The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-03
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS

ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
For sheer planned brutality, the
Axis leaders have proven themselves
comparable to the barbarians of an
Gent history. In World War there
was much talk of atrocities. But
many of the atrocity stories were
made up out of whole cloth for pur-
pose of propaganda. Real atrocities
were scattered and relatively rare
and they were not done as matter
of governmental policy. In World
War II, to the contrary, murder and
rape and devastation are pursued by
the Germans and the japanese al
most as matter of routine, and that
fact has been completely substan-
tiated by reputable eyeWitnesses. Tt
makes little difference to the Ges-
tapo whether a man is innocent or
guilty, as the mass executions of
hostages aIbundantly testifies. The
Axis radio, at times, actually boasts
of the wanton slaughter of non
combatants.
President Roosevelt, during the
course Of recent warning to Axis
officials that retribution would come
when the war ends, said, 'The prac-
lice of executing scores of innocent
hostages in reprisal for isolated at
JACKS on Germans in countries tenn
oorarily under the Nazi heel, revolts
! world already Injured to suffering
md brutality -. Civilized people
long ago adopted the basic principle
hat no man should be punished for
The deed of another" That prin-
tiple has been entirely abandoned
by the Axis. = ..cs.,-5- ~
The AXis Is deliberately eXtermi-
batting entire populations Hitler him
Ief has said that the Poles must be
fquidated-and, according to re-
borts which have seeped out of War
law, the death rate has assumed
Incredible proportions, especially in
he Jewish areas. Starvation is ram
Iant in Greece, and some authori-
lies believe that within two years, ,,
Ender present conditions, the Greek
beople will virtually disappear. Men
Ff1o have escaped from jap concen-
ration camps in Hongkong and else
There, say that the japanese are pur-
hung an almost identical policy.
Eaptured soldiers and civilians alike
re given almost no food. They are j
lenied all medical supplies and att
ention. Sanitary conditions are /!
literally horrible. And these peo-
Ile, as result, are dying like flies.
One of the latest Axis innovations
las been to raze entire villages, shoot
very male resident, and send the
Fomen and children to forced labor |
kitf1in Germany. For every attack |
hade on Axis officials, major or
hinor, dozens of innocents are exc
Iuted. When a really important
kxis official is killed, such as Hang
ban" Heydrick of the Gestapo, the
oil of slaughter runs far into the |
hundreds.
When the war ends, as the Presi-
lent has said, the men responsible |
pr this will be brought to justice.
Ind as long list of Quislings within
he occupied nations who are work
hg hand in glove with the Axis will
llso have to face judges appointed
fy the people in whose ruin and tor
hre they have collaborated. In the
Meantime, f1itleris barbarous tactics
have not broken the spirit of the
conquered nations. To the contrary,
|he flame of revolt burns even high
pr. Sabotage goes on. Germans are
found dead in towns and country
Tide of France, Greece, Holland, the
Netherlands, tine Balkans, etc. And
n all of the occupied nations, amaz-
hgly well developed underground"
EXist.
The men who belong to these UNI
fairgrounds are unknown The names
Of many of them will never be
f.