China holds 5-power peace pact plebiscite PEKING The Chinese people will go to the polls during the second half of this month on the question of Japanese rearmament. and will be given the opportunity to endorse the demand for con- clusion of a five-power peace pact. This has just been announced by the Chinese People’s Com- mittee for World Peace and Against American Aggression which is making arrangements’ for conducting the poll among TRUMAN SSS ALINN ATTLEE- PRESIDENT AURIOL | MAO TSE-TUNG Uhited ones Sener hion Great Britain France People’s China as many of the 475 million population as possible. 6 > st gnks OY RL ee ee Oe ae: y / Tir, i Y 4 VERA it) ALG ay ij / Wy, / // ie 44 4 /y Hy! y) iy 4 : 4 Pre eae hae nie utp i) y thin, meted lifes Lt NA cal is ait! MeashciennvenensVL Nat TALS Li tead ich vitie te: ig a OL I 0, No. 16 Vancouver, British Columbia, April 20, 195] or SD PRICE FIVE CENTS WORLD PRESSURE NOW CAN IMPOSE PEACE PACT TORONTO “The rising tide of democratic, determination that there shall not be a third world War is now influencing the policies of the imperialist governments. There is increasingly ©Pen opposition within the imperialist war camp to some of the aims and policies of U.S. ImMpenialism.” declares Tim Buck, LPP national leader, in a statement commenting on Nesident Truman’s removal of General Douglas MacArthur from all his Far Eastern Commands. Buck points out that the “great decisive lesson for democratic. peace-icving People is that the firing of MacArthur shows the irresistible power of organized popular action for peace, Without the pressure of the surging world-wide peace movement and tS impact on politics in general including governmental policies, MacArthur would not ave been» removed. By the same token it is now quite evident that the force which toppled the mighty Mikado MacArthur can be strengthened rah cae to stop the war in : orea. & r] Full text of Buck’s state- ac rt ur ood ment follows: The removal of the chauv- inist, swashbuckling, “white mikado,” General MacArthur, S OwsS of 6°) apse 0 will be welcomed by lovers of peace everywhere. Because ‘MacArthur made SC emes himself the most publicized a 3} representative of the U.S. im- MOSCOW perialists who want all-out ‘ atomic war against People’s \ Opinion of the Literary Gazette here is that ove Ching. ana Agioias _ ae ,“cArthur was dismissed from his Far Eastern er z immediately, his removal was °* €Cause “the aggressors are clearly seeking a scapegoat tor a: Setback’ to. tab isk ae peer reverses”! in Korea now that “the collapse’ of Wall restive ieheobeebeeie war pinéet’s. Buy Eastern policies is particularly obvious .. camp, 4 Pabel Krainov, commentator for the Soviet publication, , Stated that U.S. losses had shown “the worthlessness of The conflict which led to »¢cArthur’s alleged military-strategic plans and his in- | MacArthur’s firing involved ability to take care of the Korean situation.” a great deal more than differ- “MacArthur's adventures in the Far East have brought ea a ee and an inglorious end to, his career,” Krainov wrote. ruman alone. The real force rhich compelled his removal ; — See MacArthur) x : (Continued on back page — See was pressure upon President Trumay from the varied and rapidly growing forces for ry a a Duplessis police seiZe peace, plus the contradietions within the imperialist camp. a 5 al hs The rising tide of demo} tribune eace €é ition cratic determination that eo) 3 there shall not be a third ULKIN world war is now influencing BE MONTREAL the policies of the imperial- 2 On direct orders of Premier Maurice Duplessis, 4,000 Pt BONSTOMIENIS, ere 8 General goes-diplomat remains EMDICS)- GF the Canadian Tribune were seized by Quebec increasingly open Opposition Police here last week, When provincial police confiscated within the imperialist war The general goes, but the diplomat remains. General Douglas the Papers from is fey picking them up at the railway . camp to some of the aims MacArthur (above) has been fired but his good friend and political “Xpress Bite Ttrok teleen: 6 headquarters for questioning. and policies of U.S, imper- mentor,“John Foster Dulles, continues to scheme for a war against : en | oad SEE I telephoned Canadian Tribune ialism. China. Dulles, Republican adviser to the U.S. ‘state department and “PPorters Proueh cit the ety ‘ell them what had hap- evil genius of Yankee foreign policy, has been ordered to Tokyo to Pened, es a ae a brief Lt.-Gen, Matthew Ridgway, MacArthur’s successor. Dulles was Bob Haddow., Canadian director of the Fur and Leather (Continued on back page the diplomatic triggerman who set off the Korean war, surveying CTS ort bunk wage co abe DUPLESSIS) See BRING) the battleground a week before the first shot was fired. The evident desire of the