ik: . + Care aoe * suing its plans, it could set off World War III. Herein lies . Twice in the memory of many living Canadians this cou ) of the First and Second World Wars still suffer in hospital beds. 4 the bodies of thousands of young Canadians. Now German militarism, thirsty for revenge is rampant again and there is a serious the essence of the so-called “Berlin” question. I ment has refuse, n this grave international crisis the Canadian govern- d to take a position in harmony with Cana- dian independence and peace. Instead it has sent a note to the Soviet U nion containing no proposals of its own to ‘peacefully resolve this crisis but supinely supporting the policy of U still another f nited States, Britain and France, which calls for our-power meeting on the future of Germany ng forwatd a single new or constructive pro- __ In the First World War, German and British imperialists clashed for wo she was still a which started out as a quarrel between imperialist countries. ‘German “Militarisam, the Peoples. Its de- feat heralded a new day of democracy and peace. : But US. imperialism, the strongest and most aggressive capitalist power, feared the advance of European democ- racy ey to maintain in a militarist er, oe: as Britain did a” He 1930's. The aim of this policy was, and is, again to use Ger- man militarism as the spear- head of war against socialism. Jn 1949, under U.S. aus- pices, the West German fOv- ernment was set up — a mili- tarist-clerical reactionary re- gime, the creation of U.S. dollars. The response of the people of East Germany ‘to this threat was to establish the German Democratic Re- public, in which militarism and fascism were uprooted and the construction of a free and peaceful socialist society was launched ‘in the extraordinary ifficult conditions of a di- vided ot” on Thus, for the j , & regime was ‘€s- blished in Germany which, removing at least part of meTmany as a base of German militarist aggression, ~contri- buted in a “most promising way to the peace of the world. Within ‘a few years it will overtake highly industrialized West Germany. It is the un- contestable authority in East Germany and East Berlin. oe _ Thus, there are actually two lanys ~~ two ‘social sys- tems: a peaceful socialist state, i an imperialist, reaction- wee regime. Eventually these: two Ger- ys will unite. But that rocess must come about with- Germany, not from the out- e. It will be decided only “the German people them- selves. : _ This the ‘Adenauer » group its U.S. masters ‘will not pt. Instead they are going ead with their plans of mak- ~ communication The new Wehrmacht is armed with atomic cannons provided “West Germany a USS. — by the United States. tld power and Canada was drawn in because British colony. In the Second World War, atomic war base and the ulti- mate conquest by force of socialist East Germany. This is an insane nightmare. Socialist East Germany, a member of the world social- ist camp, cannot be over-run and defeated by Adenauer and his Nazi generals. The danger lies in the fact they might attempt to do so, and thus trigger off another world- war. The present official propa- ~ ganda in Canada (echoed by the CCF and most trade un- ion and farm leaders). mis- represents the proposals of the Soviet Union for liquidating, or at least mitigating, this danger. The USSR’s plan is to solve the Berlin question by removing from West Berlin the present “armies of occu- pation” of the victorious pow- ers — France, Britain, the U.S. and the USSR, and to declare West Berlin a “free city,’ under the auspices of ‘the United Nations, providing - free access to all. The heart of this proposal is the removal of all foreign troops from the Berlin area and from the presently dan- gerous military supply and lines which run through East German ter- ritory to Berlin, and the trans- fer of authority of control posts to the GDR, in whose sovereign territory Berlin lies. This would assist the dissolu- tion of the notorious U.S. spy centres’ in West Berlin and help to cut out this cancerous tumor on the body of Europe. Such a business-like pro- Se Never again must jackbooted junkers be allowed to start a war. posal must be discussed calm- ly and without hysteria. There is nothing in it that would in- crease tensions in Europe; it- is a basis for the reduction of tensions and of the danger of world war. The “alternative,” proposed by the U,S., Britain and France is to let the cancer grow. : it t % Instead of trailing along be. hind the US., Britain and the Canadian government must take heed of the fact that millions of Canadians “old and new,” have suffered in the past from German militarism. Berlin must cease to be a source of infection and con- tention. West German policies of “revenge” for defeat in two world wars should be con- demned as threatening the peace of the world. The Cana- dian government should be urged to support a_ policy along the* following lines: 1. Start from the fact that there are two German states, socialist and capitalist. 2. Both sections should be prohibited from joining any bloc. 3. The unification of Ger- many and the ultimate solu- tion of the “German problem” is the business only of the German people. E 4. The atomic rearmament of West Germany must be halted and its “revenge” poli= cy denounced as a cause of war. 5 West Berlin should be de- clared a “free zone,’ under the protection of the United Nations. % . 7%. Support should be given for the creation of an “atom free ‘zone” in Central Europe. 8. Canadian troops should be brought home from Germany. They have no business, there. 9. Recognize that through such a fresh and realistic poli- cy the proper atmosphere would be created for a peace treaty with Germany. It is in- tolerable that 14 years after the end of the war there is Newfoundland loggers by RCMP beaten up MAN MILITARISM MUST NOT MARCH AGAIN! ntry has been at war with Germany. Veterans Lying in graves throughout western Europe are danger that, in pur- still no treaty, and foreign troops still occupy Germany. These are practical and sen- sible grounds for negotiation. They cannot be replaced by loud phrases and _ hysteria propaganda. This is not 1914, or 1939. It is 1959, when im- perialism can no longer with impunity disturb the peace of the world, when the socialist world system is stronger than the imperialist. This time Ger- man militarism can be halted in its tracks. There will likely be nego- tiations on the Berlin prob- lem. The Canadian govern- ment should be pressed by labor and the people to change its stand and to adopt a genu- ine peace policy and break away from U.S. policy. The peaceful settlement of the “Berlin” question would encourage Canadian public opinion to press for -the re- moval of U.S. bases and troops from Canada. We started this editorial ar- ticle by recalling the injury done to Canada in the past by German militarism. Never , again must it be allowed to send its jackbooted junkers marauding through other coun tries. : A peaceful settlement of the German question is urgently necessary for the peace of the world and the security of Can- ada. Club-swinging RCMP officers attacked an IWA loggers’ picket line in Newfoundland this week, injuring 16 workers and sending several to hospital. One member of the New- ‘ foundland Provincial Police force assisting the RCMP was hit on the head and later died in hospital after an emergency a pee * RCMP, crashed through the "Responsibility for the vi0- picket line. Three cars carry- lence clearly rested upon the ing scabs were stopped, and government, which called in then. the club-swingi i ‘lub- ging RCMP 100 RCMP officers to act as -\ ont jnto ater: strikebreakers and rush scabs GAS HEATING through the. strikers’ picket lines. H. Landon Ladd, IWA presi- t dent cf the Newfoundland dis- SALES AND trict IWA wired Justice Mini- INSTALLATIONS @ COMMERCIAL @ INDUSTRIAL @ RESIDENTIAL ster Fulton before the violence -eecurred, protesting the RCMP’s actions in the strike. Fighting started when a busload of seabs, protected by e Py | 3 Harry C. 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