Evening star., 1939-12-24

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tressed territory, but merely as the
spearhead of her unchanged program Of
triumphant Communism, without which
all territorial acquisitions will be stale,
fiat and improbable. She has lived on
that Intoxicating objective for 20 years.
1t is the breath of her nostrils, the life
blood that pulses through every vein of
the Soviet body and controls every move
OF Moscow's statecraft. 1t is the eternal
In the Russian revolution.
With what exultation, then, did the
commissars grasp the opportunity to
invade Poland at moment when the
western world was powerless to prevent
her! Soviet troops advanced as to a
MARKHAM holiday, carrying with them
their tons of prepared Communistic lit
erature. textbooks and printing presses.
Once in possession of her share of bleed
Ing Poland, the machinery of assimila-
ton and Boishevization began its ap-
pointed work of confscating private
property, setting up local Soviets, mur-
derlng the Archbishop of Lvov, Andre
Sheptitsky; hunting down priests under
the old pretext of counter revolution.
executing landowners as enemies of the
proletariat, and casting the old familiar
network of G. P. U. agents over the con-
querec land with exactly the same ter
rorlsm that stifled liberty in Russia after
the fall of the Kerensky government.
Something approaching 10000 900 new
subjects were added 10 Communist iurls-
diction.
Germany Might Be Victim.
That much accomplished, the COM
missars next faced northward and began
the intimidation of Latvia, Estonia,
Lithuania and Finland, which resulted
IN further substantial gain of controlled
territory and enhanced ability to propa-
gate Communism. If Finland falls, the
menace could next assault the Scandi-
navlan countries, thus encircling Ger
many and be ready for the blessed
hour when Soviet troops could rescue"
the demoralized German people from
the effects of civil war or from a COL
lapse consequent on defeat by the allies,
Germany has always been considered
by Moscow as the second link in the
chain OF planned social revolutions.
Baked in her first direct attempts to
sovletlze Germany during the Hamburg
riots and the Spartacist uprising after
the World War, Moscow knows how to
stalk her prey by circuitous routes The
Balkans would be next, with Constanti-
nople always in the cards. Then it
would not be long, suspect, before the
first Soviet horseman would appear in
the Khyber Pass, spying out the road
to India.
1t must never be forgotten that these
two effects-geographic expansion and
applied Communism inseparable.
Dictatorship, autocratic tyranny, ruthless
confiscation, class warfare, obscene athe-
ism and the despiritualizing of the
human soul are carried on the tip of
every Soviet bayonet. That is why Stain
must hurl million men, if needs be,
against sturdy little Finland if he would
salvage his personal prestige and con-
tinue the Communist program of back
stairs assault on Christendom while the
major powers of Europe are engaged in
warfare in the west. The triumph of
European craftsmanship at this moment
would be some inspired formula which
would permit cessation of hostilities be-
tween Germany and the allies with
Hitler then free to turn and face the
Russian bear. Wilhelmstrasse now must
know that it has been thoroughly tricked