3 September 29, 1939 THE ADVOCATE Page Five ~ fi 4 < rs Paar peasy verre severest +. FORUM OF THE PEOPLE Sees Grave Danger If Prosecution Of War Left In Hands Of Fascist-Minded Leaders This war must develop, if the people’s right are real- ized, as a conflict between fascism and democratic prin- ciples. That being so, every- thing fascist is anathema to the democratic people. As democratic people we must fight in a democratic manner under democratic in- stitutions. if this is to become an anti- fascist war, it will be won by democratic people Jed in a democratic manner. It would be to the ultimate and srave danger of the people’s cause’ if we placed its conduct in the hands of fascist-minded leaders. As it is now there must lurk in our minds the suspi- cion that we are being sad- dled not at our behest but for reasons tainted with the old regime, particularly so in England where friends of fascism do the commanding. The conflict thus shapes it- self as one fascist clique against the Hitler fascists, and democracy remains a word in the dictionary. We in Canada must realize this before it is too late. Let us disassociate ourselves from anything undemocratic. Then we will have the full sweep of a people roused to the occasion, responsive in every sense, ready to unloose its utmost energy to the in- vineible and faithful dis- charge of its high calling, to free the world for all people. J. Hart Livingston. 100 Mile House, BC. ADVOCATE CLASSIFIED These merchants and professional men offer you their services at competitive prices. columns they support your paper. By patronizing them you ensure continuance of their support. Make it a point to deal with Advocate advertisers wherever possible. By advertising in these ADVERTISING HATES Classified, 3 lines 45c. Monthly con tract rates on application. BICYCLES AND REPAIRS NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN SEE DR. DOWNIE FOR RHEU- matism, Sciatica, Lumbazo. 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Hastings ——_ PHOTOGRAPHERS Weddin «./ All Smportant : Was This Manion’ s ‘Point?’ To the Editor—In the editorial columns of your September 15 is- sue, Dr. Manion is quoted as say- that Hitler served Germany “up to a certain point.” it mot possible that the ‘cer- point” in Dr. Manion’s mind might have been the moment when Hitler sigmed the non-aggression pact with the Soviet sovernment and thereby served certain gentle men rotice that the Reich was not Soing to commit suicide by attack ing the USSR. as they had so care— fully planned. Victoria, BC. —K. M Rules For Letters The Advocate invites its readers to send letters for publication on this page, subject to the following rules: Letters should be written as concisely as possible, in view of space limitations, and should not exceed 500 words. Longer letters will only be published in full when they deal with questions of con- Siderable public interest. In all cases preference will be given to those letters having seneral interest. The editor reserves the right to edit all letters. When it is necessary to condense letters the original context will be followed as closely as possible. All letters must bear the name and address of the writer, although for publica- tion purposes initials or a nom-de-plume may be used. Anonymous letters will not be published. Opinions expressed on this page are solely those of con=- tributors and not necessarily those of the Advocate. Asks Who Placed Nazi Agents On Waterfront To the Editor:—On Monday last week a section of the Van- couver longshoremen, world war veterans, voiced their protest against the employment of Germans on the waterfront. According to reports, some of the longshoremen of German birth are quite open in their allegiance to Hitler and very arro- gant in their contempt of British institutions. Consequently the vets demand that proper authorities take action to stop such doings. And weil they may. It is pointed out that such vessels as the Emp- resses and the Royal Mail line ves— sels carry the White Emsign, the Navy emblem, and sabotage of their ships by Hitler supporters can be expected. Now I am not one to brand all Germans as enemies. There is no doubt that on the Vancouver wa- terfront there are many Germans loyal to Canada, who hate fascism as much as If, but at the same time, when one realizes under what cir- cumstances the present longshors- men got their jobs, I do not think it would be exaggeration to say that many of them are “dyed in the wool’ Wazis, some or them probably paid agents of Hitler. Some 200 Germans were recruit— ed by the Shipping Federation of BC in 1935 as strike-breakers on the Vancouver waterfront during the memorable six months’ lockout of that year. Of the 900 longshore- men locked out on June 4, 1935, approximately 500 are still black-— listed. With hardly any exception these 500 men had worked continu- eusly for the Shipping Federation for more than ten years before the strike and probably half of them during the last war when not one case of sabotage in this port was reported. But, assisted by the then Mayor G. G. McGeer, the Shipping Feder- ation chose to smash the long- shoremen’s union and put these 200 Germans amongst others on the waterfront to do it. Bear in mind that several people who wax- ead so indignant over the disloyal- ty of the German longshoremen in Vancouver, played an influentiai part in bringing in the scabs. That there is every possibility Hitler agents are amongs the Gei-— mans on the waterfront goes with- cut saying. Byvery strikebreaker empolyed during the 1935 strike is understood to have passed the rigid serutiny of Colonel was given the job of hand-picking the scabs. Colonel Edgett, it will be remembered, was widely known at that time for His activities in the infamous Citizens’ League, 5f which Tom MacInnes was the mouthpiece. I can well understand the loyal longshoremen appealing to the au- thorities, evidently they realize the |futility of expecting the Shipping Federation to do anything about it. The parade on June 19, 1935, of striking longshoremen, so brutally attacked by police under Chief Foster, was headed by many re- furned men carrying the British flag, some of whom were imprison- ed for nine months for “rioting” because of participation in the pa- rade. —LONGSHOREMAN. Vancouver, BC. Edgett who f | ‘What Else Could USSR Have Done?’ To the Editor—Regarding the local press and its attitude of an- tagonism to the Soviet Union, may TI point out that when Eithiopia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Al- bania and Memel were over-run and made to suffer all the horrors of War and fascism, England and France did nothing. The Soviet Union gave these victims all the help that was possible under the circumstances. It did more, it of- fered to collaborate with England and France to effectively stop fur- ther aggression and to rescue the victims. Now Poland. The Polish govern- ment refused to let Soviet troops Pass through to help her against a Nazi attack. Hitler attacked and brought unspeakable horror to the people of Poland, defended by an ill-equipped army. Whe govern- ment of Poland, never having en- joyed the confidence of the people, was unable to carry out its task. The Soviet Union, true to its pol- icy of peace and democracy, has moved its troops into Poland and rescued half of Poland’s people from the further horrors of war and fascism. Millions of people in Poland teday (and millions more outside of Poland) are blessing the quick and efficient help brought to them by the Soviet Union. And the daily press cries havoc and betrayal! Did it want to See the people of Poland extermin- ated? Could it suggest any other way in which the unhappy people of Poland could have been rescuied from slaughter and fascism? it seems to Me, and to a lot of people up north here, that such an- tagonism as displayed towards the Soviet Union, which honestly Stands for peace and true demo- cracy and a happy and plentiful life for all mankind, has betrayed the true stand of certain people to— Ward peace and democracy. The existence of the Soviet Union makes it increasingly difficult for such individuals to hide the truth. I have felt ashamed and dissust— €d while reading recent issues of the local dailies, ashamed that man ean sink so low, and I shudder |to think of future issues. A lot of | space is. usually given to church ;activities and Christian ethics and | morality. Why aren’t they prac- tised for once? —GEHEORGE EDGAR. Fort Fraser, BC. | | | SHORT JABS | by OF Bill Voltaire wrote that the Enslish shoot an admiral every once in a while for the encouragement of the others. Well, I’m not going to propose that we shoot some of our readers for the encouragement of the others, but here is something which will work better for the encouragement of the others than the method of the English in dealing with their admirals. i met an old lady on the street a couple of days ago. She asked how the money was coming in for this column. When fi told her it had not got properly started yet she replied, ‘All right, Bill, just as soon as you reach the $100 mark, I'll put a five dollar bill to help to make the $150. Then, an old friend of mine, a real old-timer, has left three pairs of high-grade mitts with me to be sold at a dollar a pair, the money raised to go to the drive. A dollar is just about half their value. If you want a good wearing mitt cheap and at the same time help to raise the ante, have a look at them in the Press Drive office, Room 14, 163 West Hastings street. Roll in the subs and donations right away so we can grab that five-spot. If we ever needed our paper to be on a sound financial footing, we need it that way now. So let’s justify the existence of our column by digging up that $100. Ss = Ever since Hitler marched his armies into Step Hitler! the demilitarized Rhineland the cry, “Stop Hitler,” has gone up from the democratic countries. In spite of the growth of the sentiment to stop Hitler, his armies have gone ahead from aggression to aggression, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Memel fell into his hands without a struggle; were handed to him on a plate, in fact. But he has been stopped at last—by the Red army of the Soviet Union. During the years of aggression, the heads of the countries that were Chosen for destruction were summoned to the sumptuous palace of the neurotic Nazi and given their orders—after being third- degreed—Schusnigg, Hacha and the Lithuanian foreign minister. And Chamberlain went to Munich and Godesberg. But no Soviet statesman was summoned or went at Hitler’s bidding to be bullied or dragooned into agreeing to his demands. instead, Hitler’s foreign minister flew to Moscow to find out what was to happen to Hitler’s program. He only learned a small part of it When the time came to pay a call on Hitler, the Reda army took on the job. An Army Of Liberation. Encouragement. Capitalist press reporters and broadcasters admitted within a week of the “invasion,” that the Red army is not being received by a hostile people as the Nazis are, but is welcomed as an army of liberation, not only by the Ukrainians and Byelo Russians but by the Polish peasantry and workers also. The staid and very objective news broadcaster of the BBE at London, announced last Sunday that Polish soldiers captured by the Reds had been freed and were arresting their officers who had ran away, handing them over to the Red army to be sent to concentra. tion camps; that the people were setting up people’s courts, arrestine- landlords and capitalists and charging them with “exploitation”; that the big estates of the Polish pomeschiks were being divided among the poor peasants and that the factories of the capitalists who had fled abroad were being taken over by workers’ committees. This is not surprising to any one who knows anything about the history of Poland since 1919. When this war broke out there were 60,000 political prisoners in the bastiles of Western Ukraine and 20,000 in Byelorussia. -With the coming of the Red army the jail doors opened wide for them. Ukrainians in Canada have maintained an organization known as Todovernazu. The purpose of the Todovernazu was to collect money to be sent to feed the wives and kiddies of the political victims of Polish terror and to provide help for the prisoners themselves. In the past few years $60,000 has been raised for this purpose. It had to be distributed in the Western Ukraine illegally. Those who were caught distributing it were thrown into the dungeons with the men they were trying to help. The Todovernazu can wind up its business now. The Red army has put an end to the need for it. The Jewish people flee before the Nazi Huns. They have good reason to, for to them every Hitlerite is an angel of death. But they do not flee from the Red army of the Soviets, for its protection covers them equally with Poles, Ukrainians, Byelorussians and Lithuanians. They know there will be no pogroms. Lest any one has any doubts about the principle involved—that the Soviets were justified in going to the aid of their people in Poland ~ —their doubts may be cast aside, for Ghamberlain already decided this at Munich when he handed the Sudetenland over to Hitler, ail- though there is a difference in the fact that Czechoslovakia had a responsible and capable government, whereas in Poland there was no sSovernment since those who had brought this disaster on Poland had taken to their heels. But even without that justification the Soviets acted correctly in coming to the aid of the Ukrainians who had already taken up arms to defend themselves and to fight for their liberty. We learn from the capitalist press that “roving bands of Ukrainians were fighting the Polish armies where were tlee-mg across the Carpathians.” The bravery of the defenders of Warsaw, that is, the common soldiers deserted by their officers and the civilian population not evacuated because if was too poor to buy railroad tickets to safety is not sufficient to overcome the sreed of the landlord-capitalist rulers who chose to sacrifice Poland to the Nazis rather than save the country by an alliance with the Soviets. Had the Red army not acted fee did, the whole country would have been in the hands of Hitler oday. It is not only the people of Poland who have cause to rejoice at the master-stroke of the Red army. All the democratic people of Europe have gained by it. Hitler’s army has been driven out of ter- ritory it had already conquered. Hitler has met Something that he is afraid of. A Red barrier has been placed in the way of his “drive to the East.” The Red army has made it possible for the democratic nations to destroy Hitlerism and they must have sovernments in power that will tackle that job in earnest. At Nuremberg two years ago, Hitler said, Germany would be swimming in plenty.” No Pogroms. “If we had the Ukraine, He will have to find a new slogan. a ~ , HASTINGS : © BAKERY ee High. 3244 are headquarters for 716 East Hastings Street ; 4068 Hi. Hastings Strcet MENS WATER-PROOF 1709 Commercial Drive CLOTHING QUALITY PRODUCTS i i Ge ae Se at the lowest prices in town! 100% UNIONIZED | * SS SSS ee SPECIAL! WHILE YOU WAIT Men’s Half Soles Z.@2 and Rubber Heels Ladies’ Half Soles - - @5eé = a : Empire Shoe Repairs 66 E Street ast Hastings