THE USE OF "FASCIST."

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 223, 20 September 1938, Page 8

THE USE OF "FASCIST."

I The letter from Professor W. Anderson fa .your paper ha« come to my notice. After ■ referring to statements attributed to the Xew ! Zealand delegation to the British Commonwealth Relations Conference, and. the neceesity for considering its constitution and the outlook of ite members. Professor Anderson jcites their use of the term "Fascist Germany" [and proceeds to draw the following inference: '"Xow thit- extended use of the -word Tasebtf ie, of course, peculiar to Marxian propaganda all over the world, and at once stamps thote who employ it as adherents of the Communist International. A consideration of the presence lon the Xew Zealand 'delegation , of eo many well-known products of this country's university and educational system goes a long way to confirm such a diagnosis." I am personally acquainted with almost every member of the I Xew Zealand delegation, as Professor Anderson quite evidently is not, and any suggestion that they are adherents of the Communist International or are Coiunmniet in any ot&er sense k irresponsible and ridiculous. Tie delegates will be able to make any further reply they may deem necessary to this attack made on them during their absence from the country. All that need, be eaid concerning Anderson's jibe at some of the delegates as product* of our university and educational system ie that ft ill becomes one who a«i a university teacher plays an important part iu administering the system. W. P. ROLLINGS.