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FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES

Return of fascism
threatened Hungary

acre can be no doubt as to

who intended to stifle the
people’s power in Hungary. It
was the forces who were lord-
ing it in the country under
the bloody Horthy regime and
who went into hiding after the
establishment of the demeccra-
tic system. It was the forces
which did not stint money in
earrying out, over a number
of years, subversive activities
against the socialist states. It
was the forces which were not
pleased with the relaxation of
international tension and were
ready to adopt any measures

for restoration of the “cold
er. Sk
The fascist gangsters, and

first of all, the Horthy offic-
ers who emerged from hiding
or arrived from abroad, made
every effort to seize the init-
iative. They headed a number
of the so-called “committees”
in cities and districts. Szabo,
Satoni, Tomas, Laszlo and
other Horthy officers headed
the rioters.

As should have been expect-
ed, reaction set its course to-
wards the restoration of the

capitalist and land-owners’
system in the country...
Reactionary groups and

“leaders” of the type of Count
Estherhazi, who was let out
of prison, insisted on “recti-
fication of the injustice” done
to the classes overthrown by
the Hungarian people.

At first, the demands were
rather “modest”; to give back
as much as 100 to 200 acres of
land to the owners from whom
it was confiscated for collab-
oration with fascists; to abolish
state ownership of the enter-
prises employing from 100 to
150 workers. But soon reac-
tion was talking of the com-
plete return of land to the
landlords and of factories and
mills — to capitalists.

Nor was this limited to only
to demands. Some of the for-
mer owners made haste to lay
their hands on “their prop-
erty.” There were cases in
Budapest when former house-
owners returned to their for-
mer houses and turned out the
people who were living in
them.

To break resistance and in-
timidate the population the
fascist gangs established white
terror in the country. An in-
famous “hunt” after commu-
nists, active workers and all
those who expressed their
sympathy for people’s democ-
racy was started.

The criminals, who lost all
semblence to human beings
brutally beat up Hungarian
patriots, threw them into gut-
ters, hanged them on the lamp
posts, poured kerosene over
them and set them on fire.

Hungarian Major Tot Janos
deseribed the brutal manner
in which the sadists tortured
and killed his friend, a lieu-

tenant. First they tore off his
ears, then cut off his nose and
then blinded him.

They spared no one; neith-
er old folks, women, or chil-
dren. On the night of October
30, they hanged the wife of
Teres] Stefan, an army officer.
They cut his four-year-old son
into pieces with an axe and
displayed him in the window-
case of a store.

It is needless to say how the
imperialists and the entire
world of reaction revelled in
the wild play of terror in Hun-
gary.

Otto Gafsburg and Gembes,
son of the former Hitlerite
“vice-regent” in Hungary
made haste to express their
sympathy for the rioters. Hor-
thy Junior, son of the former
Hungarian fascist dictator,
conveyed his support to the
rioters and urged them “to
settle accounts with the com-
munists.”

Former Hitlerites, on whose
advice and not without whose
help the Horthy gangs acted,
were also pleased. European
Nation, mouthpiece of former
SS members: printed on its
pages an address of the so-
called “Hungarian Council” to
the “free world’’, calling on it
to “defend Hungarian free-
dom”. This address was sign-
ed by Field-Marshal Archduke
Josef, retired Colonel-Generel
Emil Justi, retired Colonel
General Ferenc Farkas, retir-
ed Major-General Andras
Czako.

New all these Hitlerites who
were so overjoyed at the news
of the fascist orgy in Hungary

. are shedding crocodile
tears! To the Hungarian work-
ing people, to all upright peo-
ple, it is clear what kind of
“freedom” reaction wanted to
bring to the Hungarian people.

KRASNAYA ZVEZDA
MOSCOW

OPEN FORUM

Our national game | Prizewinning letters

WEEKLY READER, Vancou-
ver, B.C.: After reading the
sport column last week (Sport-
light) I sincerely tried to dis-
cover what the writer had
contributed by his efforts, and
found — absolutely nothing:

To begin with, he posed the
question regarding Canada’s
national sport; lacrosse, hockey
or football; and then went to
great lengths to show that
football isn’t. As far as I am
concerned, George Snowden is
one of the very, very few who
would even consider football
was in the running for that
honor.

Nevertheless, football is a
wonderful game and certainly
must be considered as a very
cose second to hockey for
popularity. But this does not
make it our national sport.

From the column, the read-
er is left with the idea that
football has been introduced
to Canada only in the past
couple of years, and that the
Grey Cup, with its parade and
numerous festivities also a
new idea put forward by “the
hirelings of a capitalist press.”

That is so funny it could al-
most rate as a joke. Canadian
football has been played in
Winnipeg, Regina, Montreal,
Toronto, etc. for a good many
years. For a fad that is going
to go the way of Davy Crock-
ett hats, the attendance fig-
ures in all cities seem to be a
little off. The fact is the game
is stronger now than it has
ever been.

As for hockey being a truly
“proletarian game,” the word
itself smacks of a political in-
ference—which in my mind
has no place in a column on
sport. But, to take a look at
this: proletarian, as defined in
the dictionary, means the low-
est, or working class. So I
would gather that the writer
is implying that football is a
capitalist sport—costing great
sums of money to support, and
high gate prices to watch,
while hockey caters to the

ISGUSTED at “the mass
murders at Port Said,”
Prof. J.- B. S. Haldane,
FRS is resigning his post as
professor of biometry at
University College, London.

With his wife he hopes to
settle down in India some
time next summer because
he no longer wishes “to he
a citizen of a state which
has been found guilty of
aggression by an _ over-
whelming verdict of the
human race.”

The 63-year-old profes-
sor recently returned from
a visit to India, where he
stated that India was “po-
litically much freer” than
Britain. While there he be-
gan to wear a dhoti (a kind
of skirt) and a Punjab-
style shirt,

Haldane quits Britain

PROF. J. B. S. HALDANE

Each week the Paci-
fic Tribune will present
a book to the writer of
the most interesting, en-
tertaining and _ topical
letter published on this
page. Contributors are
urged to keep their let-

ters to a reasonable
length.
Last week’s winner

was J. Green, Vancou-

ver, B.C.

other part of the population
who are.not in a position to
spend a great deal to see the
game. This is laugh number
two.

When we consider that here
in Vancouver, the top pro-
fessional football teams play at
Empire Stadium, the same
clubs from which two will
emerge to clash in the Grey
Cup classic. We are not in a
position. to see the top pro
hockey teams. How much do
the tickets cost at Maple Leaf
Gardens, or the Montreal For-
um? And how much does it
cost to run a top hockey club.

As far as telling the readers
they don’t like what they see
—indeed they are there at the
dictates of the money-men—
well how silly can we get? I
feel, as do 23,000 or so who go
to watch a game at the stadium
that the writer is insulting my
intelligence.

He draws the conclusion that
the build-up of festivities prior
to the game is thrust upon a
great population who don’t
want any part of it. But then,
the many thousands who line
the streets and sit for an hour
or two in anticipation of the
first parade entry must really
be up town to shop and not
to watch the parade at all.

In conclusion, I would like
to say that I do not share all
your political beliefs (as you
most probably have realized
by now.) Because of this, I
would certainly hesitate in
writing any letter criticizing
the editorials or news stories.
I would do that in our dailies.

However, I will say the Pa-
cific Tribune does present the
other side of the news which
stimulates serious thought in
any intelligent reader. But
on the subject of sport, politics
has absolutely no place, and
even the inference found in
your column is in extremely
bad taste.

Subsidies for milk

DR. J. BLUMES, Vancouver,
B.C.: Efforts are now being
made to raise the price of
milk in Vancouver. Should
this occur, it would be unfor-
tunate. I am therefore writ-
ing you to enlist your aid in
preventing a milk price in-
crease.

Previously, each milk price
increase led to a reduced con-
sumption, with consequent
damage to the health, physical
development and teeth of the
children of Vancouver.

It has been said that the

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