—MOSCOW. WANT to speak frankly about a subject on which the nation of Europe and the Soviet people in particular feel very strongly today. It is the subject of attempts Made by reviving fascism to raise its head. Is it so long Since the United Nations carried on their armed struggle against the fascist enemies of mankind? It seems only yesterday that all Europe and a considerable part. of Asia Was one vast battlefield. The heroism and efforts of free- dom-loving peoples were crowned with victory. On the Tulns of Hitlerite Germany the nations vowed never to per- Mit the revival of fascism which meant war. So little time S passed, yet it is clear that the dreadful ulcer of fascism hasn’t been eradicateq without trace. Nazi ‘werewolves’ of vari- ©us species continue their activi- fies in the occupied zones of Germany. Perhaps still more dangerous are the Nazi under- Sround followers of Hitlerism Who have kept the last rem- hants of former economic pow- er in their hands. I am speaking of German Magnates, coal kings and ore Kings of the Ruhr, and the big landeq proprietors. We musn’t ' Overlook the fact that many, of them haven’t lost their economic Positions nor their influence in the western zones—where Ameri- an, British and French occu- pation authorities are undis- Sulsedly protecting so-called ‘re- Spectable’ members of the well- to-do classes. In Italy opportunities are cre- ated for open activities of cliques of fascist persuasion. Uomo Qualunque’—the Common an—is a typical fascist organ- ization with its own staff, its Own representatives in the Ital- estos parliament, its own press. It is in close touch with the fascist forces of the Italian un- derground. The results were seen when the peace treaty with Italy was Signed and things went so far m Rome, Naples and other : towns that fascist demonstra- tions were organized during Which the dead Mussolini was Praised. What else could this ac in di tsvssnossni @ The Great Betrayal {aT if AE : AN By FD Di i il ARsenise ional omen be but a challenge to freedom- loving peoples? The fascists, with the direct support of international reac- tion, are weaving their intrigues in other European countries too. Fascist conspiracies were ex- posed recently in Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania and Finland. The notorious fascist, Sir Os- wald Mosley, has resumed his activities in Britain. This can- not but cause anxiety to Euro- ‘pean peoples who learned from bitter experience where fascism leads. e. N addition to all of this we hear an alarm from across the ocean—I am speaking of the interview given by Adrien Ar- cand, head of Canadian fascists, to the Montreal Gazette. Arcand evidently had forgot- ten his imprisonment during the war and is more at his ease. He said that fascism is thriving more vigorously than it has ever done, that the fascist body kept its permanent body of mem- bers and is once more able to carry on its activities in Can- ada. He spoke of Canadian fas- cist connections with fascist or- ganizations in Britain, the ’ Unit- ed States, South Africa, New Zealand and other countries. At the same time he took advan- tage of the opportunity to carry on anti-Semitic propaganda. , i DONUT A CINE | 7 [Ree LE Page 10 _ by Adam Lapin ® Canada’s New Citizenship by John Stanton — 7s ‘tt ES 28 ’ _ by BORIS IZAKOV What conclusions have Cana- dian fascists drawn from the results of the past war and the victory of the United Nations? According to the interview they have only changed their tactics -and given up wearing blue shirts. Was it for this that soldiers of Canada, the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States fought at the front during the war of liberation—that Arcand and his followers might change their blue shirts for some other color? It may be said that Arcand braggeq too much about the in- fluence and strength’ of the fas- cist party in Canada. I agree, for I knew very well that brag- ging is native to fascist party heads. Yet even making allow- ances for the fact that Arcand -if the may have exaggerated and lied, it would be a mistake to ridi- cule his statements. It isn’t a question of Arcand, but one of the impunity and freedom of action enjoyed by fascists in’ many countries. In the days of the Munich ‘beer putsch’ Hitler was laughed at too; in the twenties his hearers shrugged their shoulders at his bragging speeches and _ dis- missed them with ridicule. Noth- ing good came of all this. Ten years after, the clownish hero of the beer putsch had become the bloodthirsty hang- man of nations. History has shown that fascism should nev- er be treated lishtly even while it is in the embryo stage and that it is dangerous to laugh at it. Areand’s’ declarations musn’t be ignored. 6 JT will be said by many that this fascist and his assertions are the concern of Canadians and therefore a Soviet commen- tator shouldn’t interfere. But in this case I am not speaking as an observer but as a partici- pant in the war of liberation and as_.an officer in the Soviet Army. : In wartime, soldiers and offi- cers of the United Nations did not ask each other permission . before striking a blow at the common enemy. I think it wouldn’t be out of place if we held by the same rules in the struggle for the final eradica- tion of fascism, no matter where it may appear. I know that in _ connection with the new military alliance concluded with Canada, a great deal is being said and written in Canada about the danger from outside, ‘somewhere in the north.’ Permit me to ask today imaginary threat from the ‘north’. doesn’t prevent the people in Canada and other — places from discerning the very real danger created at home by © the intrigues of fascists and of those reactionary circles behind them. ANNAN A guide to good reading From the Banks of the Volga —Alexander Roskin — Philo- sophical Library — $2.25. pRenen the greatest literary figure of modern times was Maxim Gorky, the noted Russian novelist. Gorky personified the very soul of the Russian people in their struggle for liberation from Tsarist oppression. His writings aroused the workers to throw off the shackles of semi- feudal Tsarism and build the first socialist state on the earth in its place, Canadians can now read the life of Gorky in a short biogra- -phy by Alexander Roskin, en- titled From the Banks of the Volga. Roskin traces the life of Gorky, who as a youth worked at numerous jobs, from errand boy to cook on a Volga steamer. Before reaching 21 years of age, | Gorky was arrested and impris- oned at Nizni Novgorod (the city that now bears his name) for his championing the cause of the ex- ploited peasantry. ‘ Gorky’s entire life was devoted to the struggle against exploita- tion and injustice. For 15 years ‘before the 1905 revolution, Gor- ky was engaged in his mission- ary political work. He used his pen ta expose the corrupt prac- tices of the Tsarist officials and fight for the interests of the people. From the Banks of the . Volga describes this work of Gorky, which often resulted in his imprisonment, It was during - this period tat Gorky became ac- quainted with Tolstoy and Chek- hov, and began to produce some of his most famous novels, such as Twenty-six Men and a Girl, Lower Depths, and, Song of th Stormy Petrel. ‘ As an indication of the respect the Communist leaders had for Gorky and his writings, we have only to recall the following words of Lenin: “There is no doubt that Gorky is an outstanding literary genius who has done much and will do still more on behalf of the world proletarian movement.” We learn in this book of the suffering and privation which Gorky underwent; his numerous periods in Tsarist dungeons, cul- minating in his exile in 1906, when he went to America and collected funds for the Bolshe- vik revolution, and managed to take time out to write his most famous work, Mother. This novel earned him the wrath of the tot- tering Tsarist rulers, and several attempts were made to suppress the book. Roskin, in describing Gorky’s devotion to the workers, his bit- ter hatred for all forms of op- pression, his practical ideals, has laid bare the great human quli-* ties embodied in Gorky’s writ- ings. Gorky expresses his idealism in his masterful essay, Culture and the People, when, in discuss- ing proletarian humanism, © he states: : “Proletarian humanism de- mands an undying hate of philis- tinism ,of the capitalist rule and its lackeys, of parasites, of the fascists and executioners, of the traitors to the working class; hat- — red of all the causes of suffer- ings and all who live by the suf- ferings of hundreds of millions of people.” Gorky, by his fearless chame pioning of the peoples’ hopes and aspirations, was a very tangible threat to these very people he mentioned. In their conspiracy to weaken and betray the Soviet Union to its enemies, they em- ployed certain Trotskyites, Gore | ky’s secretary.and his physician, to end the life of the beloved leader of Soviet culture. Thue Gorky, in failing health, met hi death on June 18, 1936 as the re-- sult of poisoning, Roskin, for some reason, fails to mention these latter facts, although he deals at length with Gorky’s fail- ing health and tells of Lenin’s earlier concern for Gorky’s well-_ being. From the Banks of the Volga © is a book well worth acquiring — as a permanent addition to one’s. library. —JIM BULLER. ?