11 mb hae erieep NOR MIR CEE Mit wepreseaeer 41, ivov To eS “ALD ey O'S Ar Page Three People’s Front Gov’t Smashes Fasci CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Marshal Reveals Truth About Talks He also denounced as false assertions that the Soviet delega- tion had termed further negotiations “purposeless” in. view of the Soviet-German non-aggression pact. WVoroshilov said that deadlock in the tri-power negotiations for a mutual assistance pact was one of the reasons for conclusion of the Soviet-German pact. out- in before Voroshilov and his spoken answers, aS printed izvestia this week, follows: “Question: How did the nerotia- tions with the British and French military missions end? “Answer: In view of the serious differences revealed, the negotia- tions were broken off. The mili- tary missions have left Moscow for their respective countries. “Question: Is it possible to know the substance of these differences? “Answer: The Soviet military maission considered that the USSR, having no common frontier with the ageressor, can render assist ance to France, Great Britain and Poland only if its trocps are al- Full text of the questions placed lowed to pass through Polish ter-' ritory, because there is no other way for Soviet troops to establish contact with the ageressor’s troops. “Just as British and American troops in the past world war would Gave been unable to take part in military collaboration with the French armed forces if they had mo opportunity te operate on French territory, Soviet armed forces could not take part in mili- tary collaboration with the armed forces of France and Great Britain if they are not allowed on to Pol- ish territory. “Despite the perfectly obvious correctness of this position, the #rench and British military mis—~ sion disagreed with this position of the Soviet mission, while the Polish government openly de- Clared that it did not need and would not accept the military as— sistance of the USSR. This made mailitary collaboration of the USSE with these countries im- possible. 5 “Question: Was the question of assistance to Poland by raw and Wer materials discussed durins the negotiations ? “Answer: Wo, it was not. Assist- ance in raw and war materials is a qaGuestion of trade, and conclusion of a pact of mutual assistance, not fo speak of a moilitary. convention, is by no means necessary in order to supply raw and war materials to Poland. “The United States, like a num- ber of other states, has no pacts #Of mutual assistance or military conventions with Japan, but for two years now it has been selling Taw and war materials to the Japanese despite the fact that Japan is in a state of war with “The negotiations dealt with as- Sistance by troops and not assist- ence by raw and war materials. “Question: The diplomatic obser- ver of the Daily Herald alleges that the British and French military Missions asked the Soviet mission whether the USSR was prepared to supply Poland with airplanes and ammunition and to keep the Red Army in readiness on the border, while the Soviet military mission allegedly replied to this by a pro- Bosal ‘immediately after the out- break of war to occupy Wilno and Wowogrodek, in the northeast, anl aiso ILwow, Tarnopol and Stanis- lawow provinces in the southeast, So that the Red army could render the Poles military assistance from these areas if the need arises’ How do you regard this statement of the diplomatic observer of the Daily Herald, and is it in conform- ily with the facts? “Answer: This statements is a lie from beginning to end, its au- ther is an insolent liar, and the newspaper which printed this lying Statement of its diplomatic observ— €r a slanderous paper. Italians Routed In Ethiopia General Among Officers Captured By Guerillas PARIS, France. — (ICN). — News of the greatest defeat yet inflicted on Italian armies in Hithiopia has just leaked through the strict fascist censorship. An Ethiopian guerilla army, op- erating in the district of Basaum- dir, cut off the local Italian force of occupation, captured the whole Italian general staff of the district, including General G Tosti and Colonel Angolini. The disaster came as a climax to a campaign in which Italian forces not only failed to make any impression on Ethiopian troops holding out in the mountains, but were forced at one time to retreat as far back as the fortified lines outside Addis Atbaba itself. Ethio-— pians established a base only 40 miles from the capital. Over two-thirds of Ethiopia is today practically free of Italian eccupation. This includes the greater part oz the provinces of Shoa and Gojam, and the districts of Bagaumdir, Somion and Ambo, stretching from Addis Ababa south towards the mountain lakes. Administration of justice and other state functions are carried out in the name of the exiled em- speror and the only Italian garri- sons are in scattered forts provi- Sioned principally by aircraft. It was in attempting to relieve occu- pants of one of these forts that the detachment in Bagaumdir met Gisaster. - Even within strongly held areas, raids make economic life impos- sible. Attempts tG reconstitute coffee and cotton-prowing have failed. Railways and roads are fre- quently made impassible by de struction at the hands of armed bands. Explanation for this stubborn resistance is contained in leaflets emanating from the Italians them- selves. One, dropped from an Ita- lian plane, contained an appeal from a priest appointed by the Ita- lians as “Archbishop of Ethiopia,” begeing Ethiopians to lay down their arms. “If you do,” read the leaflet, ‘not only will the Church be given back its pucwerty, but the numerous clergy, priests and monks who are held prisoner will be set free. Huts, churches and villages will no long- er be burned. The aged women and children will cease to be mas- sacred.” Amswer to the tEtalians was given by Lis Yohido Yasu, com- mander of the victorious forces at Bagaumdir, in a letter to Haille Selassi, exiled emperor. “We have taken guns, machine puns and rifles from the Italians,’ he wrote, “and henceforth we shall fight them with their own arms”’ Gnly Shoe Repair Store in Vancouver with a Signed Agreement with the Union NEW METHOD SHOE - - 337 Carrali St. SS ary == . PURE FOCD PRODUCTS Victoria, Nanaimo. Prince Rupert, New Westminster, Kamlosps, Vernon, Penticton _ Kelly Douglas Co. Ltd. Vancouver are under construction. Se SS WEARING steel helmets and gas masks, troops of Fuerto Rico’s national guard line up on the beach near Arecibo for maneuvers to test island defenses. Air and submarine bases Defending Panama Canal Sues eS zs 4 Sass a color Held on Columbia street in the heart of Chinatown, Sept. 6 to 9 in- clusive, will be the Dance of the Moon Maidens, a symbol of woman- hood of old China, the Lion Dance of victory and good luck, accom- Panied by Chinese temple drums, cymbals and gongs. In vivid contrast to these scenes of old China will be the first fall fashion show of 1939 te be given in the city. A dramatic performance, The Goddess of the Moon, depictine the advent of the Empress Nefay to the abode of the Immortals, will wind up the day's events. The festival will contmue each day from 1 to 11 p.m. Tickets will be available at all Chinese ereen- @rocers and cafes, and total pro- ceeds will be for the benefit of China’s war refugees. Troetskyists Support Fascist For President MEXICO CITY, DF — (ICN — That Trotskyism and fascism are synonymous has again been pro- ven by Diego Rivera in a recent statement published above his name in EF] Excelsior, outstandinse reactionary daily here. Without mincing words any long- er, Trotsky’s right-hand man de- clared his full agreement with the program of General Juan Andreu Almazan, millionaire fascist candi- Gate for president. Until quite recently, Rivera and Mexican Tirotskyists were backing General Francisco Mujica, one of the progressive candidates in the presidential race. General Mujica former minister of communica- tions, has since withdrawn from the campaign to insure unity with- in the Party of the Mexican Revo- lution. The Trotskyists aim at that time was to split progressive forces so that Almazan might win. They tried to persuade Gen. Mujica to stay in the race When he refused, they openly threw their support to the fascist candidate. Call SOR mt Home! es SSS 6 Rese SEymour 0308 Hotel East 145 GORE AVE. anada Cc Features of the festival, to be® City Festival Features ‘Bowl Of Rice’ Drive Led by China’s symbolieal lion and hundreds of children in lantern parade, a brilliant Pageant of decorated floats and costumes will open the gigantic Moon Festival to be staged by the Chinese War Refugees Relief Committee here as part of the province-wide “One Bowl of Rice” drive. Kuhn Reveals Pacific Coast 5 Bund Activities WASHINGTON, Dc. — The German-American Bund has “locals” in nine west coast communities, Fritz Kuhn declared here in testifying before the Dies committee. Kuhn said that Bund units were operating in Spokane, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, San Bernardino, Carson City. While Kuhn did not men- tion them, Bund ‘locals’ are known to be active in Seattle and Portland. “Sub-fuehrer” for the west coast, Kuhn said, was Her- man Schwinn, recently found guilty in a California federal court of fraudulently obtaining US citizenship. > st Revolt In Chile THE WEEK ABROAD President Aguirre Cerda this officers. Send Big Shipment To China City Physician Gives Equipment Worth $2500 More than 100,000 surgical dressings and bandages have been prepared by Vancouver Medical Aid for China commit- tee for immediate shipment to China. Included in this con- signment will be a complete sterilizing machine and surgical equipment valued at $2500, gift of a Vancouver physician. Under leadership of Mrs. A. WM. Stephen, assisted by Mrs. R. GC Wel- don, president, Vancouver district WCLU, Many groups and individu- als throughout the province have made possible such a large amount of dressings, which will be packed in small tea chests: This has been found to be the most convenient form for transportation by mules across miles of mountainous terri- tory in China’s interior. Another valuable contribution from Mrs. Lammedee, on behalf of the Marshall group, will make pos— sible purchase of two looms for use by Chinese cooperatives engaged in rebuilding industry behind Japa— nese lines This consignment will be sent to Madame Chiange Kai-Shek via the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank, Hong Kong. The committee has issued a further appeal for woollen blankets, clothing, white linen or cotton cloth for bandages, surgical instruments, quinine, iodine and other antiseptics and cash dona- tons. Contributions should be sent to Mrs. A. Mi stephen; Suite 16, 610 Jervis street, Vancouver, BC. Tuna Venture Aids Fishermen British Columbia halibut fisher- men are watching with keen in- terest a new venture in fishing which if proven successful may spell the difference between a sea- son’s stake and the relief line while at the same time offering imports from Japan some stiff competition, that new venture is tuna fishine. Manned by United Fishermen’s Union members, four boats are now out on the erounds. On their success de- pends to a large extent the future of the venture. They are assured of $100 a ton for their catch or $10 higher than that paid Tmited States fishermen. This is the first instance in the history of BC’s fishing industry that an organized attempt has been made to bring tuna to Can- ada as a home product. Reactionary Generals Follow Franco Tactics SANTIAGO, Chile. — The people’s front government of week announced that it had crushed a fascist-inspired rebellion led by traitorous army Patterned after the revolt the insurrection climaxed reaction-— ary efforts to overthrow the popu- larly elected government. Agents of the fascist haye been aiding Chilean reactionaries in their subversive activities against the government, hoping to place Bower a fascist regime dominated by Nazi Germany. have been arrested. ‘Blue Shirts Bleached White’ here in Ireland thought at one time they could enter straight by the hall door. They were) taught a les— son and their blue shirts are lying bleached white on the thorn hedges of Munster. is being tried under the fancy name of vocationalist But the frish labor movement is lockins this door also.” cfthe Communist party of Ireland made this statement in comment— ing this week on the recent 45th annual meeting at Waterford of the Irish Trade Union Congress, an all-Ireland body composed’ of both Orange and Green. The Congress in one resolution tuna fishing ! pledged its support to the campaign for release of Frank WRyan, Irish prison by the Franco regime. in another resolution it voted support of the Chinese people and under- took to strengthen the boycott of Japanese goods. : im his address President P. T Daly denounced appeasement, de- elared that “Hitler’s mode of ‘peace-— ful penertation’ had got him 4 dist ance he never could have travelled if the professions of the larger powers had been implemented when, and as, they were promised.” More Refugees Flee To France PARIS, France, I@N—Former Loyalist Premier Juan Weerin told correspondents this week that Scores of new refugees are cross- ing into France from Spain daily: - influx of these unexpected fugi tives is creatine a serious problem in the established refugee camps at Perpignan and other points in Southern France,” he said. “Re securces of existing agencies are taxed to the utmost. “Quarters for these new refugees must be found in the already over— crowded camps. Sixteen thousand refugees have already Jleft for Latin America. Another 20,000 will leave France before the end of INo- vember. But many thousands more need help. see “I know that the American people who have helped so magnificently in the past will not fail us in this dire need.’ People Of Soviet Unions Far North LENINGRAD, USSR—An ex- hibition was recently opened in this city. Without pomp, without any great opening ceremonies, the initiators of the exhibition arranged the exhibits themselves, end themselves conducted the Visitors around] and gave the ex Plamations. The exhibition was One of pictures and sculptures, the work of the talented young people of the Far North of the Soviet Union. Dolgans, Selkups, Wanaitses, Manses, Nentses, Chants, Evenks, Chukchs, Lamuts, Ketes, Yakuts, Ulches, Udes, Koryaks—people only yesterday were reindeer breeders, hunters, fishermen, no- Mmaas, who had never heard of living in one place, much less of Such things as paint brushes or water colors, of clay or plaster— efParis these are the same people now showing the fruits of their art at this exhibition. The past of these peoples has been hard. Tsarism had con- Gemned them to extinction. Any- one could plunder and Pillage a, BC District Boar them. Nobody thought of giving them any education. Necromanc- ers and exorcists swayed their souls. Their lives consisted of a hunt for food. If ever they turned their hand to art it was for purely practical purposes. But even this utilitarian art is amazing in its many-sidedness, its Simple directness and intes- rity. The work shown at this exhibi- tion by students of the Institute of the Peoples of the North has been created by people who have seen a great city for the #rst time, high houses, a river en— closed by stone embankments, motor cars. At first they were unable to grasp that this was real; they imagined that the whole town, the houses, the streets, were hewn out of the rock. Later on, when they had be- come accustomed to the noise ef the city, when they had be- come familiar with the new life, Emterka these men and women sai down Labor Day Greetings to the ADVOCATE --..- and our thanks for its fair and honest coverage of labor news! tional Union of Mine, Mil & —— f= Se eee SS SS Show Talent At Leningrad Exhibition to their books, took pens and Pencils in clumsy fingers ac- customed to the hunting rifle, and commenced to learn. Some of them came accident— ally into the experimental art workshop attached to the insti- tute, and then became constant visitors. They took up the brush or chisel, and under their hands works of art originated which bears witness to the Breat and inexhaustible intellectual possi- bilities of the peoples who were once held to be savage—peoples who have been organically at one with nature, and have become familiar in every detail with the life of the tundra and the habits of animals. True art is developing in the Far North, art which is orizinal and interesting and closely lini— ed up with the past of the peo ples. Neither the tsarist officials nor thieving traders were able to Suppress the love of beauty in- are now developing in the sun- SSS shine of full freedom. Smelter Workers SS == SS ee Sean Murray, seneral secretary <> in | |s8 headed by General Franco, in| According to news reports former ; president Ibanez and General ALIS osta Herrera, leaders of the revolt, ~ DUBLIN, IFS. — “The Pascists © Now the back door — ‘ anti-fascist man held in 2 Spanish ©