Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
By DONALD GLEASON

European diplomats are fever
ishly playing the old shell game.
Hitler has broken the French
ring OF alliances made after the
war to keep Germany subject to
French Imperialism. Poland was
won over by Nazi intrigues to
plan an attack on Russia, seize
Ukraine and divide the loot.
Nazi money and propaganda
are at work in Austria. Hungary
Roumania and the Baltic states.
Japan and Germany are rumor-
ed In secret agreement for unit
ed attack on the Soviet Union.
Death Hats Acknowledging
Barthou of France was desper-
ately running around Europe
trying to mend the French ALI
ances when his and the assassina-
ton of Alexander of JugO-Slavia
took place. At once a war scare
shook all Europe.
Jugo-Slavia charged that the
assassination group were sup
ported on a Hungarian murder
farm" supplied with arms and
Hungarian passports. JugO-Slavia
is an ally OF France, Hungary of
Mussolini, so that war between
the two lesser countries would
inevitably involve France and
Italy and then all of Europe.
France and England forced
Jugo-Slavia to submit her charg-
es to the League of Nations and
to cool down the tone OF the pro-
test.
0vertures to Italy
Alarmed still more by secret
German war preparations the
French are at this moment trying
to patch up an agreement with
MussOlini who now controls Aus
tria. 1t was MussOlini who spur
red the recently assassinated
Dollfuss to the massacre of the
Socialist workers in Austria. Now
the fascist dictator is comforting
with the present Austrian pre-
mier about a Hapsburg restora-
ton.
Such a move would bring an
other European crisis since 1t
would be a blow at French and
German plans to dominate Aus
tria.
The next crisis is the Saar pleb-
iscite to be held in January. Hit
Ter must get the Saar in order
to aid war preparations by
strengthening Germany's indus
trial base and to keep his pres
tige which is being destroyed at
home by wage cuts and starva-
ton.
France insists on being paid for
her investments in the Saar even
though all of Germany's gold
supply would not be enough to
meet the french Claims.
Hitler Forces Crisis
The workers of the Saar fear
ing Nazi exploitation want to
remain as they are, but Hitler
is making every effort to force a
vote for German union. Thirty
Germans in Canada and over 300
in the United States who are
eligible to vote in the Saar are
having their travelling expenses
to Germany paid so that they will
vote the way Hitler wants them
to.
French troops are being mass
ed on the border and no one can
enter the Saar without a permit.
This is to prevent Nazi invasion.
In the mad-house of intrigue
rushing to war there are only two
hopes for peace. The workers
united front against war and fas-
cism threatens the desperate i'm
perialists at home.
Unless they can deceive the
masses they cannot wage war.
The other hopeful fact is that
the strength of the USSR is reso-
lutely directed toward peace.
France Cottons to USSR
France in her fear has just
signed a pact of mutual agree
ment with the Soviet Union not
to threaten one another's terri
tory and to discourage any other
nation from so doing.
The capitalist papers reported
this pact as a military alliance, |
typical SANDER against the USSR.
Even the New York Times of No
vember Is has to admit that Leon
Archimbaud's speech in the
Chamber of Deputies, the basis
for the charge, was not a state
ment but an asking for informa-
ton.
Both the Temps" the French
paper speaking semi-officially for
the government, and Soviet Of
ficials denied that there was any
military agreement.
Workers Check War Plans
What the non-aggression pact |
between the USSR and France
does is to check the war crisis, for
continued peace is vital to the
growing united front against war
and fascism.
1t gives the workers of France
and the rest of the world time