FASCISM AND WAR

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 32, 7 August 1934, Page 11

FASCISM AND WAR

CONGRESS DISCUSSION

The Katioual Congios h against I'ascism and War, cfillocl by the Auckland Anti-War Council, met in Wellington this weekend, states a report supplied on behalf of the national eomniittoe. There were present twenty-eight official delegates representing eight'eentres and, thirty-two different organisations, several of which weTe anti-war councils with a number of affiliated bodies.

All delegates present expressed their determination to carry on a fight against war on a working-class basis, and to actively combat all'■forms-of war prepiiiationI*. The policy resolution, which whs moved by M>. 1!. J. Dyer, outlined tlie forces makiiift for war in the world today, and laid down the principles for opposing war, showing tho connoction between Fascism and war. After a lively discussion ihe i evolution was adopted with two minor amendments. On August 5 tho congress was mainly concerned with the discussion of organisation problems, such as tho formation of anti-war councils and the carrying out of anti-war work in pacifist, religious, and working-class organisations. Several resolutions were carried protesting against the war preparations, including th© 'building of aerodiomcs by "relief" labour, Imperialist propaganda in the schools, and armamont expenditure; against tho at« tacks oE tlio Government on the working class, such as the- arrests in connection with tho Auckland freespeeeh. fight and the Greymouth shipping dispute and the new Sedition Bills, and against Fascism abroad. were also carried supporting tho action of the Christehnroh Koturncd Soldiers' Association, in dissociating themselves from the resolution- passed at'their national conference endorsing the rearming of Great Britain and tho Empire, and commending tho Victoria College Anti-War Committee on their manifesto and their stand against war.

In the evening of August -6 a mass meeting in tho Trades Hall was addressed by speakers from Palmerstou North, Hastings, Christehureh, and Dunedin, who dealt with different aspects of the campaign against war. Tho principal resolutions of the congress wero unanimously endorsed by the meeting.