Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-13
Around the World
In Three Minutes

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recent news from the Soviet
Union.
GERMANY. - GOebbels, Hit
lers right-hand man, has just
published his diary. Time after
time in this work he tells how
the Social Democrats, by their
tactics, were really among the
Nazis' greatest aids i'm coming
to power. II doubling world
needed proof of what COmmu-
nists have maintained all along,
nothing could be better than
this.
The living standards of the
German wOrkers-even those
employed are being driven
ever nearer the starvation
point. German cultural life is
nearly dead. On April 10, Ger
man production of moving pic
lures ceased entirely.
JAPAN.-WOmen labor for 81
week. Wages have dropped
some 40 per cent since 1926. The
fifteen-hOur day for workers is
not at all uncommon. OF the
three million jObless, two mil
lion are reported to be absO-
lutely destitute. There is no
unemployment relief. Farm :
average One-half acre per per
son in size, and millions of the
farmers are slowly starving.
Meanwhile there is "A rice sur
plus" In the past six years
the government has arrested
over 10000 people for Ce~ml-
nistic activities.
BULGARIA. - Eight sailors
have been executed for prepar-
ing a workers meeting in the
fleet. Last year fifty-fiVe were
executed for anti-war and rcvO-
lutiOnary activities.
JAPAN. - The revolutionary
movement in the army is on
the increase. In March the sol
diers of the heavy artillery reg
iment No. I were before court
martial for Communist actiVi-
ties. Even during the taking
OF Manchuria, whole diSlOyal
battaliOns had to be diSarmed
and sent home.
ENGLAND-The government is
considering the passage of Sc
ditiOn Bill which will make it
an Offense even to possess lit
erature that might in any way
cause soldiers or sailors to quit
their duty.
FRANCE.-The French gov
eminent has suppressed the
anti-Fascist and anti-war paper
published in France for SNUG
Cling into Germany by the In
ternational Committee Against
War and Fascism.
JAPAN. - Armament makers
are continuing to work at full
speed ahead. No doubt the
japanese were very unhappy
when their lost consul was
found two weeks ago, because
they at once used his disap-
pearance as an excuse to pre-
pare for war against China and
started a fleet for the Chinese
coast. Now they feel that in
order to have an excuse for
beginning the coming war that
they must wait for another in
cident." But incidents" are al
ways happening, so they prob
ably won't have long to wait.
CHINA. - Last month the
Chinese Nationalist government
armies returned from their sew
enth big campaign against the
Red armies of China, annOunc-
ing that they had almost COM
pletely defeated the Reds. By
now the truth has been dis
covered. AS in each case in the
past, the Red armies were vic
torious. Several towns were
captured by the Reds and
seven counties in one province
alone have been SOvietiZed
within the last month.
CUBA During June thou
sands of workers answered the
call of the Communist Party
and the revolutionary Cuban
National Confederation OF
Labor for a strike against the
spread of fascist organizations
in Cuba. Thousands of work
ers joined the strike. When
fascists attacked a parade of
the workers IA were killed and
wounded.
GERMANY. Hitler's govern
ment is facing collapse. Its for
eign credits have dwindled to
nothing. Exports have never
been so low, and imports are
steadily declining. For the first
time in four years Germany has
shown an unfavOrable trade bal
ance since January. Wages
have fallen from 8 per cent to
25 per cent in different indus
tries. The cost of living has
risen Is per cent in the last
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