6 Argentine Mobilizes Against Allies Uruguay Sees Threat of War By ANDREW GORDON MONEE VAIDEO —— (ALN) == athe possibility of an impending military adyenture by Argentina is causing great uneasiness here. Argentine soldiers are being told by their officers that the enemy number one of their country is the United States and that enemy number two is Uruguay. he mention of the words “democracy and “United Nations” by Argentine radio broadcastin Even more ominous are re- ports from Argentina that the construction of military high- ways to the Uruguayan bor- der has been speeded up and that construction companies are being offered special bon- uses for early completion of their scheduled work. Argentina and Brazil are said to be heavily garrisoning their common frontier and Uruguay is taking precautions against possible attack, while the Ar- gentine war ministry has or- dered all professionals from the classes of 1900 and 1920 to com- municate detailed information about themselves to military dis- tricts. Reviewing Argentine air bases at El Palomar recently Col. Juan Domingo Peron, vice-president, war minister and head of the GOU_ (CGolonel’s Lodge), de= clared: “We desire to fill this airport with planes. The gov- ernment will spare no effort to acquire total aerial independ- ence.” : President Edelmiro Farrell, speaking to naval eadets at the Same time said: “We prefer peace and justice, but we do not want to tempt our neighbors With symptoms of criminal weakness. It is preferable to live on a single year for lofty purposes rather than to live a long life in vain.” At the traditional military parade on July 9, reported to be the biggest in Argentine his= tory, an estimated 40,600 sol- diers participated. Parachut- ists, mountain troops and a new anti-tank gun ealled ‘“Yacare” were displayed for the first time, Argentine-made tanks and airplanes were seen in action for the first time as were 18 troop transport gliders. The demon- stration was significantly head- ed by naval troops. But most surprising of all in view of Argentinas” official break with the Axis, wasjythe presence of the German eagle among the military emblems appearing. Peron’s ouster on July 7 of lf The War Ends Tomorrow . .. What then? How will the change from war to peace-time economy be accomplished ? veterans and demobilized war workers? €an we successfully absorb our returning These are the guestions Canadians are asking today. The answers MUST be found! The right of the individual, first: to work and earn; second: to choose his work freely; third: to rise unrestricted to the level of his demonstrated ability—these should be inalienable to every Canadian. While part of the population is insecure, none is secure. - dustries and the introduction of We Must See aes restoration of depressed in- Think and Plan -Portunately, in British Colum- bia, the ground-work has already been laid. By 1939, we had be- come Canada’s third manufac- turing province. Our per capita figures were rapidly overtaking /new ones. Our post-war problem can be solved in only one way—by in- ereasing the productivity of in- dustry. This means world vis- ion, financial daring, constant- ly improving technology. means sincere co-operation by This those of Ontario and Quebec, and | management and labour. our people were enjoying. the highest wage and living stand- ards in Canada. All this was made possibie be- cause British Columbia industry | had won for its products an as- sured place in world trade. In 1939, no less than 60% of the en- tire industrial production of this provinee was sold outside our borders. . Industry Unites For Action To prepare now for new and heavier responsibilities in the post-war period, representative leaders in industry have formed “The British Columbia Federa= tion of Trade and Indusiry.” They will collect all available research data applicable to the meeds of indiviaual industries. They will study such matters as There is nothing here beyond our capacity. British Columbia’s record proves it. ARD WELL YOUR FREEDOM Issued by the Public Service Division of The British Columbia Federation of Trade and industry _A non-political organization F-1A g stations has been expressly prohibited. his chief rival, Gen. Luis Cesar Perlinger, as minister of interior is believed here to be based on the hope that by removing the most outspoken pro-Nazi gov- ernment figure, he will lead the U.S., Britain and the nations of Latin America to adopt a policy of appeasement towards Argen- tine fascism. This was perhaps best ex- pressed by an inspired editorial in the July 9 issue of the Buenos Aires newspaper La WNacion, which said: ‘(New factors are in- tervening in the situation in vir- tue of changes in the cabinet, which may lessen the diplomatic tension.” ‘ Uruguay’s independent daily El Pais said on July 8 that the “resignation of Perlinger is due to advice given to the presiden- ey by Peron” and the former’s “opposition to Farrell’s pledge not to initiate hostilities. “Perlinger,” the paper adds, “allegedly urged the immediate destruction of the Laguna del Sauce bases,” built in Uruguay with the aid of the U.S. and Brazil. The paper also charged that bitter attacks against the bases and the U.S. by Uruguayan na-_ tionalist senator Victor Haedo last month “formed part of the plot.” Franco. Still Backs Nazis LONDON.—A recent circular addressed to leaders of the Spanish Falange in the name of Jose Luis Arrese, secretary gen- eral of the Falange and in that capacity a| minister in Franco’s cabinet, makes the following frank admissions: 1. Despite official withdrawal of her “Blue Division” from Russia, Spain still has from 1,500 to 10,000 men fighting with the Germans on the East- erm Front. 2. Spain’s relations “countries that understand our aspirations,’ meaning Ger- many, have not “changed in the least.” 3. Spain intends to settle “pending accounts” with Britain and the United States, “the ene- mies of Spain.” The circular, dated January 7, 1944, and sent out in Arrese’s name by A. Martinez Cattaneo, one of the Falange’s secretaries, stated, “The minister secretary general of the movement let it be known: “Circumstances that cannot be discussed now, compelled the Spanish government to request from the government of Ger- many the withdrawal of the Blue Division, keeping a group of yolunteers there under the name of the ‘Spanish Legion’ without the characteristics of the Great Spanish Unity that it had up to the present. This does not mean that the Falange re- grets its former struggle against communism or that its connec- tions with the countries that understand our aspirations and our vigilance have changed in the least. with » - issues on which Tim Books and People by Kay Gregory. Sue Pribichevich, one of the few correspondents who hav visited the headquarters of Marshal Tito’s Yugoslay Army o: Liberation, tells a few interesting details about one of the earlies partisan groups, the First Proletarian Brigade. Originally it consisted of Serbs and Montenegrins, of worker: and intellectuals, students, teachers, engineers and priests. It-ha; fought against all German offensives and acquired a tremendou: mobility. During one battle a year ago the brigade drove the enemy back 24 miles on foot in one day, while at the béginnine of the German offensive last November, that same brigade marched fron Duyno to Traynik, in Bosnia, a distance of 75 miles over steer mountains in 30 hours to attack the Nazis from an unsuspectec point. } Out of the brigade has grown the First Proletarian Corps, composed of all Yugoslavian nationalities, Serbs, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Croats and Slovenes. Its commander in civilian life was a well-known surrealist poet in Belgrade. - In the early days of partisan resistance, the corps emblem was a hammer and sickle on a red star. This is now being replaced by the emblem of the entire Liberation Army—five torch flames melting into one, symbolising federation of five Yugoslavian na- tionalities, surrounded by wheat sheaves, on a red star. IN AWN attempt to meet the book shortage, the Australian govern- ment is launching one of the biggest publishing projects in thai country, a series to be known as the Australian Pocket Library. To us on this continent, pocketsize books are now an acceptec and very)welcome part of our reading material, but to the people of Australia they represent an entirely new venture. The Commonwealth Literary Fund has made arrangements for the production of 25 titles in editions of 25,000 each, including Australian classics and semi-classics which have been out of prini for some years and several recent successful titles which wartime. paper shortages have prevented from running to sufficient editions to meet the demand. ; Books in Australia have become so acutely scarce with pub- lishers’ lists of several hundred titles awaiting publication thai the government stepped in to help out for several important rea- sons: to meet the reading needs of members of the Australiar forces, to provide Australian books for Allied forces stationed there to meet_a general public demand for Australian books and to re: print Australian standard books now out of print. The fact that Allied soldiers are stationed in various part o! | the globe has provoked an unprecedented demand for books abous other lands. We here in Canada have a great curiosity about ou Pacific neighbor and it is to be hoped that some authentic storie: of Australian life will find their way to this country. Some Austra-. lian books have been printed by American publishers, but the besi : of that country’s culture is virtually unknown on this continent. Rego Lancaster, author of Bright to the Wanderer; novel of the: 1838 rebellion in Upper Canada, has now written Trumpet ee Arms, a story based on action during the American revolution. If his earlier work is any criterion, Lancaster’s latest book | should be good and certainly intensely interesting. Bright to the’ Wanderer, presenting an important part of Canada’s past in fic- tion form, is well worth reading if you missed it when it was firs) published. | A NEW way to read Tim Buck’s latest pamphlet, What Kind oi | Government? is to study it in conjunction with a series of radic* broadeasts arranged and already launched by the Labor-Progres- | sive Party. ea The pamphlet should provoke thought and discussion about problems related to winning the war and planning the peace aris-— ing in every community and the broadcasts are planned so as to" deal with local and regional problems in the light of the national Buck writes. ~ Last Monday listeners to CJOR at 6:45 heard Bill Stewart, | LPP candidate for North Vancouver, discuss the problems of his’ constituency and suggest how some of them might be solved. Within the next few weeks, all the LPP eandidates will tell of yarious plans and problems in each riding. Bruce Micklebrugh, LPP candidate for Skeena, who is now in Vancouver, will be on an early broadeast, with Tom McEwen, Minerva Cooper and Harvey Murphy all slated to speak on later programs. This series, heard every Monday over GJOR at 6:45 p.m. and every Friday over CKWX at 9:30 p.m., is well worth listening to. since it answers many of the everyday questions we are called upon to answer. One good suggestion is to arrange for a group of friends to get together to hear the program, or to tune in during your club meetings, discuss the issues raised and then send in any criticism or suggestions to the LPP Radio Committee, 209 Shelly Building, Vancouver, B.C. These, and financial contributions to the pro- grams, will be most welcome.