Fascist Spearhead in South America

...It is not unlikely that some army generals and high naval officers, together with a great many outstanding civilians, are working together to end the present set-up...

...Finally, the Bolivian coup placed the United States on guard and gave Wash ington a clearer insight into the true orientation of the Argentine regime...

...A grest hullabaloo was raised about the sensational discovery of a vast net of Nazi espionage...

...The Nazis continue to function as though nothing has happened...

...Of course, if they were better treated they might switch over as they have done in other countries of America, where, as in Cuba, Venezuela and Peru, they are the best allies of dictatorial, anti-democratic regimes...

...and El llimno Nacienal...

...IJnl New Leader does not favor monarchism, nor a retern to the status quo anU helium in Yugoslavia, **y more than we advocate the Sovietization of the •f"***J- w"e hope there will be a democratic solution, *Kj*j> tne destiny of Yugoslavia to its people...

...The fact is that we do not endorse that government, but we do try to print the truth about Mikhailovitch aad the patriotic Chetniks whom he leads in the •gat against the Nasi invaders, as well as the truth eoout Tito and his Communist Partisans...

...There are jamors of dissension within the Cabinet...

...Mikhailovitch versus Tito An Editorial TllK NEW LEADER has often been criticized for its "support" of the King Peter-Mikhailovitch government...

...Main points of the program were nationalisation of the banks...

...As throughout the Balkans, the problems are extremely intricate and delicate, with racial, religious, economic, cultural, and political aspects that puzzle the American observer...

...Within the ptliticsl parties—at present offkislly dissolved—there appear to be some former leaders «' the Union Civica Radical, the so-called Radical I\..-sy who would be only too glad to cooperate with Peron...

...But for the moment, they are against the government in Argentina No one here in Argentina asks seriously that the United States or Britain solve our problems for us, but rsther that they do nothing to strengthen sn unscrupulous regime made up of forces at the service of Nazism who are determined to double-cross the United Nations at the first opportunity...

...era convinced that the Communist propaganda the Chetniks being fascists who fight with taw Germans against the Psrtisans is untrue...

...There is great discontent and powerful forces are working to undermine the government Various illegal newspapers are published including Vrquiaa, Dttpterta...

...Advertisements had been inserted in .Washington papers asking for bids for the construction of the plants...

...Our colonels remind one of highway robbers, who, when caught in the act, hastily drop their booty and run about among the police crying "Stop thief...

...The Argentine dictatorship continues to stifle the democratic forces...

...growing opposition to the dictatorship...

...All action should be oriented to bring about the downfall of this regime, so that it may be replaced by a democratic people's regime, that would express the sentiments of the natirn, and be a loyal friend of the United Nations and a guarantee for the future...

...another by General Luis Perlinger, Minister of the Interior...

...We repeat—there is greater chance of such a democratic solution if Mikhailovitch wins than there will be if Tito and his stooges win, for Tito's "government" is a puppet regime dominated by totalitarian Russia...

...But the solution can be neither unilateral nor totalitarian...

...These measures heralded other internal developments of still greater import and dissipated all hopes of an improved outlook in the sphere of international relations...

...Topalovich is an at¦*»ey and a leader of the Social Democratic Party— ¦Jjeee associate of toe late Albert Thomas, French Ha was with the International Labor Bureau ¦ Geneva for many years...

...They htetanV 11 'persons of el serial classes and ttrymg political ¦filiations — Socialists, Cemmov ' lets, liberals, labor leaders, and sense asnearvetrre army affleers A campaign of civil das•tanned, to begin •was 7. Net since j the coop d'etat of . Asae 4, 1943, has thcie Dee.!i such wiuw|rn»u .v...

...Until the meteoric rise of Tito, General Mikhailovitch was glorified generally as a patriotic hero, particularly by the Timet which now equally bestows its praise upon Tito...

...The Socialists of course work tirelessly against the regime...

...Involved in the whole Yugoslavian problem is that of national minorities...

...Vasic is also an attorney, *» • tender of the Yugosalvia,, Republican Party— •hhersj...

...We that the triumph of Tito W>'1 he s triumph of ¦Una's Russia, and of Stalin's plan for a Pan-Slavic federation dominated by Moscow instead of a demowstie federation of all the small states of Central and •••tern Europe, which we favor...

...Foreign policy would be baaed on the implementation of all the provisions of the Anglo-Soviet Alliance snd the Atlantic Charter, and the acceptance of the full implications of a policy based on collective security, including the sharing of military commitments involved in the maintenance of an international force...

...Perlinger started gas arrests, which included dissatisfied army officers who have lost their jobs...

...Nothing would be solved by the conquest and domination of these small states by any powerful neighbor...

...It was at this point that the British detained an Argentine auxiliary consul on his way to Barcelona, so that the Government of Argentina found its back to the wall...

...Juan Peron, Minister of War...

...But it is an old story which everyone knows...

...Oe January 27 and 28, 1944, a Congress of all YugoPolitical organisations except the Communists •"Held on territory liberated by Mikhaiiovitch's *¦*»• They elected as political leaders Dr...

...Then, surprisingly enough, just when everything indicated the most friendly relations between the Axis and its agents in Argentina and the ruling clique of Argentine army colonels, the latter decided on a change of course...

...Arrests have ben made by both of the two factions contending for power—one led by Col...

...There was considerable talk here of the presence in Montevideo of United States warshipa and bcmbing planes...

...From the first day of the Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia the Chetniks have fought bravely against overwhelming odds in defense of their country...

...increases in service pay and pensions...

...The Communists who sre not recognized as a party here have also declared themselves opponents of the government and do not seem inclined to support either Peron nor Ramirez, perhaps because of the extent of the persecutions to which they have been and are subjected with many of their people in prison...

...The men who have fought through the desert sands are not content with a stead-pat Britain, and neither are the home-front people who have gone...

...Churchill's recent speech praising Tito makes the task more difficult...

...Fsced by the possibility of the United States and Britain further exposing them through the publication of incriminating documents that would Wave made them most uncomfortable, the decision was made to break relations with the Axis...

...continuation of rationing and controls until supplies become'adequate...

...The Labor Administration was elected with a substantial majority over Commonwealth, Liberals, and Conservatives...

...Nazi espionage has been repeatedly denounced in the Chamber of Deputies and in the press—when it could speak out— for the last three years at least...

...Members of the Labor Cabinet include an election agent and Borough Council member, a full-time Trade Union official, a Labor Party official, and active members of the Labor Party and Tenants' Defence League...

...Ramirez did not hesitate to exploit the sufferings of the earthquake victims to counteract the influence of Peron...

...The Nazi press continues to function...

...The Partisans are more to blame than the Chetniks for the bsttles between them, and for national disunity in the fight against Germany...

...a ton-year housing plan for the building of 4,000,000 houses...

...This is especially true aa regards Gonzales and Peron...

...The ruling clique seeks only to perpetuate itself in power, and for some time, tried to soften the attitude of the United States...

...The breaking off of diplomatic relations was a farce...

...There is an alternative: the formation of a coalition government in which all democratic parties and minorities are represented—King Peter is now attempting to form such a government...

...Bids have been invited in Switaorlaad also...

...The Argentine dictatorship should be smashed on a continental and international scale, by isolating it completely...

...The Hull-Halifax and Eden-Carcano meetings revealed the state of tension that existed...

...These sheets get around and are discussed...

...othsjsj are friendly towards Ramirez, and the rest stand) rn the sidelines without committing themselves...

...British Army in Egypt Elects Labor "Parliament" H UNDREDS of British servicemen are regularly attending the nttings of a Forces Parliament in Cairo, with a Labor Government firmly in office...

...The conflicting personal ambitions of the various army colonels, who together control the country, can be dearly seen...

...If he fails, it will probably bo because the followers of Stalin refuse to cooperate...

...Or all this may indicate steps toward tighter totalitarianism, with the military regime determined to Stamp out all opposition...

...If a policy of appeasement is fallowed towards the Argentine regime, its opponents within the country might become demoralized and feel that if the principles of democracy have no stronger support among the United Nations, they are not worth the risk of life and liberty...

...But the majority were textile workers...

...Sstttinius stated that Argentina would not be per'awited access to...

...At a recent sitting, an audience of 500 packed the Parliament House (a local concert hall) to hear the Labor program of post-war reforms...

...This article by an Argentine labor leader was written more than a month ago but is still valid and interesting...

...The debates have been regarded aa highly educative and have been commented on favorably in editorials in the Egyptian press...

...As in the case of Poland, The New Leader calls for a settlement of the Balkan problem by joint action on the part of all the United Nations, with Yugoslavia's fate left to its people by means of a plebiscite and democratic elections...

...Fwo» the information we can get about Yugoslavia, R •eems evident that democracy would have a far ¦•tter chance under the coalition government of King »">d Mikhailovitch and various Yugoslavian »»rlies including the Social Democrats, than under the totalitarianism of the Tito-Stalin set-up...

...The U. S. State Department meanwhile moved to Step the plana of Argentina to build up a synthetic rubber industry with American enginering aid...

...and an Education Bill providing free secondary school education for all...

...The rupture was neither spontaneous nor sincere...

...ayv' . A wave mi arrest* swept over i Argentina last i ?• from SO* to • IpM...

...The Serbians are in a decisive majority, but there are also Croatians, Slovenes, Bosnians, Damnations, Herzogovianians, and other minorities...

...American plans, equipment, and formulas...

...The official breaking of relations changed nothing...

...HI Pampero, outlawed by a resolution that read like a* eulogy, has been replaced by El Federal which is the same publicstion under another masthead...

...The striking victory of the British Labor Party among the troops in the Middle East, observers aay, is an indication of the mood of the British people as a whole...

...climaxed a rapid process of Palsngization with the support of its own Gestapo disguised as a "Federal Police Force...

...Fascist Spearhead in South America By Tupac Amaru BuiNOS AIRES^-The Minm adopted by the Argentine Government (dissolution of the political parties, regulations of the press, obligatory religions instruction, restrictions on radio broadcasting, etc...

...Zivk© *|lNevieh and Dragisa Vasic...

...nationalisation of the mines and all forms of transport...

...We have been informed that the directors of the German Labor Front, now diagaiaed as the German Craft Union, have just collected, without molestation, the compulsory dues for last month...

...Among the Conservatives there are some elements working against the dictatorship and attempting to mobilise public opinion along opposition lines...

...Threatened with imprisonment in a concentration camp in the bleak wastes of Patagonia, many have capitulated and promised to cease opposition...

...There have been age-old con fleets between these groups, which have not been resolved...

...fc It appears that the terrible earthquake of San Juan forestalled further action by the State Department, either through issuance of a document or some other, still more energetic action...

...An attempt to prepare the ground was made through publication of newspaper articles, but events developed so rapidly that the Valiant colonels, were stampeded and could only save their hides by jumping quickly...