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: Total signatures

Soldiers of the Chinese People’s Army are shown here signing the
Stockholm peace petition, Total number of signatures collected in

China is now 44,000,000.

Coldwell linked
to US state dep’t
on Formosa issue

The question asked by the Pacific Tribune during the
recent CCF national convention here as to “how far M.
Jx Coldwell is speaking for himself and how far for. the
U.S. state department” in claiming that Formosa “is ja
Japanese island” was clarified: this week by dispatches

from Tokyo.

The Tokyo correspondent of
Central News, British press agen-
ey, reported that Japanese Prime

_ Minister Yoshida had told parlia-
ment as early as January this
year that “according to historical
documents, the island of Formosa
belongs to Japan.”

Other dispatches from Tokyo
report that the “historical docu-
ment” referred to by Yoshida
may have been one produced re-
cently by the Investigation Office
MID working under supervision
of the American Intelligence Ser-
vice.

Yoshida is reported to have
been informed confidentially by.
General MacArthur’s staff that
similar documents may be of
considerable value in helping the
U.S. “to support the Japanese

- government’s claim to the annex-
ation of Formosa.” :

While M. J. Coldwell, CCF na-
tional leader, demonstrates a re-
markable foreknowledge of pos-
sible U.S. state department lines
of policy, four high former Kuo-
mintang officers have broadcast
an appeal to officers and men
of Chiang Kai-shek’s remaining
forces in Formosa to come over
to the Chinese People’s Republic.

The broadcast, which revealed
the preparations being made for
occupation of Formosa by Chinese
Liberation armies, was given by
Lieut-General Chang Pei, chief
officer of mechanized warfare of
the former Kuomintang staff col-
lege, on behalf of himself and
Major-General Kan Yi, chief of
staff of the former Kuomintang
Troops Training Headquarters in
Taean, Major - General Chang
Cheng-fei of the former Kuomin-
tang Central Training Corps, and
Colonel Ming Shih-chi, chief of
operations of the former Head-
quarters of Mechanized Units of
the Kuomintang. .

“The People’s Liberation Arm
is making full preparations for
the battle to liberate Taiwan
(Formosa) by building a power-
ful navy and air force, and by
further strengthening its ground

igus

McEwen fo speak af
picnic in North Van

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.

A combined peace rally and
basket picnic will be held this
Sunday, August 27, 1 pm, at
Swedish Park here, under aus-
pices of the North Vancouver
Labor-Progressive party.

Guest speakers are Ivan Birch-
ard and Tom McEwen, with
Chas. Caron as picnic chairman.

“All facilities for food and re-
freshments are available on the
picnic grounds. Situated just
across the Second
bridge, Swedish Park is an ideal
place for family outings, and
picnic officials anticipate a record
turnout.

Narrows

Pint tt ft de

forces,” said Lieut.-General Chang
Pei in his broadcast. “The Amer-
ican imperialists and Chiang Kai-
shek will never be able to halt
the advance of the People’s Liber-
ation Army.”

Chang Pei then called on the
Kuomintang troops to come over
to the side of the people. “The
people will pardon your past mis-
takes and welcome you,” he said.

“Chiang Kai-shek entertains
the idea that the People’s Liber-
ation Army can never liberate
Taiwan. This is sheer wishful
thinking. Not long ago Chiang
Kai-shek declared that the Peo-
ple’s Liberation Army could not
take Hainan Island, but Hainan
was liberated.”

He concluded with a warning
that “when the time arrives for
Taiwan’s liberation Chiang Kai-
shek will kick you aside and flee
abroad with his gold and silver.”

— to peace petition

now 273 million

Frederick Joliot-Curie, chairman of the World Committee of Partisans of Peace,
has announced that signatures to the Stockholm peace petition have reached a total of
273,470,566. With many countries still to report on the number of signatures collected,

it is estimated that 600
bomb petition.

PARIS

million throughout the world have endorsed the ban-the-

Even in fascist Spain, and in Greece,men anl women are collecting signatures at

the risk of their lives.

Mundo Obrero, organ of the Spanish Communist party printed in France, reports
that 1,000 signatures to the Stockholm appeal have been collected in a town in central

Spain.

created by the Franco terror,
tending and spreading throughtout all Sp ain,’

The Catalonian ‘underground
paper, Treball, reports that in
Catalonia collection of signatures
to the petition is increasing daily.

Mundp Obrero reports that in
one Catalonian city 60 signatures
were collected by one peace par-
tisan alone, which represents an
heroic effort in Franco’s police
state,

.From Prague it is reported that
partisan units of the Democratic
Army of Greece are conducting
a peace campaign among the pea-
sants in villages in many parts
of the country.

When partisans enter the vil-

lages they are welcomed and fed
by the people, and besides their
work of mobilizing the people to
defend their rights against the
monarcho-fascist terror, they are
conducting a campaign to explain
the world movement in defense
of peace and the Stockholm peace
petition.

More than 75 countries are now
participating in the Stockholm
peace petition campaign.

Joliot-Curie concluded his an-
nouncement by extending the
thanks of the World Committee
to all who have participated in
the great peace campaign, unpre-
cedented in world history, and
exhorting all peace workers to
spare no effort to continue the
campaign which constitutes the
greatest safeguard for the preser-
vation of world peace and relaxa-
tion of the present international
tension.

Following is a list of countries
with the number of signatures
obtained at the beginning of this
month given in brackets:

Albania (620,000), Algeria (266,-
000), Argentine (1,000,000), Aus-
tralia (65,000), Austria (578,578);

Belgium (153,060), Bolivia (20,-
000); Brazil (600,000), Bulgaria
(5,801,346), Burma (1,000,000) ;

Cameroons (22,000), Canada
(300000), Chad (16,500), Chile (50,-
000), China (44,000,000), Columbia
(50,000), Costa Rica (4,000), Cuba
(400,000), Czechoslovakia  (9,500,-
000) ; :

Denmark (100,000), | Ecuador
(20,000), Egypt (12,000), Eire (1,-
200) ;

Finland (616,248), France (12,-
000,000), German Democratic Re-
public (17,046,000), West Germany
(2,000,000), Greag Britain (790,-
277), Guinea (10,000) ;

Holland (229,067), Hungary (7,-
500,000), Iceland (5,000), India
(127,389), Iran (25,000), Israel
(261,750), Italy (14,631,523), Ivory
Coast (50,000) ;

Japan (1,345,000), Korea (5,680,-
000), Lebanon (56,000), Luxem-
bourg (7,000); ;

Mongolian People’s Republic
(686,782), Morocco (19,581), Ni-
geria (12,500), Norway (50,000) ;

‘pacification,

“This is new and significant proof that despite all the barriers and obstacles

the campaign of support for the Stockholm appeal is ex-

’

Philippines (50,000), Poland (18,-
000,000), Reunion (20,000), Ru-
mania (10,046,670) ;

Saar (2,600), Senegal (25,000),
Spanish emigres (284,955), Sudan
(30,000), Sweden (250,000), Swit-

St. Jean

the paper comments.

zerland (150,000), Syria (60,500),
Trieste (50,000), Tunis (50,000) ;
United States (1,350,000), Upper
Volta (French West Africa) (50,-
000), USSR (115,275,000), Uruguay
(50,000), Venezuela (12,000).

Baptiste

Society opposes
action in Korea

By PIERRE GELINAS

MONTREAL

Societe Saint-Jean-Baptiste has added its voice to those of the
many Quebec organizations protesting against Canada’s involvement in
the Korean war. The oldest patriotic organization in French-Canada,
organizer of the annual St. Jean-Baptiste pageant held on June 24,
condemns as “dangerous and. provocative” the policies pursued by the
St. Laurent government, which, it says, are exactly those which ‘have,
already dragged us into two world wars.”

In a formal statement issued to
the press last week, the Societe
St. Jean Baptiste calls “for Can-

ada to keep its full independence
and officially to proclaim it. We
refuse to see Canada dragged at
the tail of London, Washington,
or of any other world capital.”

The task of the Canadian gov-
ernment, declares the Societe, is
“to work tirelessly, in the light of
Christian principles, towards the
lasting triumph of peace among
men.” It exposes the pretense
that the American intervention in
Korea is a “United Nations police
action.”

“This juridical fiction,” says the
St. Jean Baptiste, “does not pre-
vent us from seeing the reality
... The fact that the participants
are very few,” It points out that
Great Britain, arguing about
commitments in Malaya and Bur-
ma, is showing absolutely no hur-
ry to get in.”

Furthermore, .the .Societe .St.
Jean Baptiste states \that war
solves no problem, not even the
issue of communism for Catho-
lics. “We do not believe,” it says,
“that a war against the Soviet
Uhion, even if it was elevated to
the status of a crusade, could lead
to an advantageous outcome, It
would only add to the miseries of
millions of men and lead them to
despair.” —

Stating that “neutrality is dif-
ficult,” the Societe argues that
“still the natural role of a coun-
try like Canada, having no inter-
ests in tthe present conflict, should
express itself through a deliber-
ate and consistent effort towards
towards mediation
On a morally acceptable basis.”

Peace broadcast
banned, dailies
won't print ad

While Vancouver daily papers
are devoting columns- to smear
attacks on the world peace peti-
tion, their earlier policy of refuS-
ing to give it any publicity hav-
ing failed to hamper the peace
campaign as they had hoped, they
will not allow the Vancouver
Peace Assembly to place the real
facts before the public—even i?
paid advertisements.

All three Vancouver newspapers
have turned down a_full-pag®
paid advertisement prepared bY
Vancouver Peace Asembly, and 5°

have all Vancouver suburba?
weeklies.
The advertisement has now

been issued as a broadside h
“Newspapers Kill Truth About
Peace” and is being distribut
in 50,000 copies.

At the same time, radio statio?
CKMO on Monday this week T&
fused to allow Homer Steve?®
chairman of the Labor Peacé
Committee to make a scheduled
broadcast for which time
been booked two weeks b@
and the script submitted on Fri-
day last week.

Asked for @ reason, station Of
cials first resorted to excuses that
the Labor Peace Committe?
“didn’t have a signed contrac a
Finally, one official admit
that he had received his instruce
ions to rule out the broae
from “higher-ups than me-

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