The Washington times., 1936-09-15
FASCISTS, REDS
BID FOR YOUTH
SUPPORT
BY DAVID P. SENTNER E
Copyright, 1883 by International
News Service)

LONDON, Sept. 15.-Commu
nism and Fascism are bidding
against each other for the youth
Of Europe.
Youth listens easily to propa
ganda.
Maurice ThoreZ, French Com
munist deputy and leader, at the
recent national conference of the
French Communist party, ap
pealed for a new effort to recruit
fresh young adherentS. He ad
dressed himself in particular tc
the young Communists. He de
clared:
'YOu must welcome to our
ranks young people OF all
kinds"
Children In ParadeS
In France, hundreds of children
take part in the Communist par
AIDES through the streets of Paris
1t is race as to the enlistment
Of youth between the Communists
and the Croix De Ecu. generally
conceded to be Fascist in its aims
In Belgium is Leon Degreele
30-yearrold head of a new party
REX. He is supported by the
youth Of both sexes. The REX
party has suddenly moved into the
political horizon by winning more
than q score of seats in the cham
Der. It is the first election the
new party has participated in.
This youth party represents the
discomfort of the young Belglans
for the old regime.
Its promises include:
Tax relief for the middle classes.
To provide houses and work for
the working classes
To suppress unfair competition
and red-tape restrictions for the
small tradeSmen. Says Degreele:
I'VE have nothing in common
with the militarized Oligarchies
existing in other countries. For
us there exists but one party
that Of the country and the peO'
pie. We are youth, and our
passion In the purity Of the cOun'
try"
Is this a reaffimation Of democ-
racy by youth, or the forerunner
of yet another attempt at dicta-
torshipP Opponents of REX say
It is faScism.
Postwar Panacea
Fascism is an attempt to fill
the vacuum in the young genera
ton caused by postwar conditions.
In Germany and Italy, the
young are content to let their
leaders think for them. FasclSm
or naziism offers the religion OF
the state to fulfill the spiritual
hunger of the young.
Realizing youth has lost its
faith in the old, it is the scheme
Of Fascist leadership to give the
young masses a quick tradition.
Last May Day in Berlin was
celebrated by 10000 children
marching through the streets to
hear speeches by Hitler and by
DR.. Goebbels, Nazi propaganda
minister.
There are twin sisters Of
emotion in the breasts Of young
Hungary.
Fear and Revision
One is fear. The other is the
flaming desire for revision.
The youth Of Hungary is being
raised in q rigorous regime OF
physical training. Hungary can
not have arms-as yet, under the
provisions of it's post-wart treaty.
She dares not follow the leader
ship of Austria and Germany ana
announce conscription-aS yet.
So she trains her youth in arm
less military formations, virtually
with broomsticks. But a bayonet
on the end of a broomstick helps
make a soldier. .
Flags in every village OF
Hungary fly at half mast. They
will not be raised until Hungary
gets back the populations taken
from them in the postwar settle
ment. So they say.
CzechO Active
Czechoslovakia has most OF
these former Hungarian Ma
tionals. It is CzechoslovaKla
which Hungary fears the most.
The people Of Budapest say
fearfully-that the CzechS can
flv over to their city in half an
hour in their bomberS.
So Hungary, the weakest little
nation in Europe, looks for as
sistance. She mistrusts her al
lance with Italy. She does not
know whether Mussolini will last.
Germany has been flirting dip
1onatically with Hungary. Hun
gary is afraid of Germany but
more afraid to rebuff her ad-
VanCeS. =,
And Hungary has had its packet
Of Communism and it's youth has
been taught to hate Russia which
Germany hates.
Hungary looks hopefully to-
wards Britain. But Britain looks
the other way for she has troubles
enough.
Thus Hungarian youth lives in
resigned anticipation of the next
war which they fear will sweep
over them worse than little
Belgium in 1914.
Austria In Stream
Austria has an Authoritative"
constitution. 1t is also under the
blazing influence of fascism from
two sides.
CONSUMPTION was recently put