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MOSCOW We have absolutely nothing Sain from war, but then, , thers would not gain much they » ats is. what Nikita Krush- x Soviet Communist party bey Stary, recently told mem- ing th. a delegation represent- iy, © Italian peace movement Wo-hour interview here. the ganchev was reiterating I, CViet government’s readi- ree © sign an international ents ot outlawing experi- With atomic weapons. ty We are accused of trying wig ever the whole world,” \, Ushchey, “I should not ant ¢ Smmunist if I did not boven 2 Working class to take ‘ty, %® all countries ,but we St g €t this straight. « havaglt : here one speaks of war, if “The as a war we accept, it is fica; °2 Of ideas — an ideolo- Mine eusele, a struggle of Member of the Italian Mery ton asked Krushchev Ome *r he thought that in Mists Stern countries So- yj, 84d Social Democrats ons lead the working ‘class Calism, us is Possible,” Krushchev Nothing to gain from War, says Krushchev replied, “because it is not (a question of the label but the policy. “But only a truly revolution- ary, non-opportunist party can lead the working class. “Many Social Democrats and Socialists claim to have such qualities but do not have them, just like those faithful who make great signs of the cross without being Christians.” A member of the Italian delegation asked him, “And are there such people among the Communists?” Krushchev smiled. ‘Yes,’ he said, “they may also be found among Communists.” Britain, France used NATO arms in Egypt NEW YORK The U.S. Defense Depart- ment announced on Thursday last week that the British and French governments had used U.S. military equipment in their attack on Egypt in viola- tion of agreements with the U.S. a In a statement issued here it said that the U.S. State De- partment had warned them, on November 3, against such use of equipment supplied to them under the NATO Treaty. ‘CHILDREN SHOT IN BACK' Port Said city of unbel ievable horror LONDON A terrible picture of the situation in Port Said after the Anglo-French attack was given last week by Francesco Marelli, Italian consul in the occupied Egyptian city. “The entire 150,000 population of Port Said should be considered as desti- said Marelli. tute,” He estimated that 50,000 people were homeless — ‘‘and every other house has been ransacked by troops. “The situation is such that members of the foreign com- munities want to leave as soon as possible. They would even like to swim away if it- were possible.” A similar picture was given by Perelow Anderson, Swedish newspaper photographer and correspondent who covered the Korean and Spanish wars. Anderson’s cabled report to London was a direct contradic- tion of British’Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden’s claim in the House of Commons: “Our attacks on airfields and other military targets have been conducted with the most scrupulous care in order to cause the least possible loss of life.” In his report, Anderson said: “I. got through the British lines into Port Said on cease- fire day. I found a smoking inferno where children were searching for their parents and parents searching for children amid ruins and debris. “In Gamil area 350 small houses, belonging to poor in- habitants, were completely burned out by fire. bombing from jet fighters and bombers. “There were sights of un- believable horror. In the ashes that was left of wood houses at Gamil, I saw hundreds of bodies burned to death — children, adults and animals. “Civilian and military hos- pitals were raided with some 900 patients killed. The Euro- pean quarters of the city were almost untouched. “In the stadium, British sol- diers dug two mass graves for dead civilians, handed over from a nearby hospital. A doctor said during the first days of attacks, there we- 300 dead a day. I saw 400 dead civilians in one place alone. “The British authorities claim there were few casualties among civilians, but the esti- mated number of civilian losses is between 7,000, and 12,000. “The: total is, im. fact, im- possible to estimate before the bombed houses have been searched. “In those ruins I could see mothers scratching, their hands bloody, crying and praying to God. “Thousands of refugees are leaving the city by small fish- ing boats, others are sitting in ruins: of their houses com- pletely shattered. “I saw children with bullets in their backs, some had big in panic. holes machine-gunning. in their bodies from “In one place 270 dead were They had carried away in two hours as been-shot while running awayI watched.” Hungary held test of all socialists PEKING The Hungarian events are an important test of socialists in every country, the Peking People’s Daily, China’s lead- ing Communist party news- paper, said in an editorial last week. “They are a test as to wheth- er they are really true to so- cialist principles and the prin- ciple of working class interna- tionalism in the maelstrom of struggle,” the editorial declar- ed, “whether they can keep a cool, Marxist mind in complex and difficult situations and not fall into vacillation, dejection and confusion. “Communist parties in West- ern Europe have not been overwhelmed by this tempor- ary difficulty.” Attacks launched against Communilst party offices be- cause they have resolutely told the truth in a spirit of inter- nationalism are not a sign of failure but an honor to those parties the editorial said. Nobody need be surprised at an anti-Soviet, anti-Communist wave set into motion as a re- sult of Hungarian events. After previous slander cam- paigns of a similar sort “sland- erers went bankrupt and the prestige of the Soviet Union and Communist parties grew still higher. “In helping the Hungarian Workers’ and Peasants” revo- lutionary government to sup- press the revolt, the Soviet Union did not violate its dec- laration of October 30, nor the five principles of peaceful co- existence. “Soviet forces do not want an inch of Hungarian soil After the restoration of order in Hungary the Soviet Union and Hungary will again hold negotiations over the question of stationing troops under the Warsaw Treaty. “Therefore, to mention So- viet assistance to Hungary and the British and French inva- NOVEMBER 23, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 3 sion of Egypt in the same breath is either a result of ma- licious intention or of misun- derstanding. “The facts are exactly oppo- site. When the British and French aggressors -were en- gaged in killing and arson in Egypt and Algeria, the West- ern countries were instigating the fascist elements to murder and arson in Hungary with weapons supplied by the West. “When the. Soviet govern- ment lent its firm support to Egypt against agggression, it was firmly helping Hungary to combat the restoration of fascism.” Later, the editorial said: “Of course, the whole devel- opment of the Hungarian events was complex; those who were dissatisfied with the work of the former government were various types, and even those who participated in the rebel- lion were of various types. “They were not all fascist elements. Moreover, it is al- ways an extrordinary situation when foreign troops assist in suppressing rebellion. No mat- ter how pure and excellent the motives may be, it is certain to give rise to temporary. mis- understandings on the part of some people. “Vicious distortion of the facts by many capitalist news- papers adds to the difficulty of ordinary people in getting a true picture. Some of such ordinary people are among those who now echo the im- perialists in their anti-Soviet and anti-Communist outeries. “But lies cannot live long. Dark clouds do not always hang in the sky. “After order is fully restor- ed in Hungary, people will see more clearly what, after all, the Hungarian people actu- ally demanded and whether the Soviet Union has damaged or, in fact, defend Hungary’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.