “‘Yiva Espana Republi- cana,’ “Viva la UGT,’ ‘Down with fascism.’ Stormiest ovation was accorded Emilio Galan Gonzalez, executive member of the miners’ union, as representative of the Asturian miners. ° in one of his remarkable speeches Vicente Lombardo To- ledano, CIM leader, told the Span- ish trade unionists: “In the name of the CTM, whose supreme authority is this council and whose opinion I believe I am interpreting now, I declare you, Spanish comrades, who have be- longed to the trade unions of your country, active members pf the CCTM. “Weceome, comrades, as our brothers. Welcome as soldiers of universal democracy. Thanks to you for having come to Mexico. And I hope that some day we shall have the privilege of visiting Spain, a Spain reconquered by the best soldiers of history.” Brief reply for the Spanish trade unionists was made by Edmundo Dominguez. Declared he: “The in- juries of Mexican reaction will only serve to encourage us and make us more conscious of our obligations as militants for human liberty. tasks.” We shall not forget our | United States Acts To Combat Fascist Spies WASHINGTON, DC — Ac- tion to combat increased fas- cist espionage was tunder- taken this week by the Unit- ed States government when it set up three field offices in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Files of the state de- partment, hitherto open, with certain restrictions, to pro- fessors, students and law- yers, were ordered closed because of the “contempor- ary international situation.” The move was not unex- pected, particularly in view of Japanese fascist espionage in Alaska and Hawaii. Sask. With Propaganda Attempt To Force Regina Library To Take Nazi Books SASKATOON, Sask. — Fas- cists have set up local organiza- tions at 23 Saskatchewan points, are flooding the province with printed propaganda, pushing Nazi books into public library shelves, threatening their Oop- ponents, L. Rosenburg, chair- man of Regina Public Library board, told a recent meeting here. Rosenburg produced a large map of the province, pointed to the 23 fascist points of concentration. “Some say it can’t happen here,” he commented dryly. Propaganda in English, brought from Hamburg, Germany, was being distributed in large quanti- ties, Rosenburg said. As chairman of Regina Public Library board, he stated he had dealt with corre- Spondence from the German con- sul in Winnipes coneerning some 150 books -sent from Germany without cost for Regina public lib- rary shelves. Before the books could be catalogued a prominent German. phoned demandins that the books be placed on the Shelves forthwith—or else. About half the books were propaganda auth-— orized by WNazi chiefs in Berlin. Value of the books was estimated at $400. Similar shipments, said Rosen- burg, were being made to lib- raries in other cities. “For a country which is so hard up this represents quite an item,” he remarked. Rosenburg referred to the Deutsche Zeitung, Nazi paper in Canada, said that Bernard Bott, the editor, had formerly lived in Regina After a visit to Germany, Bott had returned to Winnipeg to launch his paper, largest share- holders of which were the German consul, Bott, and a stenographer. Nazi Funds Behind IRA. PARIS, France. (LCN) — Al- though Sir Samuel Hoare, British home secretary, failed in the House of Commons this week to name the fascist organizations he de-_ clared were financing the Irish Re publican Army's terrorist cam- paign in Britain, the French Surete makes mo secret of its knowledge that the Gestapo has provided the funds for Irish terrorist activities. Disclosures made by a high of- ficial of the Surete show that bank notes found on Irish terrorists Ar rested recently at Liverpool have been traced to a German bank in Lendon. Gelignite seized at the time of the arrests was manufac-— tured by a Nazi armaments plant in the Ruhr, leaflets distributed by the terrorists proved to have been printed at Erfurt. Opinion here is that Scotland Yard is unwilling to give publicity. to these facts because of repre— sentations made to the British Home Office by influential per- sous. Nazi Germany's object, it is con- Sidered, is to create antagonism between the peoples of Ireland and Britein with the perspective of making the frish Free State into @ base for operations against Bri- tain, undermining democracy both in Ireland and Britain. Full Pardon For Billings Mooted SAN FRANCISCO, Cal—Convic- tion that Warren EK. Billings is as innocent as Tom Mooney was ex-— pressed by California’s Governor Culbert IL. Olson here after study- ing briefs of the trial in which Mooney and Billings were convict ed for the 1918 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco. Olson is considering a full pardon for Billings. *“Dhe time to fight fascism is now. To wait until it attains Power is to wait too late,’ Rosen- bure declared. Unions Back Third Term SEATTLE, Wash. (IGN) A ‘quarter of a million “Draft Roose— velt in “40” buttons will greet the president if he comes to Washing- ton state this fall, it is confidently predicted by Washington Common- wealth Hederation officials. Resolutions demanding a third term and orders for the red, whit= and blue lapel slogans are pouring into WCE headquarters. Trade unions led the way in backing the WCE call for a third term and set machinery in motion to spur the progressive drive in the elections looming ahead. “The Aeronautical Mechanics, an AFL local organized on an indus- trial basis in Boeing Airplane Com- pany, called for 1000 buttons -to indicate which way the political] Wind is blowing in this strategical link of national defense. The Building Service Employes, largest AFI, local on the Pacific Coast, Machinist 79, Auto Mechanics are other locals that have set 1000 as the initial order for buttons. Active support for the third term came from the ILWU, which ordered 2500 buttons to dot the waterfront with pledges of sup- port for Rossevelt. Warehouse- men’s local pledged a substantial number and the Marine Cooks & Stewards carried the progressive message out to sea with 1000 but- tons to decorate the white jackets of their trade. Seattle Newspaper Guild, instructed to introduce 4 third term resolution at the na- tional convention in San Francisco this month, prepared to cover the news beat with the slogan that Roosevelt run again. Old Age pensioners swung their membership of nearly 40,000 be— hind the third term and are pro- moting the measure as sole assur- ance of security during their de- Nazis Flood| British Columbia’s security it is pointed out that not only is actual danger of a direct military attack on Canada’s Pacific coast in- creased, but that Japanese fascist agents at work in this province will be encouraged in their activities by the new agreement, Which cannot fail to have its repercussions on Ga- nhadian policies. British Columbia’s security has already been imperilled by the Mackenzie King govern- ment’s failure to halt Japanese eco- nomic penetration, despite wide- spread public protest, or to take adequate measures against Japa- nese espionage, New Asreement Termed Shameful LONDON, ne “Shameful!” was the ward flung at Prime Min- ister Neville Chamberlain in the House of Commons this week by Willie Gallacher, Communist MP, when the engineer of Munich arose in the House to announce that the government was according Japan virtual belligerent rights in Japa- aese-occupied areas of China. Wot all the prime minister’s pre earication could conceal the fact that the national government, at a time when the Japanese govern- ment is meeting increasing diffi- culties, both in Ghing and at home, is bolstering the ruling military elique at China’s expense, as a year ago Czechoslovakia was sacrificed to strengthen the Nazi regime in Germany. The agreement, text of which fol- lows, is best summarized by the official Japanese press, which hails it as a “sweeping diplomatic vic- tory” for Tokio. “His Majesty’s sovernment of the United Kingdom fully recog- nize the actual situation in China, where hostilities on a large scale are in progress, and note that as long as that state of affairs con- tinues to exist, the Japanese forces in China have special re— quirements for the purpose of safeguarding their own security and maintaining public order in the regions under their control, and that they have to suppress or remove any such acts or causes as will obstruct them or benefit their enemy. “His Majesty's Government have no intention of countenanc- ing any acts or measures prejudi- cial to attainment of the above— mentioned objects by the Japa- nese forces and they will take this opportunity to confirm their poli- cy in this respect by making it Plain to British authorities and British nationals in China that they should refrain from such acts and measures.” Japan “Mad Dog of East” CHUNGEING, Chnia. — General Chiang Kai-shek declared here this week, in reference to the Angio- Japanese agreement, “Britain well knows that Japan is no longer her Far astern watchdog of 25 years ago, but rather a mad dog turning against its former benefactor.” China, he stated, would refuse to recosnize any two-power agree ment. Anti-British Campaign Ordered HONG KONG — Immediate con- sequence of the Chamberlain goy- ernment’s new appeasement move in China this week was the tighten- ing of the anti-British boycott. Or- ders were issued by Hinminhui, Japanese-sponsored political Party at Peiping, that anti-British demon- clining years. Strations were to be increased. Chamberlain Yields As Tokio Boasts Victory from possible Japanese aggres- sion has been further jeopardized by the new Anglo-Japanese agreement covering Japanese-occupied territory in China. This is the opinion of the progressive movement in the city of what is regarded as the first outline of a Far Eastern “Munich.” S Strife Spreads In Spain Madrid Continues To Get Communist Paper Illegally HENDAYSE, French - Spanish Border (ICN)—The Communist Party newspaper Mundo Obrero, known the world over for the part it played in the defense of Madrid in 1936, is now appearing illegally in Madrid. ‘This is the news that has been conveyed Secretly from the heart of Spain to the French-Spanish borders by prisoners who have escaped from fascist jails and concen-— tration camps, helped by Falan- fists who are now up in arms against the horrors of the Franco regime. And this is only one aspect of the day-to-day struggle that is being waged all over Spain. Erom Santander and Bilboa, from Saragossa and Irun comes news of bloody encounters be-— tween Falangists and Requetes. This coincides with news of fur ther military preparations in Spain. For over a week now, the 53rd Falangist Division, together with a division of the Moorish Tercio, have been constructing fortifications alone the French frontier. The troops are under the direction of General Sol chega who has sent up his gen- eral staff near Oronoz, north of Pamplona. Foreign observers have been informed likewise of the pre sence in Badajoz, near the Por- tugese-Spanish border, of a fully equipped and motorized Ttalian division. ~ FASCISTS BATTLE. Feelings of the civilian popula- tion is shown by continuous out— breaks in all Principal towns. Central port areas of Barcelona have been the scenes of veritable battles between the various fas- cist groups, in which many People have been killed. Result- ing confusion has been so freat that many people have Succeed- ed in erossing the frontier into France. While Franco’s police have their hands full with revolts in Alicanté and Gerona, the populsa— tion of Barcelona is provins much more difficult to handle because of the campaign of pas— Sive resistance which has been undertaken. In the district around the prison of Montjuich mot a day passes without repub- lican flags appearing on the roof tops of houses, despite frightful persecutions and an average of 100 executions a day. Falangists and Givi] Guards are found dead in the streets of Barcelona each mornin= HPlow- ers and republican inscriptions are found decorated on the bases of statues that were de- stroyed by Franco. Tt is this news and this Spirit which disproves all tall of the pacification of Spain which is supposed to have been achieved by Franco with aid of the OVRA and Gestapo. BC Coal Mines Increase Output VICTORIA, BC. —British Colum- bia coal mines showed an upswing in production during June of 27- 613 tons more than the ecorrespond-— ing period in 1938. Production for June was 129,339 tons as against 91,726 tons in June last year. Peace Appeal Circulated In Berlin BERLAN, Germany — (ICN — Signed by the Popular Front of Berlin, a secret letter is circu- lating among the population of the Third Reich capital. The letter is a call to action against HBMitler and his accomplices “ready to catapault us into the bloodiest of wars to satisfy their thirst for power.” “United and acting together we are a force,’ the letter reads. “Remember the weeks of Sep- tember. The Gestapo was then powerless to stop the discussions in favor of peace. The people accused Hitler of being respon- sible for the war psychosis and either. We must act as we did in September, and this time make our voices heard still loud- er. “If Hitler launches into war, if millions of parents lose their Sons, and wives lose their hus- bands, we shall bear some of the responsibility. “No one can say that his life is not in danger. War will not be confined to the front, it will be waged inside our country, too. Berlin, center of the war indus- “ry, will be the target for bomb— ers. “Everyone who wants to save his life and shield his family from indescribable horrors must the Gestapo could not stop that courageously against the warmakers. The people do not want war, the Nazi rank ana@ file don’t want war. Write to the Labor Front, te all the papers, that you want peace. Above all, speak openly against war. “Demand your sons act the withdrawal of and husbands from Czechoslovakia. Demand the right to self-determination for even the smallest of nations. “Courage! We shall win. Let us show the world that we de- mnounce Hitler’s crusades of op- pression. Det us restore the name of Germans.” ”