The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
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National and International Problems
Inseparable from Local Welfare

For sheer planned brutality, the
Axis leaders have proven themselves
comparable to the barbarians of ancient
history. In World War l there was
much talk of atrocities. But many OF
the atrocity stories were made up out
of whole cloth for purposes of prOpa
|ganda. Real atrocities were scattered
and relatively rare, and they We're not
done as matter Of governmental
policy. In World War ii, to the con.
trary, murder and rape and devasta.
ton are pursued by the Germans and
the japanese almost as a matter of
rOutine-and that fact has been com
pletely substantiated by reputable eye
witnesses. 1t makes little difference to
the GestapO whether man is Innocent
or guilty, as the mass executions of
hostages abundantly testifies The Axis
radio, at times, actually boasts of the
wanton slaughter of non-combatants.
President Roosevelt, during the
Officials that retribution would come
when the war ends. said, "The practice
of executing scores of innocent host
ages in reprisal for isolated attacks on
Germans in countries temporarily un-
der the Nazi heel. revolts a world al
ready Injured to suffering and brutality
|. Civilized people long ago adopted
the basic principle that no man should
be punished for the deed of another"
That principle has been entirely aban-
doned by the Axis
The Axis is deliberately exterminat-
ing entire populations. Hitler himself
has said that the Poles must be LIQUID
according to reports which
rate has assumed incredible proper
tions, especially in the Jewish areas
Starvation is rampant in Greece, and
some authorities believe that within
two years, under present conditions,
the Greek people will virtually dis
appear. Men who have escaped from
Jap concentration camps i'm HOngkOng
and elsewhere, say that the Japanese
are pursuing an almost identical policy
Captured soldiers ana civilians alike
are given almost no food They are de-
MED all medical supplies and attention
Sanitary conditions are literally hOr-
rible. And these people, as result, are
dying like flies.
One of the latest Axis innovations
has been to raZe entire villages, shoot
every male resident, and send the
women and children to forced labor
within Germany. For every attack
made on Axis officials, major or minor,
dozens Of innOcentS are executed. When
a really important Axis official is
killed, such as "Hangman" Heydrick
of the Gestapo, the toll of slaughter
runs far into the hundreds.
When the war ends, as the President
has said, the men responsible for this
will be brought to justice. And long
list of QuislingS within the occupied
nations who are working hand in glove
with the Axis will also have to face
judges appointed by the peoples in
whose ruin and torture they have col
laboratcd. In the meantime, Hitlers
barbarous tactics have not broken the
spirit of the conquered nations TO the
contrary, the flame of revolt burns
ever higher. Sabotage goes on. Ger
mans are found dead in the towns and
countryside of France, Greece, Hol-
land, the Netherlands, the Balkans,
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well developed under
grounds" exist.
The men who belong to these under
grounds are unknown. The names of
many of them will never be known.
Theirs is the most risky and desperate
of undertakings. Every second of the
day they must face the specter Of death
by torture. This is the highest kind of
human courage, Life recently ran an
article on the French underground
which is cSpcci ~ effective The
leaders quietly and continually or
ganize sabotage of the Nazi war effort
in French factories. They print little
newspapers which are widely circu-
id''u di'u NHi'll DflIlS 10 the GlSlaNeu
French people news of the free world
outside their borders. AS Il part of
this work, the French Underground
has compiled an interesting "blacklist"
OF men and women who are marked for
assassination. All of the names on that
list belong To Irrnchmen who have sold
ont To Germany. And Some' of the
names are world famous: Petain
Laval; Derain, the painter:
tn" celebrated music hall
star; Carpenter the pugilist; Maurice
Chevalier, the movie actor; etc, The
Free French have pledged that not one
OF the men and women on that list will
escape swift justice at the earliest DOS.
sible time.
To quote the Presidents warning
once again, THE Nazis might have
learned from the last war the impos-
sibllity of breaking mems spirit by
terrorism Frightfulness can never
bring peace to Europe 1t only sows
the seeds of hatred which will one day
prIhS fearful rcDribution." The patriots
in the conquered tortured nations are
waiting with anticipation for that day
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