The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-12
World Front
BY HARRY CANNES

The Saar Votes
New Anti-SOviet War Base
Beware of julius Caesar
THE decisive center of the
L world struggle against fas-
cism will be in the Saar to-
morrow. On Sunday, Jan. 13,
more than 100000 voters in
that little slip of important
industrial territory between
Germany and France will go to the
polls. Foreign bayonets, machine
guns and armored tanks, sent by
England, Italy, Holland to police the
Saar, will stand over them men,
acingly. On the German side, the
Nazis have concentrated their
troops, ready when the occasion
arises for armed invasion.
The central issue in the Saar is,
recognizing the burning desire Of
the whole population to return to
Germany, whether that step should
be taken now with Hitler in power.
The fascistS, through their Deutsch
front, call on the Saar population
to vote for return to Germany.
The united anti-fascist front, also
known as the Freiheitsfront liberty
'front.', urges all workers, Socialists,
Communists, Catholics to vote for
the status quo, the existing League
of Nations Administration, as blow
to Hitler, as means of aiding to
free Germany Of the bloody rule Of
the Nazis so that the Saar can at
the shortest possible moment return
to Germany, with the Nazi
shackles struck off.
THE results of the plebiscite will
not settle the issue. The League
of Nations Saar Annex to the YER
sailleS treaty provides that the re-
suits shall guide" the League Coun-
Gil in determining the future of the
Saar. The Nazis are preparing, in
the event particularly of a vote in
favor of return to Germany no
matter how slight the margin, to
rush in with their armed forces and
establish the rule of concentra-
ton camps and the gallows to pre-
sent the world with an accomplished
fact.
Whatever the outcome, the fight
against German fascism will grow
more bitter. A thousand and one
new contradictions will arise for
German fascism in either event.
THE British imperialists in India
L have taken a step which is an
out-and-out move for war against
the Soviet Union. They have in
duced the government of the Indian
province of Cashmir to hand over
Vazarat, part of the district of
Gilgit in the extreme Northwest Of
India, to British administration.
Vazarat is situated near the frontier
of the U. S. S. r. and Sinkiang.
This was the only part of Gilgit not
previously under British admins
tration. Henceforth Vazarat will be
under the jurisdiction of the British
political agents.
1t has long been known to the
British military specialists in the
North Of India who have their eye
on the Soviet Turkestan, Tadzhic,
Azerbeijan, that this particular Sec
ton of independent India would
make an ideal military air base for
attack against the u. S. S, r.
Now they have it in their hands,
and they will not be slow to con-
struct the aviation base they have
long contemplated.
A DISPARAGING article on julius
n Caesar in the Turin Gtaly)
periodical, La Cultural resulted in
its confiscation. Mussolini con-
sidered the emphasis on some of
the less heroic aspects of the char
acter of the ancient Roman dicta-
tor as insinuations against himself.
Mussolini has become extremely
sensitive to all criticism, even Of
dead dictators which might in the
least reflect on himself.
THERE is sort of competition on
between the Prince of Wales and
Goering, the Ns8i Prussian premier
IN the matter of titles and new uni
forms. The Prince of Wales scored
over the new blue uniform OF Goer-
ing during the New Years holiday.
At one fell swoop he was created
an admiral. general and chief
air marshall. with the three new
uniforms Of his rank added to the
many scores he row has. Goering
will require at least two morphine
injections to meet this piece OF
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