It tate Oe ee a 2a SEY TSIM PS PN ANY 74 FR Ne Se ty en a eH CE ee a a ee rE Tray RT are eet tA Ram fem tes Poel Nees dite | Poe pom! ome gn 2 Saf New they Arey thaw mem ry rene pane Phy Ei igh Miah ahaa ering Bom Side hdbetee Ta Sina tet gree Te SEE DR. DOWNIE FOR RHEU- December 22, 1939 THE ALD VO CATS Page Five Continued : WhitePaper Petsamo, which was “unskilfully 4nd artificially drawn.” 5. Leasing to the Soviet Union ior 30 years of Finland’s vital port and fortress of Hansoe and “the territory adjoinins thereto situat- ed im a radius of five or six sea miles southward and eastward and three sea miles west and north for the purpose of establishing a naval base with coast artillery capable of blockins by artillery fire tosether with a naval base at Baltic port Con Estonia’s sulf of Binland coast) on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland across from Finiand.” | 6 For the ‘protection’ of the Hangoe base Russia sourht the Tight to “keep in the port of Han- =$0e a Sarrison of one infantry resi- ment, two anti-aircraft batteries, three air force resiments, and one battalion of armored cars, alto- Sether to total not more than 5,000 men.’ 7 Leasing to the Soviet Union the right of using the Bay of Lat- Goelja as an anchorase for Soviet ships. 8. Strengthening of the Soviet Finnish treaty of non-assression With a parasraph “According to which the contracting parties un-— dertake not to join any gSreups or alliance directly or indirectly hos- tile to either of the contractins parties.” . 8. Suppression of fortified zones on both sides of the Finnish-Soviet frontier, leavins only frontier Suard troops at the border. 10. Russia offered te permit Fin- land’s fortification of the Strategic Aland islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia between Fin- jland and Sweden, “provided no fereign power or Sweden has any- thing to do with the question of fortifyine the Aland islands.” To any unbiased observer, the effect of these proposals is clear. They would serve to assure the - security of Leninerad against sea attack through the Gulf of Finiand (and would thereby protect Fin- ‘nish towns in the Gulf also from naval attacks). They would place ieningsrad (the second largest Sov- iet city) out of the range of artil- lery fire from the Finnish border 20 miles away (Gmazgine Canada having artillery at Windsor trained on Detroit) and establish between Buinland and the Soviet Union 4 border unfortified on both Sides, Such as we are proud to have with our big mneishbor, the United States. For the small territorial area transierred to the Soviet Union, Finland would receive-a much larger territory and financial com- pensation. Finland's defensive pos- ition in relation to the Soviet Un- ion would not be other than at present The Finnish government, in its long drawn out negotiations could not deny the reasonable nature of the Soviet proposals but put for- Soviet Union Cffered To y Hangoe’ SO} Repulse Japanese SOx ~ Offensive Sroup army in its successful reinstatement to the Japanese attack on the capital of Hunan province in central China. Shih-Ming, one of his staff officers, is at the right. Gen. Yao ward as an excuse for its adamant refusal even to consider leasing Gangoe, that such an agreement would be “inconsistent with Fin- land’s policy of strict neutrality.” The Soviet Onien then offered te buy Hangoe and the adjoinine territory outright, since such sale could not even be alleged to con- flict with Winland’s ‘neutrality obligations, but this offer also was refused. if such facts of the Soviet-Fin- nish negotiations are admitted even by this anti-Soviet official White Book, how can the attitude of the Finnish government be ex- plained? No explanation of course is Siven in the White Book. The fact that there was stron= opinion in Finland for an amicable agreement with the Soviet Union is revealed by the action of the Finnish government in refusing ‘to make the Soviet proposals public er to Call the Diet to vote upon them. IMPERIALISTS INTERVENE. What was happening behind the Scenes during this time? The cur- survey of political developments, published in London, draws the curtain a little. The Soviet Union’s proposals for joint, peaceful settlement of Fin- nish-Soviet problems had practic- ally been accepted by the Finnish delesation when the Anglo-French Severnments became alarmed, this authoritative bulletin states. “It is important to note,” de clare The Week’s editors, ‘that 24 heurs before the Soviet move well-informed Conservative cir- eles in London were offering even money en the proposition that Sweden and the Wnited ADVOCATE CLASSIFIED These merchants and professional men offer you their services at competitive prices. By advertising in these 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. ADVERTISING RATES = Classified, 3 lines 45c. Monthly con tract rates on application. THE ONLY FISH — ALL KINDS ef Fresh Sea Food. 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There were no illusions in Lon- don that the final securing of ap- proaches to Leningrad would rep- resent a Successful Communist ac- tion against the potential coalition, sc frequently suggested by news- papers in other countries, and within the last few days freely ad-= mitted in the newspapers from London, New York, to Lisbon and Tokio as the real plan.” Confirming the efforts of the Soviet Union to continue peaceful relations and the Helsinki sabotage ef such efforts, The Week declares: “There was a moment of acute nervousness when the Finnish del- €gate Passikiyi was discovered to be willing to reach an agreement on -Soviet terms, in which event the whole position (that is, defense against the proposed attack on Leningrad through Finland) would have been secured almost immed- lately. The appointment of Tan- ner (Social-Demoeratiec leader) | Wath supporting assurance from the British labor leaders, was made with the object of stiffening the Finnish delegation and reversing the position reached by Passikivi.” “This whole edifice so far as Western interests are concerned was based on the assumption that nothing could be done on the Russian side before spring of 1940 and similarly on the West ern side.” “It was hoped and with some reason,” explains The Week, “that by spring it would have been fos- Sible to secure a government in Sweden which would-be willing to act against the Soviet Union — and more important still—it was beliey-— ed by then that American aid to Sweden in military action against the Soviet Union would be secured, and this would be still more effec- live on the calculation that the Gulf of Finland would still be opened almost all the way to Len- ingrad and one-quarter of the Soyv- jet Union’s industry.’ . Riiake it Home! i Continued Advocate representation and not of the Can- adian people’s interests. “Reactionaries here would un- | doubtedly like to suppress the Ad- wocate as biz business has obtained suppression of Clarte and the Clar- ion in the Bast. But the thousands of BC organized workers and farm- ers who have just contributed 24,000 to continue publication of the paper will give them their an- swer. “They know that the suppres-— sion of the Advoc=te would be only 2 preliminary to banning of the Pederationist and all trade un- ion organs published in this province. They know that the day the Advocate is suppressed, that day the trade unions. and the entire labor movement are brought a long step closer to complete suppression of all their democratic liberties.” CITES STATEMENT. Griffin cited as an instance of the dailies’ treatment of news the statement he issued to the press on Tuesday. below. The Vancouver Sun did not publish it. The Wancouver Province published it in Part, but with, the sections given here in bold type omitted: A Canadian Press despatch pub- lished in Vancouver daily newspa- pers on Monday drew attention to the fact that the Moscow radio in recent broadcasts quoted from the Advocate, British Columbia labor weekly here, the inference being that statements made over these broadcasts were Srossly exagger- ated. The broadcasts were reported to have stated that the majority Soviet Union’s action against Fin- land, referring to interviews with Pinns resident in this province Carried in the Advocate, Dec. 8. Cencensus of opinion amons Finns interviewed by the Advocate was that “Finland is being used by outside powers for imperialist— ie aims, while the Finnish people are Struggling for a free people's government.” Those interviewed were not Communists, as suggest ed by the Pinnish consul in Wan- couver, but, for the most part, for- immer members of White Guard regi- ments who in 1918 fought under General Mannerheim and were ap- palied at the wholesale Slaughter accompanying the suppression of the workers’ zovernment. That most Finnish people in Canada are of this same opinion is demonstrated by the recent raids conducted under oxzders of the Hep- burn government against Vapaus, Finnish daily paper published at Sudbury, Ont, because it openly stated these views. At the Same time Ontario provincial po- lice raided premises of the Finnish Organization of Canada in Toron- to and several private homes. Were it correct that the major- ity of the Finnish people in Cana- da is opposed to the Soviet Union’s action, then the Hepburn fovern- ment would not have found these raids ‘necessary.’ The Moscow broadcasts are also reported to have referred to a GGE club in this province as takings the view that Russia’s action is not against ‘Tittle Finland’ but in de- fense of MJLeningrad, to prevent Finland from being used as a base for other powers to attack the Sovy- iet Union. Herbert Gargrave, provincial secretary of the CCF, is quoted as Saying he has no knowledge of this. The CCE club referred to was undoubtedly the Kelowna club which, as reported in the Advo- Cate’s Dec. $8 issue, passed a res- olution te this effect and forward= €d it to CCE provincial headquar— BRCOMS FOR BRENT RICE BLOCK, 800 East Hastings. Hi eh. 0029. Furnished Suites and Rooms. Moderate rates, SAWDUST BURNERS dors Orch. Whist. $25.00 cash prizes. 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This chub further protested the Abanning of Canadian labor papers and the exclusion of certain for- eign labor periodicals, holding that uniess adequate protest were made “all papers, books and periodicals = which tell the truth about the Can- }adian political sittiation and world conditions will be banned and = nothing will be left except the propaganda over the radio and in the capitalist press.’ Officials of Kelowna CCE Club Geny that a resolution was passed, although they do not deny the Stand attributed to the club, and the Advocate is checking its story. Bi y 11 PM. Sunday Admission at Door—75c BIRT ee EYE bbe be babe bebe bere een Sne ae bare ae Sra : This statement is Siven | of Finnish-Canadians endorsed the | > SHORT JABS by OV Bill Bi da Of There is a newspaper (of a kind) circulating in — the Bridge River country. It is called the Bridge A Feather. River-Lillooet News. It is not published in the interests of the workers, like the striking miners of Pioneer who are now trying to get a little more food, clothing and shelter out of the wealth they die out of the ore-laden hills, but of the mine-owners and investors like those of Bralorne and Pioneer who will split over two million dollars in dividends this year. Some one has sent me a copy of that obscure sheet, dated Dec. 7, with a marked editorial. In the passage marked, the editor, Mrs. George Murray, wife of George Murray, MLA for Lillooet, says, “We want to hand a bonquet to our old colleague, Jimmy Butterfield, in his Common Round denunciation of Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, and agree with him that it is a lie.” I had already read Butterfield’s blather, which was a piece of windy ranting about Mice and Men, but as I had already dealt with some of it in taking notice of the vaporings of another colleague of the editor of the Bridge River-Lillooet News, I passed it up. The friend who sent me this Bridge River atrocity probably thinks Butterfield should be exploded too, so fT looked up the back numbers of the Province. Butterfield’s piece which draws the admiration of Grapes Of the Bridge River editor, reads: “‘The Grapes of Wrath. Wrath has been shown by experts, as well as by facts and figures of various state departments of the State. of Gali- fornia, to be a sensational lie in fictional form.” This assertion of Butterfield’s could not be called *‘a sensational lie in fictional form.”’ It is not sensational and it is not in fictional form, but otherwise it is described accurately in Butterfield’s own words. No experts and no facts and figures have been adduced to prove that the life of large sections of the population of Lodi, Modesto and other Californian agricultural districts is not depicted truthfully in Steinbeck’s masterpiece, Grapes of Wrath. In fact, the reverse is the case. Steinbeck is an artist. He depicts reality in imaginative terms and he has done it so well that Grapes of Wrath is the most spoken of book written in recent years. But there is another man come on the scene, 4a scientist and statistician, with none of the tricks of artistry to appeal to the feelings or emo- tions; one who handles the same subject as Steinbeck but in the cold— blooded analytical and historical manner of the scientist. 2 His name is Carey McWilliams. His book, Fiac- Factories In tories in the Field. He is not a Red. He is not a The Field. Communist. He is not even a pink. Early this year he was appointed commissioner of immigration and housing by Gov- ernor Olsen. He had no connection with, or knowledge of Steinbeck while he was conducting his investigations into the living conditions of the agricultural-industrial wage slaves of the Associated HMarmers Ine. of California. He proves absolutely the scientific truth of the imaginative work of Steinbeck. McWilliams believes to be conservative the statement of Henry George that the acquisition of land ownership in California was “a history of greed, of perjury, of corruption and high-handed robbery for which it will be difficult to find a parallel.” He quotes the figures of the California State Relief Administration, that the average yearly earnings per family-sroup dropped from $381 in 1930 to $289 in 1935. That is, about $5 a week for a whole family Says the editor of the Bridge River dope-sheet, “Grapes of Wrath is the best-seller, only because it soothes an irritation in the minds of those who can find no comfort in their possessions and who take a certain amount of pleasure out of the misfortunes of the misguided and ridiculed Okies.” Tell that to the families earnings five dollars a week in the onion fields, lettuce patches and cotton plantations of California. : Grapes of Wrath is being attacked, but the attack does not come from any puritanical spirit in the library committees of the US. Tt comes from the kidnappers and murderers who own the heritage of the greedy and corrupt perjurers and robbers spoken of by Henry George, among whom were Collis P. Huntingdon, Leland Stanford and their associates, the worst gangs of rogues who ever dissraced the pages of American history, but who, undoubtedly, are looked upon with admiration by the Butterfields and Bridge River editors. If some artist should write a book in the same vein as Grapes of Wrath, about the Bridge River miners and the fierce exploitation they are subjected to, calling it “Paystreak of Retribution,” it would get the same welcome from the mineowners as Grapes of Wrath sets from the Associated Farmers Inc. of California. Of Mice To people like these columnists and boiler-plate o editors, artists should not picture life in the raw, And Men. as it really is, but should present it as “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothings,” as -Shakes-— Peare would say speaking through the mouth of MacBeth. in condemnins Mice And Men, Butterfield sets himself up as an authority 0n one subject. He writes, “I know every obscene word in the English language. My impression of the play is that the author used all of them but two... If he knows only two obscene words more than were used in Of Mice and Men, he would be in a terrible fix if he were setting chokers and had lost both of his gloves and his hat trying to pull the hook from under a half-buried los and had still to get it out. Not even one of the eight Anglo-Saxon monosyllabic, physiological substantives that Hlmer Gantry decided to clean out of the American language is used. In fact, there was no obscene language at all in the play. The obscenity was in the minds of those who took it that way. So Butterfield is probably just as much an authority on obscenity as he is on art or the life of the California agricultural workers. $305.01. The press drive is over, and I think our column did very well to raise three times as mucn as we Set ourselves in the first place: $305 (to Say nothings of the one cent) is an excellent result even with the extended time, This was only made possible by the enthusiasm and energy the readers of this column put into their efforts to interest outsiders in the need for maintaining the Advocate in these troublesome times, Contributions came from all over the province. The biggest indi- vidual contributions were five-dollar bills and the smallest 10-cent Pieces, all of which counted. Perhaps the best, the most Jjasting result, came from those readers who made it their business to go out and rustle new subscriptions. One outstanding contribution came from a friend in the Powell River district who sent in 12 new subscriptions. This counts even more than the donations. Getting the paper into the hands of readers in ‘sufficient numbers to pay all the bills will solve all the litle worries, This is actually the biggest task before us, so the business man- ager is putting on a circulation campaign in January and HWebruary. We have to thank all who worked so valiantly in the drive and in thanking them, ask them to keep up the good work. So now the drive is over, what can we do about raising the circulation? Go after new. subs and don’t let any old ones drop off. To every one who sends in ten subs during January a prize will be awarded, a copy of a newly published book by D. N. Pritt, Ee, wp! Light On Moscow. Pritt is well posted in the development of the Soviet Union. He sat through the trial of the last batch of traitors in the Moscow court and has represented the Soviet government in Various Capacities in Pngland. But get out after subs and Set a copy for yourself. The same offer will be made in February. 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