SCARED STIFF AT APATHY OVER COMMUNISM

Chronicle (Levin), 2 October 1947, Page 5

SCARED STIFF AT APATHY OVER COMMUNISM

AccKr.Axn, Oct. i. Tiie ]ilight of postwar Furope, the] rising tide of Oommunism and the j thrent of wur uuless the free world i stood united against it, were revealod by .Mr. Randolpli Churchill iu a publii address at the Towu Uall to an audi enee of about 2000 jieople. Mr. Church ill spoke for nearly an hour and thei: answered (piestions. The .Mayor, Mr .1. A. C. Allmn, presided. ' ' A good Coimminist always doe; wliat -Moseow* tells him and don't le' anyone try and sjioof vou to the eon trary," he said. "Fntil Hitler attaek ed Russia the Communist.s throughout the world did all they eould to sabo tage production. The Comniuiiists ari fifth columnists. The Russian Comriuin ist is a patriot; the other.s are fiftl columnists, spies, traitors and foreigi agents and should be treated as suc.h. ' -Mr. Churchill said it was not a happ^ story he had to tell. All the countrief of Western Kurope had lifth colilnin: inside them and none could tell at wha' monient they might not seize powei either by revolution or 1iy the advanci of ,the Red Ariny, ln Rumania there were 2000 Communists out of 20,000,001 liefore the wur but today the Comniun ists were the government. The propor tion of Communists in Xew Zealand some 2000 out of 2,000,000, avus mucl hig'her. ' ' 1 was verv glad to see liow outspoken Dr. Evatt Avas at tluj United Xations conferenee," Blr. Churchill said, "but we mu^t remember he has General MacArthur and the United Ktates fleet between him and Russia and that it is easier for him to be courageous than say the Prime Alinister of Czechoslovalcia who is practically eaged with the Bear. AVhat was saving Western Kurope froni the Russian divisions was American monopoly of the atoni bomb. " He said millions thanlced God that it was America and not Russia that had diseovered it and yet there were boobies like Henrv AVallace who advocatcd hanc^ing over this deadly secret to Russia. Personally he Wras not scared of Russia because the free countries togcther were 20 times as strong but he was scared stiff at the apatliy among Hritish, American, Australian and Xew Zealand people.