‘@ctober 20, 1939

THE ADVOCATE

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» Reaction
| Supporting

{No Peace As Long

States Diplomat
LONDON, Eng.— (Passed
British Censor). — Friends
China should be prepared
the possibility of a renewal

dent British Labor leader, t

gathering here last week.

Committee after

ador Quo Taichi had predic
that “trouble lies ahead’ for
Western powers interested

China, said:

alliance with Japan.

thinking of the advisability

set the
ments.”
Sin Stafford, lone a leading 5s
porter of China’s fight for
tional liberalism, emphasized
necessity of “being on guard’
said that British public opin

Chinese people.
Ambassador Quo,

Japan, said:

ation. Eurepean preoceupat
with the present struggle at ho
effers Japan an opportunity

and these depredations may be
much against the Western pow
as against China.”

Without referring directly to

said: 2

remain in their present

for negotiations and no hope
peace.”

Smash Japanese
Drive In Shansi

from

Shansi province has been ‘repul
everywhere.’

The Japanese are
have thrown 40,000
into nine mechanized
ported by artillery,
Chinese_ Japanese
placed ai 2000 killed.

Evacuation
Criticized

reported
troops,
columns s

losses

Sir Stafford Cri

Agreement

As Militarists Rule,’

by
of
for
of

the old MBritish-Japanese alli-
ance, Sir Stafford Cripps, dissi-

old

a Chinese Independence Day

The Labor MP, who addressed a
luncheon of the China Campaign
Chinese Ambass-

ted
the
in

. “Phere is a very real and prac-
tical danger at this moment that
this country may turn to an
Many
people in this country now are

of

an Angio—-Japanese accord to off-
Russo-German agree

up-

na-
the
and

ion

must be made conscious of the
need of supporting the struggling

after review-
ing the war between China and

“It requires no gift of prophecy
to predict that Japan certainly will
exploit the present European situ-

ion
me
for

new depredations in East Asia and
are areas of the Western Pacific

as
ers

re—

eent reports regarding the possi-
bility of mediation of the Chinese-
Japanese conflict, the Ambassador

“As long as the Japanese war
lords remain®~ in the Saddle, and
5 mood,
there can be no reasonable basis

of

GHUNGEING, China.— Reports
China Eighth Route army
headquarters state that a2 mass
Japanese offensive against Chin-
ese positions in east and central

sed

to

split

up-

against the
are

7 LONDON, England — The evac-
' uation scheme of the British gov-
' ernment has been bogging down

dismally according to all reports
: board reports that at least 13,000
| of the 60,000 evacuated school chil-
| dren had refused to remain in the

country.

The children who have returned
are running around wild without
protection or educational facilities.
The Manchester school board re-
port states that 45,000 school chil-

dren
schooling under
tions.

present

in Manchester are without
condi-

Leaders of the Labor party are
sharply criticizing the whole evac-
uation scheme of the government.
Major Atlee stated in parliament

last week that there was
anxiety because children are
ceiving no education.”

“sreat

re—

Labor leaders here feel that
thousands of deep bomb-proof
shelters should have been con-

structed a year ago in order

to

protect people near their homes,
without breaking up families and

dislocating school and busin

life,

ess

The evacuation scheme is going

from bad to worse, according
labor leaders.
being made to turn the stream
returning women and children
the country. E
More difficult to accomplish, it

to

Futile efforts are

or
to

This will be even

is

felt, now that the goevernment has

decided that parents must n

ow

help to pay the cost of keeping

their children in Safe areas.

The government had maintain-
€d that even though the eyacua-

tion of mothers and children
pre-school age had not gone w

of
ell,

the evacuation of school children

* ‘Had been successful. This is n
- proved to be false.

Gt is estimated that as much

ow,

as

5Q. percent of the 1,400,000 women
and children originally evacuated

have already returned.

pps Warns Of British-Japanese Pact

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Truce Reached In

Far East

A SOVIET officer (hatless) discussing peace terms with Japanese officers as the two coun-
tries agreed to a truce along the Mongolian frontier after many months of fighting.

pidly rising commodity prices.

In a survey of the effect of the:
war boom on the consuming pub-
lic, the Labor Research Associa-
tion noted that Moody’s wholesale
commodity index shot up from
146.9 on Sept. i, to 169.9 by Sept.
15, or nearly 16 percent in the first
two weeks of war.

More spectacular spurts in the
wholesale prices were cited in
foodstuffs. Quoting the New York
‘Times, the association report
showed an increase in wheat from
$86 per bushel on Aug. 31, to $1.04
on Sept. 20, or an increase of 20
percent. in that Same period,
prices on corn rose 24 percent; rye
23 percent; sugar 25 percent; co-
coa, 34 percent.

NEW YORK, NY. — Consumers
Wational Federation has announc-
ed the personnel of a special com-
mittee to study the effect of war
on prices and to plan consumer ac-
tion on any unwarranted in-
creases,

- The committee, which is the co-
ordinating agency for consumer
groups, comprises: Helen Hall,
president, the National Hederation
of Settlements; Colston Warn,
professor of economics, Amherst
College: Wallace Campbell, Co-
operative League of the USA;
George Marshall, labor econ-
omist; Anton Friedrich, professor
of economics, New York Univer-
sity; Ruth Ayres, chief of the con-
sumer section of the New York
City League of Women Voters;
Arthur R. Burns, professor of eco-
nomics, Columbia University; Dex-
ter Masters of Consumers Union.

“Tt is the hope of the federa-
tion,’ Persia Campbell, executive
secretary, stated, “that this com-

mittee will serve consumers and
econsumer organizations generally
as a central souree of price infor—
mation.

Great Soviet
Actor Dies

MOSCOW, USSR. AICN)—Last
week Moscow buried Boris Stchu-
Ixkin, outstanding master of Soviet
art, and People’s Artist of the
USSR.

From early morning on thous-
ands of Moscovites went to the
Vakhtangoy theatre to pay their
last respects to the brilliant actor.

At the memorial meeting Assist
ant Chairman of the Council of
People’s Commissars Vyshnsky
spoke on behalf of the Soviet gov-—
ernment.

Stehukin portrayed Lenin on
both the stage and screen. Only an
actor of great talent would have
Gared to take upon himself such

a task.

He portrayed Lenin in the films,
Lenin in October, and Lenin 1918,
and was on the staff of one of
the leading theatres in Moscow,
the WVahktangotff, where he play-
ed DLenin in Man With Rifle, by
NW. ON. N. Pogonia. He was eulo-
gized in tonight’s broadcast by
Tyan Moskvin, actor and deputy
of the Supreme Soviet.

Thousands of his admirers ac-
companied his remains on his last
journey. The urn With his ashes
is interred near the graves of the
great Russian actors and produc-

ers, Stanislavsky and Vakhtangov.

Fight Profiteering
In United States

NEW YORK, NY.—While Congress this week spectacularly
examined ways and means to keep the United States out of
armed conflict abroad, less-heralded economic reports revealed
an undeclared war on the American public in the form of xra-

:

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Find US

Sentiment
For Peace

US Involvement
In War Opposed,
Straw Vote Shows

NEW YORK, NY.—Since
outbreak of war, those who
previously held that the
United States should send its
army and navy abroad have
decreased considerably, ac-
cording to results of a survey
announced by the American
Institute of Public Opinion.

While 16 percent voted a
month ago for American partici-
pation, only 5 percent expressed
Similar sentiment in the study
just completed, according to Dr.

George Gallup, director of the
institute.

The report asked voters:
“Should we declare war and send
army and navy abroad to fight
Germany?’ In September, with
the war only a few days old, 16
percent of voters answered in
the affirmative, 84 percent in the
negative. In October, when the
question was again asked, only
D> percent favored American in-
volvement in the war. Winety-—
five percent of voters were op-
posed.

Added the report:

“The institute plans to mea-
Sure Gpinion on this issue at re-
gular intervals in future in order
to keep a running index of war
Sentiment. Such an index vill
reveal the effect on American
opinion cf battles, propaganda
and other events as the Euro-
pean war progresses. At the
Start of the conflict it is clear

that little war fever exists in
this country, that 95 people in
every 10@ want to keep our

troops and our Davy at home
and remain at peace.”

US Communists
Sue For Libel

NEW YORK, NY.—A libel suit
has been started in New York Su-
preme Court by the Communist
party of the United States, Wil-
liam Z. Foster and Earl Browder,
against Macfadden Publicatons,
Inc., Bernarr Macfadden, Fulton
Qursler and the anonymous author
of a series of articles that appear—
ed recently in Liberty magazine.
The complaint asks $1,000,000 dam-
ages for the party and $500,000 for
each of the individual plaintiffs.

The complaint charges that the
articles falsely portrayed the
plaintiffs of engaging in a conspir
acy against the United States, of
treason, abetting immorality and

of other crimes.

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National Assembly
Will Be Elected
In West Ukraine

MOSCOW, USSR. — On
initiative of the provisional
administration of Lvov,
Stanislavov, Tarnapol and
other towns, election for a
mational assembly of Wesi-
ern Ukraine have been pro-
posed.

The elections will be held
Oct. 22 by universal equal,
direct suffrage and secret
ballot, basis for representa-
tion being one deputy for
every 5,000 of population.

Numerous meetings in this
area have passed resolutions
putting forward as the chief
tasks facings the national as-

sembly: Establishment of
Soviet power in the West
Ukraine, incorporation of

West Ukraine with the Ul
Tamian Soviet Socialist Re-
public, approval of confisca-
tion of landed estates and
their division among the
peasants, demand for nation-=
alization of banks and large

industrial enterprises.

Secret Radio
Uncovered

By ALFRED MILLER.
MEXICO CITY, DE.—(MCN)

Campaign of the government ito
uncover illegal radio broadcast—
ing stations operating in Mexico

Met with its first Success when a
secret short-wave station, directed
by a Japanese, was discovered in
the state of Morelos, it is reported
here.

The station was located in a
private house in the village of
Johutla. The operator, a Japan-
ese, gave his name as Tamakura
Kaski. He and several other peo-
ple was taken into custody by fed-
eral police, according to the re-
port.

it was stated that the
had been in operation for
Six months.

The government’s campaign
@gainst secret radio stations was
announced as a move to enforce
Mexico’s neutrality position in the
European conflict. As one of the
first measures of this campaign,
the ministry of communications
strictly prohibited radio commun-
ication by merchant ships of bel-
ligerent nations in Mexican ports.
Government officials dismantled
the radio equipment of all Ger-—
Man ships at present in Mexican
ports or waters.

A sensation was caused when
it was discovered that the Colum-
bus, Germany's third biggest liner
at anchor in the port of Vera Cruz
had defied government orders by
using its radio station.

As a result the Columbus has
since been deprived of all broad-
Casting equipment and a govern-
ment officer has been stationed
aboard to see that orders are not
violated again.

The Nazi legation here has since
denied this report, stating that the
Columbus had been forced to
ehange her position outside the
port because of stormy weather.
Looking for a spot more secure, a
Columbus launch was surprised by
a storm, but was aided by a Mex-
ican steamer whose captain radio—
ed to the Columbus that the crew
of the laumch had been saved.

station
about

ommunists In
ermany Call For
itler’s Overthrow

STOCKHOLM, Sweden— (Delayed) — In a
iImamifesto issued by its central committee, the
Communist party of Germany calis for support of
the strugsle for peace, urges all anti-fascist forces
im Germany to unite to overthrow the Nazi regime
and defeat the imperialist warmakers by a German

peopie’s revolution.

The appeal, made public here, declares that the present war
“can only be ended by the strength of the masses of the people
of our country and the solidarity of the international labor move-
ment,” adds that it “must bring the destruction and eradication

of the imperialist warmakers
Hitler.”

German Communists and sin-
cere Social-Democrats inside Ger—
many, the manifesto states, “place
their hopes neither on the bayon-
ets of Chamberlain and Daladier
nor on the ‘liberal wing’ of the
German bourgeoisie, but solely on
the united force of our people, on
the solidarity and the struggle of
the international working class
and on the aid of the great and
powerful Soviet Union.’

Text of the manifesto
follows:

The Communist party of Ger-
many—in contradistinection to the
ether trends in the German opposi-
tion — has always defended the
conception that liberation of the
German people from fascist dic-
tatorship would not come from
outside (by war), but would be the
result of the struggle of the
masses of the people for overthrow
of the fascist dictatorship.
fore, the Communists for years
have concentrated all their forces
for the development of the mass
Struggle against Hiitler’s war pol-
icy and developed a strong moye-—
ment of the German people for
peace. s

in part

There-*

as well as the overthrow of

Closely bound up with the mass—
es and always at the head of the
movement against the Hitler re—

Sime, our party has sought to do
everything to unite the divided op-
position and thereby to multiply
its forces.

The Berne conference €of the
Communist party of Germany)
Sreeted the initiative of Wilhelm
Pieck, chairman of our party, and
his proposal for establishment of
unity of action and creation of |
united revolutionary party of the
German working class was enthus-
iastically received by numerous
Sroups of the Social Democratic
Party in Germany.

Confident in the growing povww-
er of the masses of the people in
our country, in the peace policy
of the Soviet Union and in the
solidarity of the international
workings class, the Communist
party of Germany has brought
its entire strength into action
and has not shrunk from any
sacrifices in the struggle for
peace, for the freedom of our
people, and for the overthrow of
Hitler,

Condemn Leadership
Of Social-Democracy

Unfortunately, the efforts to
reach an agreement with the emi-
Svant leaders of the Social-—Demo=
cratic -party of Germany for a
united mobilization of the masses
of the people have had but little
success.

Though unity inside Germany
las made rapid progress since the
beginning of this year, united.
front committees haye been estab-
lished and joint leaflets and slo-
Sans issued; though several for-
mer Social-Democratie party lead-
€Yrs in emigration recognized the
necessity of unity, the Wels, Vo-
sels, Stampfers, Hilferdings and
Geyers who still present them-
selves as the party executive of
German Social-Democracy —
though there has been no united
Social-Democratic party since 1933
and confirmation of this execu-
tive never took place—these men
are preparing a final breal with
the German labor movement.

The central committee of our
party found it necessary to make
the following declaration as part
of the Theses on the Situation is-
Sued as early as July of this year:

“Refusal of the united front
with the Communists (by the
Social - Democratic executive) ©
cannot be explained by stubborn-
mess and fossilization. Behind
this refusal stands the political
plan, jointly with reactionary

Place Hope
Strength Of

The reactionary leaders of the
Second International, of the Inter-
Gational Federation of Trade Un-
ions and of the party executive of
the Social-Democratic party of
Germany, have sabotaged the inde-
fatigable efforts of the Soviet
Union to build an effective peace
front against the aggression, by
their refusal of all united front
proposals of the Comintern and
the Communist party of Germany,
by their support and toleration of
non-intervention and the Munich
policy, and thereby they have
made Hitler’s agsression possible.

Fhe Communist party of Ger-
many calls upon all anti-fascists
in Germany and in emigration
te work new with really new
resolution and stubbornness to-
wards the unification of the
German labor movement and the
ruthlessly the enemies of unity
and the Trotskyites, and to
mobilize all forces for the over-
throw of Hitler.

The criminal attitude of some
former leaders of the Social-Demo-
cratic party of Germany has facili-
tated the war preparations ef Hit-
ler and prevented unification of
the opposition abroad. Hence there

iorces inside Germany and re-
actionary forces from abroad
te prevent a real German peo
ple’s revolution and to repeat
1918 . . . Behind the strict re—
fusal of the united front with
the Communists by the party
executive is concealed the polit—
ical plan to play tomorrow the
same criminal role against the
future German people’s revolu-
tien, with the generals, the bour-

Soise circles and foreign bayon-
ets, as the Eberts and WNoskes
played in 1918 against the Ger-
man workinse class and against

the German revolution.”

For the Social-Democrats and
Communists in Germany there
arises out of this situation the ne—
cessity, on the basis of experiences
of the struggle for the prevention
of war and the successful cooper-—
ation of the opponents of Hitler,
to strengthen unity, to expand it.
and, in the difficult conditions of
fhe war, to make all preparations
for carrying through the People’s
revolution.

They place their hopes neither
On the bayonets of Chamberlain
and Daladier, nor on a liberal wins

of the German bourgeoisie, but
solely on the united force of our
people, on the solidarity and the

struggle of the international worl
ing class and on the aid of the
Sreat and powerful Soviet Union.

In United
People

iS No cOmmon platform of the op-
Position today for overthrow of
Hitler. The Communist party of
Germany is the only force in Ger-
many bound up with the masses
which has clearly enunciated its
policy and has without deviations
entered upon the path to the pea-
ple’s revolution.

More than ever we feel ourselves
inwardly bound up with all Social-
workers in Germany who have
overcome the- policy of wait and
see, who have taken a stand for
unity of the labor movement and
who are fighting for destruction
of the imperialist warmakers.

We are convinced that from the
collaboration of the Communists
and Social-Democrats at the front
as well as in the hinterland, from
the self-sacrificing work for the
preparation and carrying through
of the people’s revolution, that in
this way from the united struggle
of the working class the united
revolutionary party will arise
which will be in a position to lead
the entire German people.

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