baie

Yankees move seuth in South Kerea

it ti i ion,” sai , brass in Korea.

“Wait till we get into action,” said the U.S. army : fhe Hi

f ean , ved) inferior both in equipment and fighting ability. : be neon: I
oh Kore ey ae et Since reno despite large-scale use of American tanks and 24-hour air support, invading United

States troops have been retreating southwards in South Korea.

But when Yankee ground troops, tanks and planes clashed with
GI anti-aircraft gunners (above), abandoned their

Negro editor derides U.S.

‘peace’ aims in Korean war

In.a biting and sarcastic column in Th on We
thews, its editor, lambasted U.S. intervention in Korea.

Washington

WASHINGTON
Afro-American, Ralph Mat-

“Now we are put to the incon-

3 ae Pordthabe , re dispat hat prince
venience of restoring peace to the world and for that job we have dispatched that p

of peace, General MacArthur, from Japan to the front,” Matthews wrote.

“He will be

i - chiang Kai-shek, currently the lam in Formosa, with
aided by that other great democrat, Chiang Kai-shek, currently on the la :

A siati ritish, the’ French’ @ he Dutch,”
an assist: from the other great Asiatics, the British, the French and the

thews said.
He continued: “The fact that the
Oreans to the north and those to
the south are all Koreans, and
Should never have been separated
in the first place by other nations,
is forgotten in the excitement.’

“Our peace-loving army et al are,
Of course, not invaders,’ he added
Sarcastically. “Korea was invaded
by the wicked Japanese, and we
Merely took over the country after
Conquering the real invaders.” _

He described the U.S. role in

Orea as “that of a fence who
accepts stolen goods, but our hands
are quite guiltless.”

“The trouble is that’the Koreans,
Who are very backward and ignor-
ant, cannot understand or appre-
Ciate this fine distinction, and in
their distorted way have transferred
© us benevolent Americans the
Same hatred they had for the real
Mvaders, the Japanese.”

“To add insult to injury, the
Koreans, instead of accepting our
Sratuities in the spirit in which
hey are given, carry on ugly plots
behind our backs, scheming to run
their own affairs in their own way.

What more do the Koreans want,

atthews asked.

“We have already given them the
blessings of democracy ... and
even spared them the trouble of
electing a president of their own
When World War II was over,
Said Matthews, “we scraped around

Merica and found a perfectly lov-
able old gentleman named Syngman

ee, a native Korean who had
SPent most of his adult life in Amer-
‘ea learning the rudiments of true

®mocracy,”

The Koreans “repaid our good
deeds with revolts, insurrections,
8nd other forms of heathen devil-
try, making the way hard for their
mail order president, until we stag-

& full dress election to deter-
Mine the popular will.
“Then the Koreans showed their

true colors, They voted against
Rhee and the government he form-

A less tolerant nation would have
Washed its hands of these petulant
People and left them to stew in

“ir own juice, but not Uncle Sam.
Returning good for evil, we sent
eur best military brains over to
train President Rhée’s army so he

Mat-

could keep democracy alive.

“But President Rhee was a prob-
lem in himself... he kept making
speeches threatening to march into
Northern Korea .. . in spite of our
warnings to keep his mouth shut,
President Rhee lambasted us for
not permitting him to take his army
and go north.”

Matthews touched on the assault
on American civil liberties and the
fight for peace when he said, “When
the drums roll and the bugles blow,
it is difficult for even sane people
to keep a true perspective on what
is actually happening, and perhaps
a little dangerous for those who do

discuss the issues.”

Go home, Americans

protesting U.S. intervention in Korea, 50,000 Berlin citizens
paraded in the Lustgarten this week, carrying banners and
placards reading “Americans, go home!” and “Fight against
the American war-mongers in Korea.”

Sd a

Aussie seamen halt
war cargoes to Korea

MELBOURNE

Answering a call of the World
Federation of Trade Unions for

‘ action against the American
imperialist invasion of Korea,
the powerful Australian Sea-
men’s Union has banned trans-
port of war materials to Korea
for the duration of the conflict.

Right-wing leaders of the
Australian Council of Trade
Unions hastily dissassociated
themselves from the militant
action of the seamen, and
Piously declared they did not
wish to become involved in
“this unfortunate international

situation.”

| CELL LL,

Peace drums
beat in Africa

PARIS

A dramatic document received by
the World Peaee Congress tells how
in French Equatorial Africa the
native drums are calling upon the

most remote villages to sign the
Stockholm Appeal.

The Congress summarizes the let-
ter in part as follows:

“It is not uncommon for the
native peasants to walk fifteen to
twenty miles over hills and through
the scrub to attend meetings which
have been announced from village
to village by native drum. These
meetings sometimes bring together
thousands of peasants, For instance
at Bobodioulasso -in Upper Volta
on May 28, when more than 10,000
people were present.

During the proceedings the mean-
ing of the Stockholm Appeal and the
importance of signing it are ex-
plained to the peasants.

“In the majority of cases, for 90
percent of the people are still illiter-
ate—the signature consists of a
single finger-print. We have re-
ceived copies of the appeal carrying
the finger-prints of a whole family,
the thumb for the father, the index
finger for the mother and children
and the whole palm for the baby.

“Some villages or tribes have sent
in bamboo sticks bearing the name
of the tribe and village and a notch

WEFTU calls _

for action
against U.S.

The World Federation of
Trade Unions this week called
on workers of the world to
take action “to defeat the dia-
bolical plans of the American
war mongers and to support
their brother unionists in
Korea who are fighting along-
side the whole Korean people
for the liberation of their
country.”

Full text of the WFTU ap-
peal reads:

The World Federation of Trade
Unions has received from the cen_
tral council of the United Trade
Unions of North and South Korea a
statement on the American invasion.
Information has been received on
the first trade union actions in de-
fence of the Korean people.

The WFTU approves and supports
all trade union organizations pro-
testing against American armed
aggression in Korea. These pro-
tests from the working men and
women of the world will undoubt-
edly grow and will take the form
of concrete and active solidarity
with the heroic Korean people. The
American imperialists’ military
intervention in Korea has publicly
exposed their criminal aims to all
honest people. They use all methods,
even war, to bolster up ‘all fascist
regimes like that ruling Schith
Korea. As early as March, 1947, the
WFTU enquiry commission de-
nounced the terrorist regime main-
tained in South Korea with the col-
lusion of the American military
authorities.

American imperialism desires the
total submission of the United
Nations to its war policy. It has
forced the Security Council to take
an illegal decision on the interven-
tion in the internal affairs of the
Kerean people, Such methods en_
danger the very existence of UN.

The workers of the world must
know that the Korean men and
women workers, peasants, intel_
lectuals, are today waging an all-
out struggle against their age-
long oppresosrs; feudal lerds, land-
owners, capitalists, traitors to the
People’s cause, backed yesterday
by the Japanese imperialists and
today by the American multi-mil_
lionaires.

American planes are bombing the
civil population to aid these exploit-
ers of the Korean people. The whole
Korean people have risen in a great
and just strugle for liberation. How-
ever strong the imperialist forces
may be, they will not succeed in
conquering a people fighting for
its freedom. Its final victory will be
the victory. of defenders of peace
throughout the world.

The World Federation of Trade
Unions calls on all affiliated organ-
izations to take, as far as national
conditions allow, all immediate and
indispensable action to defeat the
diabolical plans of the American
war mongers and to support their
brother unionists in Korea who are
fighting alongside the whole Korean
people for the Liberation of their
country. Solidarity with the peoples
of Asia is no mere slogan but a
task of honour for all workers, es-
pecially those in the U.S.A., Great
Britain, France, Holland, and all
the capitalist countries.

The WFTU asks all its members
to organise a world week of active
solidarity with the Korean people,
beginning on 10th July, 1950, and
recommends the organisation of
popular demonstrations demand-
ing the immediate withdrawal of
American armed forces from Korea.

“Holy Year Queen’

to pep up Vatican show

ROME

“Holy Year” business, which has
been considerably slackening for
some time, is to receive new impe-
tus by means of American-style
“stunts.” The most recent of them
is the election of a “Holy Year
Beauty Queen” to adorn the Vati-

for each signature to the appeal.”

TS

can celebrations.

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