SOUTH AMERICA

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 128, 1 June 1935, Page 7

SOUTH AMERICA

FASCISM AN ISSUE

BRAZIL FACING THE FACT

(From "The Post's" Representative.)

BUENOS AIRES, May 8.

, Brazil is the first South American republic to take steps towards outlawing the rapidly-growing Fascist movement. The National Security Law, signed by President Vargas, provides that "only the State has the prerogative to form a militia, of whatever nature." * The Congressional debate on the new law indicated that this restriction was aimed at the Integralista, or Green Shirt Militia, but it is being regarded as weak and faltering, seeking to effect its purpose by implication, rather than by direct prohibition. Plinio Salgado, Brazil's Mosley, said his organisation would resist any attempt to dissolve it. Developments are being watched with close interest by Argentina, Chile, and Peru, where pseudo-Fascism has attained proportions that cause these Governments to hesitate to force an issue. The Integralista originated a year ago as a civilian organisation, opposed to Vargas's military rule, and has grown rapidly. Salgado announced recently that there are now 200,000 Green Shirts, a like number not enrolled in the militia, and monthly subscriptions totalling £13,000. Integralism, like other forms of Fascism, would outlaw Communism and Socialism. Its motto is, "For God, Nation, and Family." It would make Brazil independent of other nations, as far as practicable. It is opposed to borrowing abroad, on the ground that debt payments absorb too large a proportion of the nation's income. It is significant that Integralism is the first political movement in Brazil's history that has succeeded in breaking through the thick walls of State regionalism. In that respect it parallels Vargas's efforts to achieve national unity, and its nationalist policies follow closely the President's own political outlook.

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