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How

Press

September 25, 1941

The Soviet

Works

By JOHN SCOTT

LMOST 9,000 newspapers tracting the attention of the

A in 70 different languages outside world at all. It is done

are published in the Soviet very simply. A Tass dispatch. total date-lined Stockholm; and often Union daily. Their circulation in 1939 was 47,- undated, ik published through- 920,000. This vast propaganda out the Soviet Press. It quotes

takes organisation

orders lengthily from an obscure Por- from the Press Bureau of tuguese newspaper, to the effect Madrid the Central Committee of the that British circles in Communist Party, and is mono- expect Spain to do this and lithically oficial in its treatment that. Tass naturally does not of foreign, affairs and of all ma- send such dispatches to its jor internal issues..

foreign clients, and any Moscow correspondent, who tries to re-

Regularly when there is conference

or a congress and port it gets called down (as I the Kremlin leaders deliver have been myself on occasion), Soviet even if the piece is passed by ontire speeches, the Press publishes the texts in full the Soviet censor. for several days, to the exclu- sion of other news.

But those of the Soviet public who are in the least in- terested in what Spain is going to do, and there are many such, understand very well. They Local papers, of which there skip the date line, and the first are nearly four thousand, differ paragraph. "There it in' in the from the central newspapers papers," they say, "Franco can only in the inferior quality of be expected to do this and that the printing and the fact that after all." Perfectly clear. Any- local news la presented con- thing in the Soviet papers is a

Soviet comment. spicuously.

The most important Soviet newspapers are: "Pravda," or-

HE WHO PLAYS WITH FIRE

By Billiken

GREEP

MONTANA

ROBIN MOOR

STEEL SEAFARER

The Destroyer

and the Tanker

By WALTER LIPPMANN

in the "New York Herald-Tribune”

gan of the Central Committee of Tass dispatches from abroad the Communist Party, circula- sometimes go into the most ex- tion something over two million travagant details on certain daily; "Izvestia," organ of the matters. I have before me, for Presidium of the Supreme So- instance, a 1,500-word Tass dis- viet, circulation. 1,660,000; patch cabled from London and "Trud," organ of the Central published in all the central and Council of the Trade Unions, provincial Soviet papers оп TIK prefix "pecial to the Telegraph" circulation about half a million. February 21, 1941. It des- In addition to its many news- cribes in detail the new rations papers, the Soviet Press and in Britain. It paints a vêry propaganda machine publishes gruelling picture. All efforts 1,880 periodicals with a com- are made to let the Soviet public bined circulation of 250 million know how very badly off other is a curious coincidence, if with Russia. In fact Japan not copies.

people are, and to drum into the it is a coincidence, that tor- only has treaty with Russia Soviet man-in-the-street that he pedoes should have been fired at which guarantees freedom of is the happlest, the most pros-an American destroyer in the access to Vladivostok .but she GENTLE REMINDER

The Soviet Press is weli perous individual in the wide Atlantic on the very day that an has also a very recently signed directed. There are a dozen world.

American oil tanker arrived in treaty with Russia promising This is an expedient policy, LETTERS from Home, the commentators on foreign af regular calling up of women fairs. Theirs are the only ar- as the lot of the average Rus Vladivostok across the Pacific. not to go to war with Russia.

In asking us to forego the ticles on international affairs sian wage-earner with his 285 The last time an American ship and men of advanced ages, pic- which appear in the Soviet to 300 roubles average monthly

was attacked-the case of the right to ship goods to Siberia, tures like "The Ramparts we Press.

wage, is by no means easy. The Robin Moor-it just happened the Japanese are asking us to Watch", "the daily newspaper'

Taas is very skilful. Often more one hears about other that the pressure on Marshal agree not only to suspend our one Petain to accept full collabora- own rights but to connive at the reports each telling of so many important statements are made people's troubles the less

tion was reaching its climax. violation of these-treaties and persons who have given their to the Soviet public without at tends to worry about one's own.

On the evidence available, it to participate passively in lives for a Cause: these must-

may be assumed that the attack blockade, that is to say in a war, spasmodically give the Hong-

on the U. S. S. Greer, was, if against Russia. kong conscience a 'painful

not a mistake by the submarine twinge. Isolated as we are, literally an outpost of Empire, Hongkong has so far escaped all but the minor nuisances of war- fare. The war that is ravaging China has left our borders in- tact; the war that Britain is waging, for life and death has not tapped our man-power or depleted our tables. We pay a little more and we get what we have always had: the best that the Far East can offer. Volun- teera chafing under a monoton- routine have not the satisfaction of knowing that we are actively defending a vital link in the Empire chain: ours is but a listening post, a profita- ble door that must be kept open so long as it pays, a prestige port, a nerve that will warn the huge body of the approach of danger.

ous

Fifth-Storey Jack

Sergeant

the

Another Episode in the PRIVATE LIFE OF

and

commander, then an incident in- They themselves, having been tended to incite Japan to actively at war with China for aggressive action.. There is four years, feel aggrieved when as yet no evidence that Hitler we reduce our shipments of war follow his' movements, and dead himself wants just now to go to supplies to Japan. Yet, though war with the United States over they are not at war-with Rus- accurately.

Iceland or anything else.

sia, they ask us to do to Rus- "There's a Number One, a

For as long is he is engaged sin acts which when done by us Japan, have

the United States, and he has means of waging war against evoked outcries and reprisals.

Then to top it all, they sug- much more to lose than he has geat that we come to 4 new to gain by starting a naval war

Number Two, a-Number-Three,

and ..

A PRIVATE THEN Sergeant Fireplug Lad from the Elephant and Cas- "A Number Four," says The walks through camp; tle. fellow-sergeants sometimes call after him "Fifth-Storey Jack!" "That's right," says Sergeant and "Fireman save my child!" Fireplug pleasantly surprised, and "Ting-a-ling-a-ling," "Now these men have got to similar expressions of badinage, fix the hose, run it out, join It up, and get the engine going, so a burly, formidable

like man, with a Charlie Chaplin rapidly that startled hares look moustache. His duty lies in Snaila," says the Lad. the little red hut where the fire-

"I'LL SHOW YOU" engines are housed.

He is

+

He trains the Fire Pickets. "Shullup, youl Slugs. Star If anything catches alight, it is tled hares look like slugs, great his duty to put it out at the fat slugs. Furthermore, the hose has got to be run without Hongkong people have read double. with something like amazement

Every soldier in his time links, dead flat, so straight that of elderly parents out on fire-learns something about putting a white road line looks like a spotting duty all night or giving fires out. One week in five or

"Corkscrew," says the Lad. to defence six, a company has to do the manual service.

"Silence, you little beast, you! works. The contrast is often dirty work of the battalion-

coal - heaving, Like a snake with colle. painful. It makes our own spud-bashing, grievances seem rather small, guard duty, swabbing, fire-fight-

ing, and so on. Secluded as we thus are from

"LISTEN nctual hostilities we can yet

Inevitably, one falls into the of Sergeant throw ourselves more heartedly immense hands into our mission here: keeping Fireplug.." ourselves as strong as we can to throw a big stumbling block into roil. the path of any aggressor; con- tributing as lavishly as possible. to the war, and cultivating the goodwill of China. But it must be conceded that our ways are largely ordered by, the Govern- ment. Hongkong must be kept a going concern and our job is to obey orders.

with Russia, and while Britain to belligerent

stands, he has no effective

in the Atlantic. But if he could agreement with them based incite Japan to hostilities in the upon their violation of their short view, have created a seri- China, the Netherlands, Britain, Pacific, he would, at least on the treatles and on our betrayal of and Russia. What faith do they think we could put in an ous diversion.

agreement which originated in

It goes without saying that such faithlessness? the United States will not bo' provoked by incidents or intimi- dated and deterred by incidents.

Were the United States to We are in Iceland by agreement with the government of Iceland. agree to the Japanese demands, The Axis has no shadow of a permitting. Japan to blockade

claim on Iceland, and our right Siberia, we should not carn the to a free passage to Iceland, un- friendship of Japan and we molested by illegal naval opera- should certainly earn the enmi- ty or contempt of all our other tions, is indisputable.

neighbours in the Pacific. We Our need to exercise these should have prepared the rights as a measure of national ground in Siberin either for a "You will report here at eight self-defence is no less certain. Japanese conquest or for an every morning."

An outpost near enough to Axis-controlled Russlan govern- "You will do an hour or so of Europe is essential to the Navy ment. Whereas now Siberia fire-drill at eleven. You will if it is to guard against surprise stands as a powerful check on report again at five, and when attack: even if it were true that Japan, we should have freed ever there is an Alert. You the Western Hemisphere, or Japan for her adventures and. He lines us up, and calls the will stand by after dark. North America, can be defended acquired as our nearest neigh-

"You will also, for the dura- by the Navy and by bombers, bour in Alaska another danger tion of this week, all be confined outposts to signal the approach ous enemy "Now listen," he says.

of the enemy and thus to give "Every man in this battalion to barracks.. Oh, there's no time to assemble the defencós-In fact, Japan's willingness to are absolutely necessary. P let us send supplies to Siberia is comes here once in a while for need to start muttering.

"Now I am going to show you

the acid test of her good faith. about five seconds, and I'm ex- pected to teach him how to be a the extremely ruddy simple On the ultimate ground of not only to respects her treaties parts of this beautiful engine, national self-interest and na- with Russia but as respects' any skilled ruddy firemari.

and, having outlined to you your tional self-defenco, Iceland is as other promises she may make "No sooner do I teach a man respective jobs, I am going to necessary as Alaska, Guam and anywhere else in the Pacific, the first thing about fire-engines drill you at them until you aro Hawall than he's taken away, and an so black in the face that a Negro Therefore, we are bound to re-, Japanese promises have not other mug (Oh, blimey) takes will look like.: ::.

main in Iceland as long as the been well kept since 1981; Their Meanwhile "Ramparta

his place...

"Ann Sheridan," says the Lad Axis threatens to unite all of value would drop to zero it now, Watch" touched more emotions

"Now pay attention. You be "Be quiet. I don't like you. Europe in one, vast aggressive after Mr Matsuoka'a recent pockets; the Bomber Fund than

I've got very little time, empire. Remaining in Iceland, Journey to Moscow, the new has been sluggish lately. It good boys while you're on fire

picket with me, and you'll get on but I'm going to make firemen we are bound to hold the seas treaty of non-aggression were does not scem that Hongkong all right. Start anything out of every man-jack of you if open as we hold open the seas to scrapped. The very fact that is fully showing its gratitude. Just start withing and you'll I have you running up and down other American outposts, and if the Japanese government wants their vital communications are to scrap that treaty, along with for being left in peace by giving wish you'd never been, bern, -, like,

Blue-bottomed flice, says the attacked, to repel, the attack all the others in the Pacific is conclusive evidence that h generously to those who are de

Now every man on this en- Lad."- fighting our war, both Chineson was a job to do. Sen?

Like monkeys on.

strong Siberia is an essential and Europeans. It would not Just one little tiny simple Job sticks, and you, you in' particu-

tee against” further ag- ion and, therefore, that n eria is a vital interest

we

be inopportune to, repeat what that a child of six could do. But lar, you wise guy you. Now. The position in the nor was previously advocated. Give every man'e got to do that little Enough palaver. Come round Pacific is no til it hurts

247 Jobsotanuck that the bye cannot this engine,”

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