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emans have murdered

two million people in —

m occupied areas, and i murders were planned @ the invasion of Rus- anched in June, 1941. jcis were revealed. by Radio recently in the i the State Extraordin- fission investigating the mmission found secret jocuments in a former 'Q. in Kiev, which may ene of the next Nazi gals’ trial, it was re- terday.

shose indicted by the ' are Major-General ‘Hindenburg, son of the ent, and General Field- ‘on Hindenburg, com- £ all prisoner-of-war ihe east.

| German women to be 5 War criminals have named by the commis-

are Gestapo Prison ident Emma Mandl ie Wardess Dickmann. ndl was superintendent Yomen’s Concentration Zavensbrueck and later ‘of another concentra- near Minsk Frau Dick in charge of a Gestapo son in Eastern Poland.

id Polish civilian wo- dr perished because of at by the German

commenting on the ieyelations, stated:

erciless vengeance will ‘ose who gave the in- as well as those who

them out. No enemy to clean his bloody i succeed. aie

time in history has a orked out such com- ‘machinery for the de- if human beings.” -

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ation Plot

ive investigation by the Extraordinary Commis- dselosed that Nazi of- mpted to exterminate ~ population and Red by systematic spread- shus during February of this year.

{ they would soon be m their positions, the ed that the oncoming jen would be infec- ‘people they liberated. PS consisted of open di off with barbed wire: were forced to lie on ground, in filth and yphus sufferers already

0, from the village of iid the State Commis- t near the barbed wire, re dug and filled with Vater. There were many i bodies in the ditches. Ms gave us no drinking i we were obliged to © from these ditches.” victims, reported the i were ’ied areas in Polessie, mel and other regions Russia. People freed = concentration camps ng forcibly sent to con-

_famps on the fifth, ighth” and ninth days acting typhus:

German agent, F. Ras- disclosed“ after being mer by the Red Army: t di, 1944 Oberlieuten- ‘Chief of the 308th Re- se group, told me that

be sent to a camp for -

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ed the anti-typhus in- aid the Nazi spy. “My

' prisons hundreds of .

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rounded up-

orders were to go to the camp west of Zarichi and mingle with the people incognito. I was to find out what the Red Army units would do with the civilians after reaching the camp, whether the women and children would be sent away, what they would do with the sick. After this, I was to return and report my findings to the Germans,’”related*tite spy.

The State Extraordinary Com- mission has indicted for the un- civilized spread of typhus:

The Nazi government; the German High Command; the commander of the Ninth Army; General Vise, commander of the 4ist Tank Corps; Lieut.- ‘General Wiedman, commander of the Sixth Infantry Division; Lieut-General Grossman. -

War Orphans

To provide for maintenance, education and upbringing of children of Red Army men, guer- rillas and of Soviet people who perished at the hands of the Ger- man invaders, nine Suvoroy mili- tary schools, 23 special yocational schools, 118 special children’s homes, 26 special infants’ homes -and 36 centers for orphans have been set up in the Soviet Union. :

A, total of 4.588 youngsters have been placed in the schools of Suvorov, 9,000 in vocation schools and 15,526 in children’s and in- fants’ homes,

SPAIN

False Premise

Although differing completely in spirit and purpose, the recent Anglo-American agreement with Franco Spain, taken together with the Soviet-Czechoslovak military sunderstanding, form highlights of the pre-invasion diplomatic of- fensive. : 2

The agreement with Spain is one aspect of the renewed pres- sure upon Sweden and Turkey to withhold shipments of vital sup- plies to Germany. But whereas Sweden and Turkey may be con- sidered neutrals, Gen. Franco’s regime does not fall in the same category. In this lies the trouble with the new agreement.

Franco pledged himself to re- duce shipments of wolfram, used in hardening steel, from 1,100 tous a month (the 1943 rate) to 20 tons a month in the last half of this year. He will close the Axis consulates at Tangiers, oust desig- nated German agents from Spain, arbitrate the fate of Italian ves- sels which took refuge in the Balearics and withdraw all troops from the Soviet front.

In return. Franco is permitted to load oil in Caribbean ports, on top of his right to buy packaged

_petroleum products in this coun-

try. The United States which em- bargoed shipments of Caribbean oil to Franco on February i, held out for complete cessation of wolf- Tam exports but settled for less under British pressure.

Qn the face of it, the agree- -ment seems to favor the Allies; in reality it is based on the false premise that Franco is really a neutral. The truth is that Franco was, is and always will be a fascist, closely tied to Hitler. While some British circles insist that he is not, be- cause they wish to help him outlive the defeat of Germany and the wrath of the Spanish people, the United States should have a different calculation entirely.

The entire defense policy of this hemisphere is today jeopar- dized by the rise of pro-Hitler, anti-American movements in South America, emanating from Argentina, directly inspired and abetted by Franco Spain.

Franco’s Falange is the inter- mediary for Germany in all the machinations of the Argentine dictatorship.

placing of -

The pact with Franco is there- fore not only a contradiction to Hulls speech of April 9, pledging a democratic Europe completely purged of fascism, but it is a hollow, transitory thing that en- dangers our vital interests in the hemisphere and will not, in any case, outlast the defeat of Hitler.

The entrance of two outstanding pro-fascists in the Argentine cab- inet, General Orlando Peluffo as foreign minister, and Dr. Alberto Baldrich, as minister of justice and information, is séen as a di- rect consequence of the Allied-

Franco agreement. - Emboldened by the appeasement of Spain, Argentine appoints rabid —pro- Franeo, pro-American figures to

_ key cabinet posts.

On the other side of Europe, and in severe contrast with the agreement with Franco, comes the pact between the Soviet and Czechoslovakian governments, governing the rule of liberated Czechoslovakian territories.

The pact provides that Czech and Slovak troops will accompany the Red Army into Czechoslo- vakia. The zone of active opera- tions will be under Soviet muli- tary control, with liaison officials from the Czech government.

As soon as the front moves for- ward, the Czechoslovakian gov-

ernment takes over complete con-—

trol. In case of crimes committed against Soviet soldiers, the Czech courts will have complete juris- diction. -

This agreement, symptomatic of cordial Gzech and Slovak rela- tions with the USSR, precludes any AMG for Czechoslovakia. The treaty, ratified by the Unit- ed States and Eritain, also serves as a model for similar agreements of the western pow- ers with the Norwegian, Dutch, and Belgian governments-in- exile.

Something approaching the same procedure is also already being developed between the Allies and the French Committee of Na- fional Liberation. Thus practical forms of United Nations collabor- ation are helping to settle the immediate issues hinging on the invasion.

Only the Polish government-in- exile, through its premier, Stanis- jlaus Mikolajeyzk, took exception to those developments. In a speech celebrating the Polish Constitu-

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that the great powers were settl- ing Europe’s fate by themselves. The example of the Soviet-Czech pact, and its counterparts, gave him the lie. ;

INDIA

Resistance Pledged

APAN’S invasion of India’s J eastern frontier has aroused a new wave of patriotic resent- ment against fascism throughout the country, despite the fact that many national leaders are still in jail. Leaders at liberty, particu- larly in the Assam war theater,

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have once again reiterated In- dia’s determination to resist fas- cism.

Jyoti. Basu, secretary of the Bengal and Assam Railway Workers Union, is now touring Assam, exhorting workers to

stand at their posts. Respond- ing to the call railway workers have pledged that under all cir- cumstances they will maintain railway service and keep sup- plies moving to the Allied armies, particularly to Lieut. Gen. Joseph Stilwell’s forces in North Burma.

‘It is time for us to unite, for there is no way out today except

through all of us working for self

defense and self-sufficiency,” de- elared Gopinath Bardoloi, Indian National Congress leader and ex- Premier of Assam.

“The fact that the government has kept our leaders in detention should not make us indifferent or forgetful of our duty at this critical juncture.”

In the state of Manipur there is a strong people’s movement led by the Proja Mandal (League of Subject People). This body has openly declared its hatred of fas- eism, and although its leader, Trawat Singh, has been exiled, he has just issued: this stirring call to his people: :

“Today our beloyed Manipur is desecrated by the brutal Japan- ese fascists. The beautiful plains of Imphal are smeared by our own brothers and sisters because, together with the mighty Allied armies, they won’t let the Japan- ese break through.

“To all Manipur my message is: Tet not a single soul help the Japanese in any Wway—not even with a glass of water.

“Ruthiessly we have to crush the enemy that comes to destroy our peaceful homes and shackle us with the chains of fascist slavery.”

TURKEY

Anti-Soviet Center

“THe Polish emigre government's embassy in Turkey has be- come the main international eenter of anti-Soviet propaganda, according to these facts reported by foreign mnewspapermen in

Turkey.

@ Anti-Soviet stories are concoct- ed by the Istanbul branch of the Polish Telegraphic Agency (PAT). Sheltered by the em- bassy’s diplomatic immunity, it Maintains direct contact with Goebbels’ agencies in Istanbul.

@ Many PAT-“reports” are cirecu- lated simultaneously by Ger- man fascist agencies in Tur- key, Europe Press and Trans- Continent Press.

@ They appear extensively in the pro-Nazi newspapers, Tuerkis- che Post and Bejogiu. :

@ Stories in German bulletins re- ferring to “Stockholm” or “Stockholm circles’ are pub- lished by PAT citing “london” or “London circles.”

© Books and pamphlets published

by the anti-Soviet Polish clique-

in Istanbul achieve a spurious

authenticity by using a British

address..

For example, “The Polish-Soviet Frontier,” a virulent attack on the Soviet Union by Stanislaw Grab- ski, was marked “London” on its cover, but carried an Istanbul print shop label on its last page.

Anton Plutinski’s We Are 115 Million, a book with fascist pre- tensions which argues for a great- er Poland to include the Soviet Baltic Republics; was widely cir- culated in Turkey by government- in-exile circles.

The propaganda center is head- ed by pro-fascist Alexander Mir- ski, who previously operated in Egypt and Syria. A principal organizer of the anti-Soviet cam- Paign is press-attache, A. Werner, former trusted personal secretary to Polish ex-Foreign Minister Joseph Beck.

Short. Jabs |

by OV Bill. Sacrifice prwets ownership of utilities received another boost in Vancouver a few days ago, a boost of the kind generally re- ferred to as “an Irishman’s raise.” The high mogul of the B.C. Col- lectrie, W. G. Murrin, asks us to make further sacrifices to those his concern has already imposed on us. Private ownership has funetioned so well that the people of the Lower Mainland may have to return to the coal oil lamps of their pioneer forefathers,

At least once before the alleged superiority of private ownership Over public ownership caused the residents of Vancouver to be placed on rationed light, trans- portation and power. The same sacrifices confront them again and for the same reason®—the profit motive as the objective rather than “service” to the people as a whole,

The present war has taught us at least one thing, that no army Can win wars if it does not pro- vide reserves to meet ali con- tingencies: Battle after battle has

proved it. Battles must be won if wars are to be won.

_ fhe same yardstick must be applied to industry and transpor- tation. We have seen the truth of this made plain in our street: car system here in Vancouver and in Victoria. This is so apparent that it needs no comment. Now we are asked to make more sac- rifices. We are to live in the dark as the caveman did, to suffer further restrictions of street car Service, to forego the use of the gadgets—washing machines, irons, toasters and other things that lighten the burdens of life for the industrial worker and the house- wite. And this, not because there is a danger of bombing raids or

other war risk, but because the —

B.C. Collectrie cannot provide the juice. This is the end product of private ownership.

Compared with the statements of representatives of publicly owned bodies and industries, Mur- rin’s appeal sounds like a cracked bell. His squawk about a shortage of water is an alibi. The shortage lies in the provision of reserve supplies to meet the situation caused by the dry winter and spring, a shortage due entirely to the acquisitiveness of stock ana bondholders.

Dr. Cleveland, chairman of the Vancouver District Water Board, is the representative of a publicly owned and operated body. He says there is no shortage of water in its dams and the people of Vancouver need not be alarmed. The Greater Vancouver Water Board is organized for service.

Hon. C. D. Howe, minister of munitions and supply, also asserts that government owned concerns —27T crown companies—have proyv- ed themselves equal to privately Owned companies. He has the figures to prove it.

We will undoubtedly have to make these needlessly ineurred sacrifices to win- the war, but do not let us forget, when the world is being rebuilt, those who make such failures today must not be allowed to cut the new pattern to the shape of the old.